Melodious*

I had trouble sleeping the other night (no surprise there). It was 3 a.m., and my hips hurt, and my brain wouldn't turn off, and Baby was wide awake too -- kicking me in the ribs. I pulled out my phone and queued up Pandora to listen to some soothing music. After a little while, the earbud was uncomfortable in my left ear so I took it out and let it fall against my belly. Baby went still. I didn't realize he could hear the music through that tiny earbud, but the nurse assures me he can.

Because I don't have an actual subscription to Pandora (yet), we get ads. Just as I was starting to drift off, on comes a spoken ad for Living Social: "Hey Pandora Listener ..." Baby went nuts. He started kicking and throwing a little alien tantrum. Once the music started up again, he settled down. It was quite cute. Of course, it would have been cuter if it wasn't 3:30 in the morning and Mommy hadn't been exhausted.

Now I'm thinking it might be worth the $36 a year to subscribe to Pandora and avoid the interrupting ads. Baby seems to enjoy the Acoustic New Age station and will probably enjoy it here in the outside world. But he sure does not like his music interrupted by talking.

*Melodious - producing melody;  sweet-sounding; musical