Baby Sing-Along!

Okay, he doesn't really sing along, but this boy loves music. He's a pretty quiet kid, but when we're in the car, he babbles incessantly as long as the radio's on. At first, I'd get all excited and shut the radio off so that I could hear Carter instead, but of course he'd instantly quiet right down in the silence. I've finally found the balance so that I can turn the music down enough to hear him, but keep it loud enough for him to hear and "sing along" to.

Becky gave us this toy (Baby Einstein Takealong Tunes) because she always had a ton of luck calming Colin down in the car with it. I always just thought it was a coincidence, but for 2-3 months now, we've been employing it in much the same way. Carter starts to scream, we break out the "baby crack toy," and he calms right down... maybe just for the duration of one song, but that's enough to take a breath and regain enough sanity to keep going.

Then, a few weeks ago, we remembered that we have another toy (Fisher Price Laugh & Learn: Learning Puppy), given to us by Brian's assistant, Elaine. It's meant for older kids, but it sings and lights up much like the baby crack toy. He LOVES it. We set it in front of him and push different paws to activate the music and most of the time he just smiles and talks away to it.

Here are a couple of videos of Carter enjoying his puppy friend :) The first one I love because at the end, he looks right at the camera and smiles (such a charmer), and the second is just cute. No real point to these videos except for the cuteness.