benbaby responded May 30, 2008 at 10:47AM

  Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

I used to listen to music during pregnancy and now my 16 month old son enjoys music. I guess it works.

  dustbunny responded June 3, 2008 at 2:39PM

  dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

yep...mozart for your mind. I think it worked because my kid is musical. Well, it could be genetic too cause my dad plays music...who knows!

  Sticky_Mommy responded June 3, 2008 at 3:37PM

  I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

I heard that on NPR. My DH played the Beatles for the 1st and for the 2nd who seems to love music more, we didn't do anything. go figure.

  newby123 responded June 4, 2008 at 1:39PM

  

My Husband and I like to sing Karaoke. We have a machine at home so we practice the songs we want to sing before we go. I sang a lot during my pregnancy. At home, in my car, karaoke, in the shower. One song that I practiced a lot is titled "Do Ya" it is sung by KT Oslin. When we brought my son home and he was really fussy I started to sing that song and he calmed right down. He loves to listen to us sing...he gets quiet and appears to enjoy just listening. I can't wait to see if he turns out to be a singer as a result.

  popcornxxx responded June 4, 2008 at 6:21PM

  

When I was carrying my baby girl, I would always listen to music in the car, the shower, the house, pretty much everywhere. When I brought her home, she kept crying and my husband gets very bad headaches, so I grabbed the first thing I could find. This happened to be my ipod and when she started listening to it, she calmed down and fell asleep. She has her own stereo in the nursery now.

  wildmom responded June 4, 2008 at 10:25PM

  if mom ain't happy, ain't nobody happy

bon jovi...all the way! now he plays drums at 4

  DianaR responded June 10, 2008 at 10:22PM

  

There are many situations where a baby has some knowledge that seems impossible.

I listened to some music while carrying my twins, but they both turned out to be geniuses with cars when they were older, and were attracted to them when they were very little. This proclivity was something that came from their father and not me!

Don't you think the father's genetic tendencies may play a role in the child's innate abilities?

  matty39 responded June 15, 2008 at 4:52PM

  

I plan on listening to anything in particular when I was pregnant.....just whatever was on the radio. I also listened to talk radio a lot and one of my kids talks all the time. I wonder if there is a connection there. lol

  EugenS responded September 15, 2008 at 2:19PM

  

I don't believe in stories about recognizing music and what not just because the mother listened to some whilst pregnant. However, if you feel you'll be more relaxed with a certain type of music, go for it.