Thinking out loud

Shannon told me our baby might be able to hear sounds outside the womb now. This news inspired me to pull out some of my classical music CDs and play them as loud as I could get away with the last several evenings. I've heard of the "Mozart effect", but frankly I'm no great lover of Mozart so why not the "Chopin effect" or "Beethoven effect"? I did play a little chamber music from Herr Mozart last night, but mostly I've been spinning the Early Romantics...particularly Chopin and Schumann. I wonder, is there some kind of emotional/personality formation taking place that could be impacted by my choice of music? If synapses begin to fire while listening to Chopin, does that mean he'll be a frail melancholy artiste type? Could listening to Schumann turn him into a visionary madman? Playing Wagner could be very risky. I've also started reading aloud to Shannon's belly. I read chapter one of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' and some passages from Isaiah. We plan to continue this throughout. BTW Isaiah (meaning "salvation of the Lord" or "the Lord saves") is one of my favored boy names. Shannon isn't so keen on it though. We'll see...