Finally a 'Quiet Night' is here: New app claims to increase brain development and dramatically reduce crying in your baby

Having a baby is makes getting a good night's sleep tough; a new app and toy was developed to come to new parents' rescue. "Quiet Night" is a project created by a pair of British siblings. It claims that it can learn what type of music your baby likes and help development occur faster.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - By pulling the smart handle of the device, music from its library will be played keeping the baby entertained and lessening crying by 30-50 percent. The project was already able to raise more than $30,000 in just a day on the international fundraising site Indiegogo.

According to the Way siblings, Ben (34) and Hermione (29), the project was inspired by the work of Prof. Tom Troscianko of Bristol University, who approached Ben 8 years ago about the idea.  

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The professor spent 20 years researching how to use music to speed up a child's cognitive development. "By learning what a baby likes and giving them control, they get more engaged, learn faster," Ben explained the idea in an interview with the Daily Mail.

However, there has been an unintended result - they are kept entertained and engaged by the sound instead of "calling" their parents' attention, which led to lessening up to 50 percent of the crying.
    
The project was put into hold after Prof. Troscianko died few months before its initial launching. Six months after, the brother and sister decided to continue the project after talking with the design company.

"Quiet Night" is expected to be available in the market by October of this year; running on the principle that the early preference to more complex music indicates the brain's development.

Its library pre-contains 125 songs but parents can download and store more; the makers are now hoping to license the device with Disney and other children's songs soon.

The sibling-creators remind parents that every child is different. Some babies could already pull the handle as early as their third to fourth month while there are some later in their sixth. They also said that children will still cry, especially if they are hungry.

As the late professor had calculated, the device will help by reaching a 30-50 percent cut down on crying, thus the parents are estimated to get an average additional hour of sleep, stated on the Ways' website.

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