Michelle--My grandson, Devon, was born prematurely, and his mom and him lived with me once out of the hospital. Devon was quite fussy, what with the oxygen, heart nonitor and all.

It's really amazing, and may be useless to your research, but playing Kate Wolf recordings was usually the only way to console him when he started crying, and his other needs were met.

We tried playing other female folk singers, various bands of different genres, classical, jazz etc to no avail. But put on ANY Kate Wolf tune, and Devon would calm down almost every time, almost immediately.

Devon is 9 years old now. He is surrounded by great music all the time. His primary interests lean towards our local snakes, bugs and horned toads, but his interest in music still comes through. He's probably tried more instruments than most kids, but the one he's shown the most interest and talent for is the DRUMS! The kid has a really good sense of rhythm for a 9 year old.

Go Figger. Thanks, BlueJay