I am using a [plugin](http://tutorialzine.com/2011/02/converting-jquery-code-plugin/) to create a real slick jquery select (dropdown) menu.

The html requires the following format:

```
<select>
<option value="0" selected="selected" data-skip="1">Choose an Artist</option>
<option value="1">Title</option>
<option value="2">Title</option>
<option value="3">Title</option>
<option value="4">Title</option>
</select>

```

I want to use wordpress to display certain pages in a select menu:

```
<?php wp_dropdown_pages('child_of=96'); ?>

```

Wordpress successfully returns a select menu of all of the correct pages. I need a jquery solution to insert this before the first select element: `<option value="0" selected="selected" data-skip="1">Choose an Artist</option>` and I also need jquery to assign an option value to the next select item (see markup above). So basically, I need a jquery solution to append that line before the first select item and also assign a consecutive option value (i++) to the next select item.

Thanks in advance, and I hope that makes sense.