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[moominmolly]

Unanticipated vital parenting skill: being ready with a ridiculous song to sing AT ALL MOMENTS, especially at scary times (like bathtime), happy times, sad times, bored times, and sleepy times. Also, in the car, in the morning, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, and while walking up and down the stairs

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[youngwilliam]

And now all those years of They Might Be Giants listening can serve you well (moreso if you add little sound-effects to "Lucky Ball and Chain". And I can see "Turn Around" working pretty well, too).

i am not your broom

[moominmolly]

Indeed! Really, "NO!" is working well, too. :)

[vespid_interest]

I think your musical selection must be by the band whose T-shirt I just bought for a newborn: it said "AB/CD" in a special font, then had the rest of the letters underneath. Ha I say, Ha, to songs and to shirts.

I think it was white...

[nminusone]

A friend of mine has a special song that never fails to at least relax and often outright sedate her ~9 month old boy. It's amazingly potent! It's either the Little Black Duck or the Little White Duck, I can't quite remember. I heard her sing it once, but a concomitant attack of the mad sleepies prevented me from remembering what color the duck was. ;)

Re: I think it was white...

[moominmolly]

You mean the little white duck, sitting in the water? The little white duck, doing what he oughter? I always thought it was a bit jaunty, with a tragic ending, myself, but yes! Yet another silly song to sing!

Re: yeah, that's the *clonk* zzzzzzzzzz

[nminusone]

I had no idea the ending was tragic, I can never stay awake that long. Just reading the little bit you quoted made me yawn! :)

Re: yeah, that's the *clonk* zzzzzzzzzz

[moominmolly]

The poor snake scares everyone off, and then he's all alone! But perhaps you're supposed to be asleep by that point. Like me, now! And with that --

[arachne8x]

I love ridiculous song singing, perhaps that is something I will be good at. Fortunately if I keep being in musical LARPs and I keep learning more musical scores for shows I like I should be in business for a long time.

One of the most fascinating things I have ever seen was a baby trying to learn to crawl. It was clear that the baby understood the utility of crawling and knew that his whole world would open up if he could just manage to propel himself forward. His biggest obstacle was his left foot which would always get stuck folded beneath him. We didn't actually get to see his first crawl, more's the pity, but it was clear that he was completely ready, and just needed to learn to finesse. Anyway I know that that isn't the same as what Natalie just did (ok I already have a tendency to want to call her Nat that I know I should repress.) But it definitely reminded me of it.

[dilletante]

n definitely wants to be able to move closer to things, now. she's motivated to learn. :)

[arachne8x]

There is a look of intensity that infants get, its amazing to see how full of will and energy they already are.

[bethr]

the eternal font o' songs? Yep, that's what you turn into---real, spontaneous, filked, nonsensical---it has a tune, the baby shuts up.

This becomes truly annoying for all, though, when they're in... say...elementary school, and now you, the mom, still think that things like a bad math test or an unfortunate fashion choice or a fight with a friend can be solved by a little crooning... ;)

[moominmolly]

This explains a lot about my dad. :)

[cruiser]

And mine. I have inherited his ability to come up with a song on pretty much any topic you can pick.