Q was several weeks old (maybe a month or more) before I realized I’d never played him music. At all. Closest thing would have been the Gilmore Girls theme song due to the marathon I’d been doing in advance of the release of the new episodes. In the midst of those super sleep deprived early days, I hadn’t even thought about it. It was ironic, too, since music is so important to both myself and my husband.

I spent my early years in church musicals. I went to college on a music scholarship for flute and also play the piano and (once upon a time) the violin. T was in musicals over the years in both high school and college. We’ve gone to a number of musicals and concerts together over the years. I even worked doing social media promotions for concerts, both for several years as part of my day job. Music is clearly a big part of who we both are – and something that, if we had been more aware of it, we would have began introducing to Q starting with his time in the womb.

Once we became aware of it, we started to think about how we could add music into our routine with Q. We were super aware of avoiding screen time before he was born, so instead of turning on the TV for background noise, we started occasionally opting for Spotify or a CD instead. We even bought a record player so we can begin to make music more of a shared experience for our family. [Read more…]