Ask Drew: Music

Sue said...

I was wondering what type of music/recordings is Andrew listening to?

Andrew has a diverse musical taste, made up of a bunch of random songs we uploaded to an mp3 player I had laying around the house. We had purchased a Baby Einstein classical music CD, which I converted and included. The rest of the selections are made up of anything that resembles a lullaby, or has babies, sleep, or dreams in the lyrics. There are a few Josh Groban songs, one each from Billy Joel and the Dixie Chicks, and even a few from Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. We like most of the songs, but we've noticed that every time a Celine Dion comes on, it's about ten decibels louder than any of the others.

We've connected this tiny mp3 player to a pair of cheap speakers, which were recently taped to the end of his bed for better positioning. It runs on one AAA battery, which needs to be replaced almost every day. Andrew likes his music a lot....it calms him and helps him sleep....so it plays many hours per day. We bought a large box of replacement batteries at Costco, and when we run out the NICU staff always manages to scrounge up more. Until he can use one of these (drool!), he'll have to make do with his cheap little player.

At other times, he listens to a cassette tape in a NICU-supplied tape player or calming jungle sounds from a "waterfall soother." That's also NICU-supplied, but we have an exact duplicate waiting at home in his crib.