playing music to your bump?

drtarajp · December 2012

i have always heard about people playing classical music or other types of music directed toward their bumps. I have also heard of people reading or singing to them as well.

We sometimes listen to classical music, and i have started to do so more, with my phone by my bump so maybe baby can hear. DH has also started talked to my bump. i personally think its a sweet way to bond with our LO

i was wondering if anyone else is doing this, or are we just odd??

tsharon · December 2012

We're doing this, so I don't think it's odd at all. Of course, I'm not carrying our LO, so it's a little different. I just want Carly to know our voices.

FutureMrsCAF · December 2012

We've done it intentionally a little, but I'm a classical singer and voice teacher, so the baby hears music all the time

DH will talk to the baby a few times a week, it is really sweet.

Ann003 · December 2012

DH's friend plays Metallica songs sung by little kids to his wife's bump. I always play music loud in the car, so the babies are getting a lot of pop and hip hop exposure!

tondraluv · December 2012

Yes we're doing all of this. It's a great way to bond and I read this great article of the effects of playing music

https://m.voices.yahoo.com/theeffectsmusicbabieswombafterward1917926.html

Enigma11 · December 2012

We talked to DS and we talk to this baby. I don't think it's odd at all. We don't really playmusic right to my bump, but I'm sure she hears it when we play it in general.

JaneDoe968 · December 2012

I teach violin lessons so my LO hears classical music a lot. DH has been talking to her since he found out I was pregnant. I think those things are pretty normal. Our LO is pretty reactive so it is kind of fun. Last night I went to a college end of semester concert and it was pretty funny to feel her reactions to each of the pieces that was performed. Most of them interested her, but she threw a fit over one that wasn't in tune and another one bored her.

GeorgiaGirl1230 · December 2012

We definitely want to, just haven't started yet! MH is getting a pair of Bose headphones for Christmas so I plan on utilizing those on the belly!

colleenh01 · December 2012

tondraluv:
Yes we're doing all of this. It's a great way to bond and I read this great article of the effects of playing music

https://m.voices.yahoo.com/theeffectsmusicbabieswombafterward1917926.html

Love the article. I will certainly be making more of an effort to play some classical music for little guy in there. Thanks for sharing!

FutureMrsCAF · December 2012

JaneDoe968:
I teach violin lessons so my LO hears classical music a lot. DH has been talking to her since he found out I was pregnant. I think those things are pretty normal. Our LO is pretty reactive so it is kind of fun. Last night I went to a college end of semester concert and it was pretty funny to feel her reactions to each of the pieces that was performed. Most of them interested her, but she threw a fit over one that wasn't in tune and another one bored her.

Love.

mrstrex2013 · December 2012

I play Sea Of Love every morning for LO. I read somewhere that if you play the same song for them often, they sometimes recognize it after birth. I also play a variety of music to my belly. Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Beatles, Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons. She's getting quite a musical education from the start.

My husband also talks to her all the time. I think it's sweet, and a nice way to bond with baby. Not weird at all.

dmbaf69 · December 2012

I have a friend who did this, but to his own taste in music (Mumford and Sons mostly) and his son now goes nuts and moves and bounces a ton everytime something similar is on. On the other hand, I heard a study that the listening of classical music doesn't make the child smarter. However, if a parent cares enough about the intelligence of the child to put music on their belly, then the child will probably be smarter because of the attentiveness of the parent. ( I hope I worded that right )

Amethyst26 · December 2012

My son is named after Duke Ellington, so I play Ellington & Coltrane's "In a Sentimental Mood" often by placing an earphone in my belly button, LOL!!

mrskumie · December 2012

dmbaf69:
I have a friend who did this, but to his own taste in music (Mumford and Sons mostly) and his son now goes nuts and moves and bounces a ton everytime something similar is on. On the other hand, I heard a study that the listening of classical music doesn't make the child smarter. However, if a parent cares enough about the intelligence of the child to put music on their belly, then the child will probably be smarter because of the attentiveness of the parent. ( I hope I worded that right )

This, exactly. The "mozart effect" was based on only one study done with college students and hasn't been replicated in young children. It's a great way to have fun and bond, but the classical music will, in no way, make LO smarter.

Dunkin · December 2012

My kids talk to the bump all the time. They think it is so cool to talk to the baby.

JSS1002 · December 2012

FutureMrsCAF:
JaneDoe968:
I teach violin lessons so my LO hears classical music a lot. DH has been talking to her since he found out I was pregnant. I think those things are pretty normal. Our LO is pretty reactive so it is kind of fun. Last night I went to a college end of semester concert and it was pretty funny to feel her reactions to each of the pieces that was performed. Most of them interested her, but she threw a fit over one that wasn't in tune and another one bored her.
Love. 

Also love former musician

cheesecakerunner · December 2012

I talk to the baby, but am not a fan of putting headphones on the bump. I've heard that it can seem louder to the kiddo because of amniotic fluid and has no real benefits. He or she can hear what's going on well enough, no need for special belly music, I figure.

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