Playing music for your belly

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Are any of you ladies playing music for your belly? Why or why not?

And if so, what kind of music are you playing and how often?

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I occasionally put headphones on my belly and play one or two pretty jazz songs for my bump. The rest of the time I figure the baby can just listen to whatever I have on when I'm in the car. I usually listen to dance music mixes or mellow indie music. She moves around a ton when I'm driving to work, so my guess is that she likes it

[jcprn]

I created a playlist on Spotify with nice soothing songs on it that I will occasionally play for Baby with belly buds (DH got them for me around Christmas). But for the most part Baby just listens to what I'm listening to in real life without headphones.

[missjenniebean]

At night I play classical or native American flute music to fall asleep to. My SO finds it weird, but it is relaxing and I am sure baby doesn't mind either.

[wormgerm]

I just play I heart radio on my phone and sometimes let it rest speaker side down for my guy.

[sidneyvicious]

I bought the BellyBuds, as seen in Modern Family. Basically because I'm a chump, but I also love gadgets!! We downloaded all the albums from their site , which are all compilations of different types of music but all played by an orchestra. You can also record things to play, such as my husband reading books, which is nice to play when he's gone for work!

[Widget123]

I don't do anything special for LO. I listen to the radio on the way to work and I play DD's music on the way home. DD and I sometimes sing songs together like the ABC's or Old MacDonald Had a Farm and LO seems to like that.

[kls6382]

We generally have jazz or something playing in the house, figure that works!

[billyhorrible]

Baby just listens to what I listen to. I don't think headphones on the belly really helps them hear any better. I do sing though because I think that is more easily heard than anything external.

[tatersalad]

I bought a baby speaker belt for my first so we could "listen together" to my I pod but I only used it a few times before it occurred to me that baby was developed enough to hear whatever I was listening to in the car, gym, and bathtub. I listen to a lot of music so this baby will hopefully love the tunes as much as my first.

[wink568]

Lots of punk music, lol. I'm trying to desensitize the baby so it can sleep through anything. I just play it through speakers in the car or house, never going as far to put anything on my belly.

DH and I have also started playing trivia crack out loud so the baby gets accustomed to our voices. Reading out loud doesn't really work for me since it actually distracts me from the story, so that'll need to be saved for when I'm actually reading to the baby.

[bruunk]

I tried playing a song from my iPhone with the speaker against my belly. Kiddo kicked at it and went silent - so we're just sticking to the what I hear, he hears I'd like to start playing more of DH's music (he's a musician), and have DH talk more to the belly, but he's still a little thrown by the whole "there's a human in my wife" ... hope he gets over that soon.

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bruunk aww I hope he gets over that soon too. DH talks to my belly every night before we go to sleep and the baby will always let out a couple of kicks for him. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I like to believe that she recognizes her daddy's voice and it's her way of responding to him.

[bruunk]

Feb 24, 2015 14:02:38 GMT -5 @littlebee said:

bruunk aww I hope he gets over that soon too. DH talks to my belly every night before we go to sleep and the baby will always let out a couple of kicks for him. Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but I like to believe that she recognizes her daddy's voice and it's her way of responding to him.

I keep telling DH stories like this, hoping it will help. He FINALLY felt kiddo this weekend, so maybe that will help too. Any time this kid is doing aerobics and I try to get anyone else to feel it, he stops. I'm sensing a stubborn streak...

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jcprn, sidneyvicious Do you like the BellyBuds? I thought about getting them but I read a lot of mixed reviews because of the adhesive. I've just been using big padded headphones (like what a DJ uses) but I have to hold them in place so I have to stay in one spot and I can't move around the house doing other stuff.

[turtletyme]

Feb 24, 2015 13:38:50 GMT -5 wink568 said:

Lots of punk music, lol. I'm trying to desensitize the baby so it can sleep through anything. I just play it through speakers in the car or house, never going as far to put anything on my belly.

DH and I have also started playing trivia crack out loud so the baby gets accustomed to our voices. Reading out loud doesn't really work for me since it actually distracts me from the story, so that'll need to be saved for when I'm actually reading to the baby.

I'm impressed. It takes me too long to read those questions aloud! My baby listens principally to hip hop nation/shade 45 in the car, so I am using that same rationale about loud noises. (lots of bass). She gets kicking and thumping when I sing along, which my husband says is because she hates it... lol...

[sidneyvicious]

Feb 24, 2015 14:47:25 GMT -5 @littlebee said:

jcprn, sidneyvicious Do you like the BellyBuds? I thought about getting them but I read a lot of mixed reviews because of the adhesive. I've just been using big padded headphones (like what a DJ uses) but I have to hold them in place so I have to stay in one spot and I can't move around the house doing other stuff.

I don't use the adhesives.  They tuck nicely into my maternity pants and stay put just fine no matter what I'm doing.  That being said, the only real selling point to them is they are supposedly set at the safest volume for the baby.  Otherwise, it's basically just a pair of oversized earbuds that you plug into your iPod.   I do enjoy them, though, and I like to think the baby does too. 

[herbavein]

Baby listens to NPR in the car, and then gets to hear me sing songs from "Frozen" as well as Simple Gifts and In My Life to his big sister (pretty much every single night. I would not be surprised if he emerges singing For the First Time in Forever...). I listen to a Simon & Garfunkel pandora station, so I guess he hears that too.

[billyhorrible]

Feb 24, 2015 16:51:11 GMT -5 pbubblegum said:

Hope my kid likes Drake because that's all I'm listening to this week.
I have not noticed any more movement when I'm singing or listening to music, or when DH talks directly to the belly. I'm still pretty early for lots of sharp movements and the anterior placenta doesn't help.

 You're also too early for the baby to hear anything, so don't be discouraged!  It's not until 24/25 weeks the baby can hear anything, and at that point it's going to be lower tones which is why @littlebee's husband gets responses.  The babies can actually hear them first!

[jcprn]

Feb 24, 2015 14:57:19 GMT -5 sidneyvicious said:

Feb 24, 2015 14:47:25 GMT -5 @littlebee said:

jcprn, sidneyvicious Do you like the BellyBuds? I thought about getting them but I read a lot of mixed reviews because of the adhesive. I've just been using big padded headphones (like what a DJ uses) but I have to hold them in place so I have to stay in one spot and I can't move around the house doing other stuff.

I don't use the adhesives.  They tuck nicely into my maternity pants and stay put just fine no matter what I'm doing.  That being said, the only real selling point to them is they are supposedly set at the safest volume for the baby.  Otherwise, it's basically just a pair of oversized earbuds that you plug into your iPod.   I do enjoy them, though, and I like to think the baby does too. 

Ditto to this. I don't use the adhesives, they stay if I tuck them into my maternity pants. Not sure I would have bought them myself but it's kind of neat and DH is so happy when I use them.

[tinavonsparkle]

I always worry that the baby is bored! My SO says I'm rediculous. I have stepped up the talking/playing chilled music (like a bit of Bob Marley) in the last week or two and I've even started shining a torch on the bump to give it a bit of light/dark visual stimulation (only cos I'm sure I heard somewhere that it's possible for them to distinguish day/night)??!

[jessila]

I'm a music teacher so he hears a lot of whatever I'm teaching. He moves around a lot when I sing certain songs. I was practicing ukulele this week for the first time in months and he definitely responded to that which makes sense since it was pressed against my belly.

[effthisnoise]

I've put the speaker end of my iPhone against my belly a couple times to try to get the baby to wake up and move around because I'm an asshole, but that's about it. My husband actually told me to stop bothering the baby! #motheroftheyear

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Feb 26, 2015 8:06:57 GMT -5 effthisnoise said:

I've put the speaker end of my iPhone against my belly a couple times to try to get the baby to wake up and move around because I'm an asshole, but that's about it. My husband actually told me to stop bothering the baby! #motheroftheyear

LOL!!!

[bruunk]

Feb 26, 2015 8:06:57 GMT -5 effthisnoise said:

I've put the speaker end of my iPhone against my belly a couple times to try to get the baby to wake up and move around because I'm an asshole, but that's about it. My husband actually told me to stop bothering the baby! #motheroftheyear

My husband says the same thing! I feel quilts for 5 seconds and then do it again