I am looking for music to play to my baby, both now and when the baby is born. My husband and I can barely remember any of the nursery rhymes and songs that we sang as kids! Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you to everyone.... I ordered a bunch of CD's from BMG (I had free ones coming to me) and I am going to use my Borders and Barnes and Noble coupons to get the rest! Thanks so much. I can't wait to play these for my little "peanut"--not sure what we're having yet!
I have a lot of kids CDs. This one is my favorite:
http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Me-Lullabies-Other-Dreams/dp...
baby einstein music cds are good.
classical music
My kids did nto like the baby eintstein videos..
Dear C.,
Congratulations for the "child in waiting"! We bought classical music for babies & actually put headphones on my belly at the very early stages of pregnancy. It is a known fact that the classical music stimulates them & usually after birth they really like the music that they heard in the womb.
Says it's good for their brain! Not sure, but it helped us out with our son. If I'm not mistaken, Barnes & Nobles have music for babies on CD's available, but you should also check your library, as you could sample a few. (My son is now 14, but he loves Pavorotti, & Phantom of the Opera piano music).
Good Luck with the music & Best Wishes for the birth of your child.
K.
Well when I was pregnant I used lifescapes from Target. I also found 101 kids songs from Timelife.com Boy they have all the old fashioned nursery school songs as well as a Bible Songs collection.
I was a worker in a daycare and these CDs were well received by babies-preschool.
T. J.
I'm a new mom to a 5 month old and was thinking the same thing. I did download songs on itunes to play while he was still in my tummy and I would sing along with them but they weren't nursery rhymes, just music I like.
Since bringing him home I have a c/d with lullabye's that somebody bought for me but they have them on sale really anywhere music is sold.
I have to tell you that I can't remember a lot of lullaby'es either but the awesome thing about babies is you can make up words as long as it's "RHYMEY" they like it. It also turns out that I know a lot of Christmas songs so I continue to sing those quite often, including "silent night". Even humming is nice.
Hope this helps.
M.
All of the suggestions are great. I would add that if you want to find lyrics to children's songs and words to nursery rhymes, go online. Just do a search under childrens song lyrics/nursery rhymes, etc. and there should be tons of web sites with words you can print out.
Like others, I went the Baby Einstein route. In fact, when we were in the car and I was listening to the radio (versus playing a CD), my son would yell "BACH!" (that was one of his first words- lol). As far as getting him settled down in the middle of the night, I sang songs from "Oh Brother, where art thou?" (George Clooney movie with old spirituals and bluegrass) and Christmas carols (Silent Night is very soothing to a young child). But humming is good too - it doesn't matter if you know the words or not, make some up (they'll correct you later, be sure of that). To this day, he still seems to settle down when I sing these songs to him.
The collections by Wee Sing will have every childhood song you ever knew (and more). I also recommend Baby Einstein music and videos. Disney has a CD that is all instrumental "princess" lullaby songs. It's a pink CD with glitter and the princesses on front. We used to play that every night when our twins were going to sleep. It's beautiful and relaxing.
Baby Einstein CD's are great...and they have a good selection as well. I also listened to a lot of nature CD's while pregnant and now too! The ocean sounds and rain are good ones. You can usually get them for around $6-$7. Good Luck, and congrats!
I think any type of music would be good. Kids love music in general. My husband and I play what we like to hear. When my first son was little we just started singing the songs we know the words to - mostly Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Billy Joel, show tunes (me), and The Beatles (both of us). Now that he is 4 he gets so excited when he hears some of the songs on the radio. He'll say "hey, that is the song daddy sings to me." We do the same for our twin sons (9 months old) and assume they'll respond the same way. Really, they are just happy to hear your voice singing.
There are a lot of CDs out there that are targeted toward kids but that are also fun for adults to listen to. I don't think I could deal with Raffi over and over again, but there are artists that normally record for adults that also record for kids. Kenny Loggins has a great CD and there is another with Jerry Garcia & Dave Grisholm (not sure if I got his name right). I've heard a lot about Laurie Birkner but I haven't heard her CD. Just check out the children's section at your local big bookstore.
The developing fetus/baby can hear your voice in utero so start singing to the baby while you are pregnant.
You also asked about detergent for an HE washer. You need to use detergent that says HE on the label. I'm not sure why everyone feels they need to use Dreft for babies. You should be able to find a dye free, fragrance free HE detergent.
Check out Music Together on the web. It is nationwide. It is the best music class.
My daughter is almost 16 mths old and since she was an infant I've played her Raffi. We have the 3 CD collection "The Singable Songs Collection" which includes:
Singable songs for the very young
More singable songs
Corner Grocery Store & other singable songs
Every time I turn the CD on and she hears him she starts clapping and dancing. The songs are very easy to remember and fun to be silly with your baby.
I hope this helps!
I liked the baby einstein classical music cds and a few of the disney nursery cds. My babies also like Josh Groban and Jack Johnson (Curious George movie) :)
Anything you like and listen to is really fine-- if the baby hears it enough, it will calm them down once born (and the nursery rhymes can wear on you).
C.,
I had my son about 15 months ago. He was premature so he was in the NICU for quite some time. The nurses would play this beautiful music for the babies at nighttime, and it was so peaceful and beautiful, I found out what the cd was and bought it online. If you would like some nighttime instrumental music, try Lifescapes: Babies First Lullabies. I was able to find one new in 2006, but I would say it would be very worth getting a used one. It also has relaxing sounds of running water, heartbeats, etc. Good Luck!
S. R.
Congratulations, both on your marriage and new pregnancy!
I tried really hard to find appropriate music for my baby to listen to (he is now 22 months old). What I found best for me, in the end, was music that I liked to hear also. My son really seemed to be soothed by female vocals like Sarah McLaughlin and Loreena McKennett (sp?).
Now that he is a bit older, we listen to more nursery rhyme types of music....but I am mostly into Putumayo Kids, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Dan Zanes types of music. Again...stuff that I enjoy listening to also.
Not sure if that helps at all...hope it does.
We have a five month old. When I was pregnant I played a CD put out by Fisher-Price called Lullaby Baby "Tender Lullabies" (this is instrumental, but contains the words to the lullabies). There four other CD's that Fisher-Price has as well. Those are entitled Classic Baby: Mozart; Baby Moves: Dance, Baby, Dance; ABC Sing-Along; Sing-Along Favorites. I know that Wal-Mart carries these CD, this is where I bought mine. Another thing to do is to put the headphones of the CD walkman on your tummy to sooth the baby. This was a God sent thing for me since my daughter thought that at 3am when she was in the womb was playtime. I would get out of bed go to the bathroom and then sit in our recliner in the front room and play the lullaby CD and she would come right down and go back to sleep. I also played some of my favorite music this way as well.
