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I've found a new use for songvids
Cranky 8-month-olds love them. :D
Since my work schedule is flexible right now, I've been babysitting my cousin's baby on Wednesdays. My exposure to babies (as an adult, anyway) is relatively limited, and the kid spends a lot of time staring at me with an expression that looks an awful lot like this icon of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
villainny's, obviously expecting me to be doing something quite different from what I'm doing. (I don't know what she thinks I'm supposed to be doing; it's just very clearly Not This.)
Most baby games kinda bore me senseless, and most of my pastimes are stultifyingly boring to her, but I did find one thing we have in common. She's utterly captivated by song videos -- specifically, fast-paced and bright ones, with lots of clip changes. She waves her little arms around and squeaks happily for some, and stares in total fascination at others. (Sam and Dean get waving and squeaking; John and Rodney get a lot of staring. I'm not sure what's up with that.) I feel kind of guilty because some of them, especially the SPN ones, have some creepy or disturbing video clips, but they go by pretty quick and I'm at least mostly sure that she's much too young to either understand or remember what she's seeing. So far this one seems to be her favorite.
Since my work schedule is flexible right now, I've been babysitting my cousin's baby on Wednesdays. My exposure to babies (as an adult, anyway) is relatively limited, and the kid spends a lot of time staring at me with an expression that looks an awful lot like this icon of
villainny's, obviously expecting me to be doing something quite different from what I'm doing. (I don't know what she thinks I'm supposed to be doing; it's just very clearly Not This.)Most baby games kinda bore me senseless, and most of my pastimes are stultifyingly boring to her, but I did find one thing we have in common. She's utterly captivated by song videos -- specifically, fast-paced and bright ones, with lots of clip changes. She waves her little arms around and squeaks happily for some, and stares in total fascination at others. (Sam and Dean get waving and squeaking; John and Rodney get a lot of staring. I'm not sure what's up with that.) I feel kind of guilty because some of them, especially the SPN ones, have some creepy or disturbing video clips, but they go by pretty quick and I'm at least mostly sure that she's much too young to either understand or remember what she's seeing. So far this one seems to be her favorite.
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It would be kind of amusing to chart her reactions!