The Boy And His Music

Our 5 yr old son has always had a "thing" for music. Many a nights he has fallen asleep listening to music while sitting in his Daddy's lap. For a while that was the only way to get him to sleep especially during those times when he would throw up for days on end (due to his EE).

When we are in the car he wants the music on and he wants it loud despite my incessant warnings that he will go deaf at an early age. And, his taste in music certainly isn't Barney, the Wiggles, or those Kidzbop Cds. We've tried putting "that" kind of music on for him to listen to and he literally freaks out. He'd rather listen to Black Label Society, Maroon 5, and the like. It's always been this way with him... even when he was baby.

Now he's progressed on to making up song lyrics. Yesterday evening he shared with me his latest very short song...

"Oh No! Oh No! I don't want to be little" to the tune of something very hard rock-ish.

While it's cute, I think he will be eating those words when he gets older. Something tells me that when he becomes an adult he will be wishing he was a child again...unless he actually does become a rockstar. In that case, I guess he will be living the dream life.