When I first brought Cat home, I spent a lot of time watching reruns of Glee in the middle of the night when I was nursing him. I think that's where the problem started.
If you are a Glee fan, you will probably recall that during Season 2, Sam (Chord Overstreet's character, also known as Trouty Mouth) did a cover of Justin Bieber's "Baby". He did a great job, to be honest, and it wound up being one of my favorite episodes.
Cat loves this song. Adores it. This is the song that I turn on when he is hysterically crying, because it calms him right down.
And I can't stand it. Nope.
So, I'm currently doing a musical experiment to see if I can find a replacement song.
See, Bug was easy. He liked Lady Gaga, especially "Bad Romance", and Maroon 5. Stuff that I had on tap.
Bieber? Not so much.
So here's what we're listening to tonight:
1. Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"--Cat tolerated Adele's anthem from last summer. He wasn't as keen on it as I had hoped, so I played the version from Glee sung by Rachel and Jesse, which he was more into.
2. Keane, "Somewhere Only We Know"--He sat there and giggled at me while I belted out this song, which is a personal favorite--one that heavily influenced my first book. I'll count this in the "win" category.
3. Maroon 5, "Moves Like Jagger"--Cat was momentarily interested when I started dancing, but then he had a fit and we had to listen to Bieber.
4. Michael Jackson, "P.Y.T"--Cat thought my MJ imitation was hilarious.
5. Poison, "Talk Dirty to Me"--This is Bug's favorite song. Cat did me proud and consented to dance with me to this one.
Hmm...maybe I should play some more appropriate songs.
6. Styx, "Renegade"--He was pretty ambivalent, no tears, but no excitement either.
7. Robin Thicke, "When I Get You Alone"--About thirty seconds into this I realized this wasn't in the "appropriate" category; that being said, Cat thought it was hilarious when I sang, "And I'm not leaving..."
8. U2, "City of Blinding Lights"--This song will always have a special place in my heart because I was at a U2 concert when I was 17 weeks pregnant with Bug, and during this song I felt him move for the first time. Cat, for the record, smiled very broadly when I sang, "Oh, you look so beautiful tonight" to him. I think he knows how adorable he is:)
All in all, I think we accomplished something. Only having to turn the Biebs on once is pretty good, right? Right? :)
