The Babysong Project arose out of the Baby Room Project and its aims included supporting baby room practitioners to develop ‘communicative musicality’ (Malloch & Trevarthen 2009), extending research knowledge about baby room practices and helping practitioners to explore opportunities to question and adapt their own ways of working with babies in their care. Six years on, we reflect on the project and consider the significance and sustainability of what might have been achieved. We also probe whether there are further areas for development. We conclude that while there were many positive outcomes, we recognise the challenges of sustaining and nurturing the confidence of practitioners and the desirability of addressing the organisational aspects of the initiative to promote the embedding of practice. There is a real necessity for such projects, often involving radical challenges to previously held attitudes and practices, to be funded over longer periods of time. We also acknowledge the rich, untapped potential of using song to connect with families and carers.

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重访婴儿之歌：通过歌曲与婴儿交流

Babysong 项目源于婴儿房项目，其目标包括支持婴儿房从业者发展“交际音乐性”（Malloch & Trevarthen 2009），扩展关于婴儿房实践的研究知识，并帮助从业者探索质疑和调整自己的机会照顾婴儿的方法。六年过去了，我们反思这个项目并考虑可能取得的成就的重要性和可持续性。我们亦探讨是否有进一步的发展空间。我们的结论是，虽然取得了许多积极成果，但我们认识到维持和培养从业者信心的挑战，以及解决该倡议的组织方面问题以促进实践嵌入的可取性。这些项目确实有必要，通常涉及对以前持有的态度和做法的根本挑战，需要更长的时间来资助。我们也承认使用歌曲与家人和照顾者联系的丰富、未开发的潜力。