music in the womb

Friday, June 06, 2008

A couple of weeks ago my pregnancy journal stated that the baby can now hear what is going on outside of the womb. I decided that I should definitely play some music for the kiddo. (Yes, I realize this is completely cliche and somewhat dorky. But research has shown that there are some benefits to doing this.) On Wednesday I started a playlist in iTunes that I could transfer over to my iPod. What started out as a few classical songs turned into the musical education of my unborn child.

I was picking through the classical music in our library when I came upon "Video Killed the Radio Star". I thought, "That would be really cool if my kid knew that song". So I added it to the playlist which then of course snowballed. There had to be some Ben Folds, Elton John, oldies, uh hello...Frank Sinatra, Jack Johnson... (I avoided anything that was a lot of bass or too harsh sounding.) I now have 4.6 hours of songs to play. Who knows what I'd have if I tackled our cd collection!

If research is correct the baby will be comforted by some of these songs after it is born. Let's face it, who wouldn't want their kid to be comforted by Stevie Wonder and REO Speedwagon?

Labels: bakin' a bun, music

posted by kimberly, 8:45 AM