headphones on belly question

[cubasianchica]

so i read that playing classical music is good for baby. So as soon as I learned baby could hear now I started playing it for him. I was so excieted to start it that I didnt even realize that the volume on my headphones was all the way up. I played a cd for him for 45 min a day for 3 days with the max volume. Of course now that I noticed it I lowered it but Im wondering if I might have caused any hearing damage? on top of that now that I play musica he doesnt really react to it so Im not sure if that is an indication... any input mamas?? am I worried for nothing?

[NatureMama3]

no harm to the hearing. :)

fwiw, research has pretty solidly shown that music makes no difference, that baby prefers the swooshing sound of the placenta and the mother's heartbeat.

[sapphire_chan]

Has there been another study done on the classical music thing? Last I read about it only one study has shown any effect and the results were not duplicated in other experiments. http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1999/09.16/mozart.html

[cubasianchica]

thanks for the info. ive at least heard that babies react to sound...you know like more movement or they are startled.....i dont have that happen at all, is that ok? he has not seemed startled at all and I live in a loud house..people talk loud yell and dogs barking. shouldnt this effect him?

[sapphire_chan]

thanks for the info. ive at least heard that babies react to sound...you know like more movement or they are startled.....i dont have that happen at all, is that ok? he has not seemed startled at all and I live in a loud house..people talk loud yell and dogs barking. shouldnt this effect him?
:lol My SIL was pregnant with my niece while they were living with 3 anxious dogs. My niece, who at age 2 talked better than some 5 year olds, has never ever jumped at a dog barking*. My guess, since she'd heard it throughout the pregnancy it was wired into her brain as being the same sort of noise as her mom's heartbeat--something really loud that's supposed to be there.

*But when I babysat her for an hour when she was 4 months old, I blew my nose once and she jumped like you wouldn't believe.

I'd bet you'll fine that your baby sleeps better with lots of talking people around.

[noordinaryspider]

My son definitely reacted to the lullabye tape that I played for him every day during the pregnancy. It was a big help getting him to sleep during the "colicky" newborn phase. Of course it was a very soporific tape and had a noticeable effect on dd and exy as well, so maybe ds is just a particularly musical kid.

I feel bad about not keeping up with this new child's CD, but dd has negative associations with classical music so I can't play it when she's in the house.

I've heard both sides of the debate about headphones, but choose not to use them myself because it might be too invasive and I think it's more natural for the sound to be heard as an integral part of the audio environment, perhaps in combination with my own relaxation hormones and physical response to hearing it myself.