Anecdotally I can confirm babies, infants older than 4 months, LOVE Ice Cream. So far all my grandkids have.
And, as to music they also seem to love it when I plink out very simple melodies on a Ukulele. Can’t wait to start them on Gilbert & Sullivan light operas. “I’ve got a little list …”
I prefer ’60s Japanese Kayoukyoku.
Japanese Film Noir:
“Kemeko no Uta” (Kemeko’s Song) 1968 Starring Rumi Koyama
Song: “Sasurai no Gitaa” (Wandering Guitar) 1971 Singer Rumi Koyama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBl931441U
Didn’t anyone fall in love with that first little baby like I did?
The effort to learn, with joy, is part of the miracle of human creation, even at age 4 months. That infant brain has already learned a lot, a huge amount, actually; including the automatic inversion of optical images to turn bottoms up and tops down, to see the world correctly instead of upside down.
If you think all this came from evolution in bubbly eons in organic chemical soup, you need to think some more.
Try the book, “Foresight”, which reduces the extraordinary intricacies of biology and chemistry to terms comprehensible by STEM-illiterate liberal arts majors. I’m just into it, and the now dreaded word God has not yet appeared.
The singer has a pretty voice!
“Neo said: Didn’t anyone fall in love with that first little baby like I did?”
Yes, I did. I introduced my nephew to cheese strudel when he was 1yo. Same look on his face! Now he’s 25yo and about to be married.
Neo, I did. I don’t know whether the baby was actually trying to sing along or just imitating the singer’s facial expressions, but the enthralled look on (his?) little face was priceless either way. There’s something about watching the wonder and joy with which babies discover the world around them that makes it all new again even for grandmas like me. I mean, the beauty and sweetness of singing really is a wonder. How come we so rarely notice that?
And yes, the singer has a very pretty voice.
Yes, Neo, I did, too. Baby smiles are beautiful. I spent the weekend singing to my little granddaughter. What a joy! She loves singing, and, like you, she loves to dance, although perhaps not as well, yet, as you did. Give her time.
Of my six grand kids, my grand daughter ‘Cat’ started speaking when she was 9 months old, here first words were “Cute Shoes” and her second was the word spoken very clearly “Baby”. Now she is getting ready to turn 17 making excellent grades, especially in math and science in one of the top schools in Dallas and all of my grand kids are my favorites. I am an old man and I love spending time with babies for about five minutes whereas my wife can spend hours with them enjoying them just for who they are.
That first video is what it’s all about. Beautiful. Pure.
The next time someone asks me; What is the meaning of life?, I’ll just show them that.
Thanks, Neo.
Just curious…who doesn’t eat ice cream like that?
Or at least want to?
“I believe in babies… I believe in mom and daddies..” — Don Williams
Watch Mini-Mike’s appreciation of tasting Big Gay Ice Cream for the first time.
https://www.mrctv.org/videos/2020-candidate-mike-bloomberg-endorses-big-gay-ice-cream
1970s adult contemporary just doesn’t cut it, and The Carpenters were twee without agreeable countervaling qualities. Need better material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmwRsnOiAw
And here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE-8MTP37uY
Anecdotally I can confirm babies, infants older than 4 months, LOVE Ice Cream. So far all my grandkids have.
And, as to music they also seem to love it when I plink out very simple melodies on a Ukulele. Can’t wait to start them on Gilbert & Sullivan light operas. “I’ve got a little list …”
I prefer ’60s Japanese Kayoukyoku.
Japanese Film Noir:
“Kemeko no Uta” (Kemeko’s Song) 1968 Starring Rumi Koyama
Song: “Sasurai no Gitaa” (Wandering Guitar) 1971 Singer Rumi Koyama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tBl931441U
Music:
“Aeba Suki Suki” (If You Like Let’s Meet) 1968 Margaret and The Bunnies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqvDugWBdLE
“Koi Wa Haato De” (Love is Heart) 1967 Izumi Aki and The Rangers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGdZujzvN0w
Didn’t anyone fall in love with that first little baby like I did?
The effort to learn, with joy, is part of the miracle of human creation, even at age 4 months. That infant brain has already learned a lot, a huge amount, actually; including the automatic inversion of optical images to turn bottoms up and tops down, to see the world correctly instead of upside down.
If you think all this came from evolution in bubbly eons in organic chemical soup, you need to think some more.
Try the book, “Foresight”, which reduces the extraordinary intricacies of biology and chemistry to terms comprehensible by STEM-illiterate liberal arts majors. I’m just into it, and the now dreaded word God has not yet appeared.
The singer has a pretty voice!
“Neo said: Didn’t anyone fall in love with that first little baby like I did?”
Yes, I did. I introduced my nephew to cheese strudel when he was 1yo. Same look on his face! Now he’s 25yo and about to be married.
Neo, I did. I don’t know whether the baby was actually trying to sing along or just imitating the singer’s facial expressions, but the enthralled look on (his?) little face was priceless either way. There’s something about watching the wonder and joy with which babies discover the world around them that makes it all new again even for grandmas like me. I mean, the beauty and sweetness of singing really is a wonder. How come we so rarely notice that?
And yes, the singer has a very pretty voice.
Yes, Neo, I did, too. Baby smiles are beautiful. I spent the weekend singing to my little granddaughter. What a joy! She loves singing, and, like you, she loves to dance, although perhaps not as well, yet, as you did. Give her time.
Of my six grand kids, my grand daughter ‘Cat’ started speaking when she was 9 months old, here first words were “Cute Shoes” and her second was the word spoken very clearly “Baby”. Now she is getting ready to turn 17 making excellent grades, especially in math and science in one of the top schools in Dallas and all of my grand kids are my favorites. I am an old man and I love spending time with babies for about five minutes whereas my wife can spend hours with them enjoying them just for who they are.
That first video is what it’s all about. Beautiful. Pure.
The next time someone asks me; What is the meaning of life?, I’ll just show them that.
Thanks, Neo.
Just curious…who doesn’t eat ice cream like that?
Or at least want to?
“I believe in babies… I believe in mom and daddies..” — Don Williams
A link to this article was posted at Instapundit this morning:
https://www.vandammeacademy.com/we-dont-talk-about-college
New parents should give it a read.