Who's got a singer? :)

[peaceful_mama]

I have never seen a baby sing like DS does...he is 18 months, 19 in a couple days.

He has been singing for months. He knows most of the theme songs to the shows the big kids watch.

He sings "Twinkle Twinkle", "Old McDonald" and "Row Row Row Your Boat" clearly enough that others know exactly what he is singing. (*all* of twinkle twinkle too)

He even will sing the song I made up for him and have been singing when I change him most of the time since he was born.

And now he makes up his own stuff--like in the van today, singing "Ming-Ming duck" over and over to the tune of the Wonder Pets theme (and yes, it was Ming-Ming duck not "tuck" the turtle character.) That's what he calls it, Ming-Ming duck. Ming Ming is his favorite.

[FreeRangeMama]

MINE. She loves to sing and turns absolutely anything she does into a song. She even sings on the toilet

She is in love with the movie Annie, so she often belts out Tomorrow or Hard Knock Life in stores. Too cute, though probably a little annoying to other shoppers. And since watching that movie she has started adding some flashy dance moves to her songs. She keeps her older siblings quite entertained

[MusicianDad]

We got a singer too...

Well two if you count DD but she's not a toddler anymore. DS has been obsessed with singing since he was tiny, at about 3 or 4 months old he developed a way to ask for a song that was (somewhat) understandable to the rest of us. By 6 months he was 'singing along' so to speak, mostly just making noise along with whomever was singing, but he was right on key. Now he has songs he loves to sing, and will sing all day sometimes. He has made up songs of his own too. On the spot, like last nights dinner, singing about carrots and potatoes and chickens.

BTW, it's always been a rule in our house "no singing at the table" so we're trying to teach him that rule early.

[AKislandgirl]

My girl too! She's 16 months and loves singing. Lately its been ring around the rosie... "ashy, ashy baby babble DOWN!" great emphasis on down!

The 2.5 year old I babysit sings, "we will, we will rock you" all the time! I love it!

[foodymama]

DD would babble in tune before she could talk. I think the first song was Rock A Bye Baby and she would rock her little rocking chair while singing.

AKislandgirl my DD sings Ashy Ashy too! Lol! Aren't they cute?!

[Sheryl1678]

My 18 mom old also sings Ashy Ashy DOWN!!! and Happy Day Day to YOU! I love it! My first daughter never sang until she was much older.

[mbm]

We have a singer here too. She doesn't necessarily get all the words to the songs, but she does get the notes right. Now if we could only get her to do it for Granny on Skype...

[junipervt]

DD loves to sing. She has been singing longer than she has been talking. She just turned 2 & her songs have changed a bit. She used to just make up her own songs w/ words & sounds she liked to say. She sang apple & bubble songs for months. Recently she has started to sing her own versions of songs like Old MacDonald & Happy Birthday.

[Katie T]

My DD2 loves to sing as well! I think she gets it from her big sister who sings every waking minute! It is so cute because she likes to dance and clap her hands while she sings. I it!

[ellemenope]

As a change of pace, I am going to respond to this one with a no.

I think it is so cute to have little singers, though. Enjoy it and get out the video cameras.

No, DD does not show much of pitch these days. She gets all the words right, and has great rythm, but no tone. It is still really cute, so I can only imagine how cute your kids sound.

Her by far faves are twinkle twinkle, abcs, rockabye, and hushabye.

I have a little sister who is tone deaf. She tries really hard and was in choir, but she had a really hard time. It was so fun to have her sing a song for you. But, she did a pretty good job blending in with others.

Is tone deaf a real thing? I bet musiciandad would know.

[MusicianDad]

Tone deaf is a real thing. It's a lack of relative pitch, meaning you can't discriminate between different musical notes. It has no effect on being able to distinguish between different pitches in spoken word though.

There is some evidence that tone deaf adults can be trained out of it though, so if your sister is interested it might be something to look into to.

MusicianDad, possessor of absolute pitch. *bow* (sorry had to brag for a moment there.)

[LCBMAX]

"baa baa back sheep, pavi ina wool, yessir yessir, pee bags full. one for a master one for a dame one for a little one-a lives down-a lane, twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonnner whatchu aaaaarrrrrrrrreeeee."

[mizznicole]

OMG, we live in an opera house. At the park the other day, while DS was belting out at the top of his lungs, a passerby said, "He's getting ready for American Idol."

The funniest is when he combines a liturgical/religious song (like "Glory to God in the highest) with a kids' song. "Glory to God in the highest, do you know the colors of the rainbow?"

[tjjazzy]

i have a singer too! and he's loud LOL it doesn't always make sense but i can usually figure out what song he's singing. he sings much more than he talks. maybe i should start singing all the time when i talk to him so he'll tell me what he wants?!

[Lit Chick]

MusicianDad, I was in an acappella group and one of our guys had perfect pitch. It was useful and annoying (for all of us). We'd say F flat, he'd hum, but it drove him nuts if we started to slide off (up-here-up-here-up-heeeeeeerrrrrreeeee). Ah, memories. LOL
I remember one rehersal with a modulation that we totally botched, and he seemed like he was in physical pain.

I have really good pitch, as does my mother. My father and husband are totally tone deaf. My little singer boy started out a bit rough, but at 2.5 he's doing really well in terms of keeping the correct melody and key now, so I think he got the maternal pitch genes. Phew!

Kiddo has been singing since he could vocalize, but he's only just starting to get good. He could "sing" all the words for ages, but now it's all coming together.

[ellemenope]

Originally Posted by MusicianDad

Tone deaf is a real thing. It's a lack of relative pitch, meaning you can't discriminate between different musical notes. It has no effect on being able to distinguish between different pitches in spoken word though.

There is some evidence that tone deaf adults can be trained out of it though, so if your sister is interested it might be something to look into to.

MusicianDad, possessor of absolute pitch. *bow* (sorry had to brag for a moment there.)

Thanks MD! Possessor of absolute pitch. That is a true gift you have.

[lisavark]

I think my DD might have perfect pitch. She started singing (recognizably) and matching tones to random sounds (like the hum of the coffee grinder!) around 18 months. Now she's two and she knows every word to lots of nursery rhymes, all the songs her kids' choir sings at church, and every. single. song. in Mary Poppins.

[Vera's Momma]

Veronica loves to sing! She will sing anything, but she especially loves the Elmo song. She also plays air piano! lol. She likes to play the drums while she sings as well, makes for a noisy house.

[kcstar]

Dis is a song, ma-ma-ma-ma, Elmo's song!
...
Dis is a song, ma-ma-ma-ma, Bi Bi's song...
...

Dis is a song, ma-ma-ma-ma, elphu's song...

DATs El-Mo's SONG!

[MusicianDad]

Originally Posted by Lit Chick

MusicianDad, I was in an acappella group and one of our guys had perfect pitch. It was useful and annoying (for all of us). We'd say F flat, he'd hum, but it drove him nuts if we started to slide off (up-here-up-here-up-heeeeeeerrrrrreeeee). Ah, memories. LOL
I remember one rehersal with a modulation that we totally botched, and he seemed like he was in physical pain.

Yeah, anything, even on key in a different octave, that isn't exactly perfect can sound like finger nails on a chalk board.

Originally Posted by ellemenope

Thanks MD! Possessor of absolute pitch. That is a true gift you have.

You're welcome!