If I wasn't such a stickler for format, I would have named this post "The Night my Internet Enabled Phone Saved my Baby's Hearing". Just like the previous post said, last night Catie and I went to Kings of Leon. The concert was amazing and we really enjoyed it...but we have no idea how it looked. See, we're sitting there, waiting for the first band (The Whigs) to warm up the crowd and when they come on, there's this loud low rumble that makes baby freak out. She starts kicking and swinging in general protest. I had my hand on Catie's stomach and the vibrations from the bass were being amplified by this bag full of amniotic fluid. There's a good reason too. Turns out amniotic fluid amplifies lower notes, but as the pitch goes up the the noise level is actually filtered out. One exception to this is mom's voice, it actually gets amplified by about five decibels while all other voices are muted.
You can read the article here.
After a few more deep rumbles, Catie looks over at me and says, "You know, we never really thought about what this might do to developing ears, did we". In my defense, this is new to me. So I whip out my handy dandy internet enabled phone, and start reading about how loud noises and vibrations can
retard mental development or even miscarriage. We decide not to chance it, and walk outside to listen to the rest of the show. It was a great show and Caleb Followill can scream like no one else. The baby's first show was a blast, but for the first time in my life, I'm starting to feel my age. I know this because I ended up looking forward to my bed more than anything else when the show was closing
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