I'm going to delve outside of my realm as a doctor for adults a bit here. Dealing with a crying baby is a universal problem for parents. Pediatricians and other parents have all sorts of suggestions they throw out (very few of which are evidence based by the way). I have no new revelations today. Just something fun that I have noticed with HumorMD Jr.
Like many babies, HumorMD Jr. likes music. One of his favorite pastimes is laying on his playmat, swatting at overhanging objects, and listening to some tunes. At first, we went straight to the children's music. Baby Einstein and the Children's Worship station on Pandora are some of his favorites. I discovered something a few days ago, however. My son, at the ripe old age of 7 weeks, has developed musical taste.
We had reached a point where playing music calmed him some, but he still wouldn't quite settle down. I decided to up the ante a bit. I turned on the Youtube video of Little Big Town performing "Pontoon" at this year's CMA awards (great performance by the way). Immediate silence. He even looked towards the screen the entire time it played. We haven't explored any other musical genres yet, but I'm interested to see what the little man prefers.
This little discovery of mine confirms something I have long thought. If you think that some children's item is annoying, well...your kid might think so too. Don't let your child cry while Barney sings the ABC's if you could simply turn on the radio and have a family jam session. As a parting thought, this has serious potential for reality television. How about replacing the judges on the The Voice with a group of babies? The person that makes the least babies cry wins. It'll be a scream.
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