"Old MacDonald had a farm......"For whatever reason this song has the ability to turn a tired, fussy, crying baby Z (see picture) into a quiet sleepy little lump.
I discovered it's power one night while Shawn was out getting a much needed mommy's night out. Poor Zack was over-tired and fighting going to sleep without the mommy milk. He wouldn't stop screaming so I broke out in song, and sure enough once I got through the volume of the screams he settled right down. Since then we've both used the song to help settle him on long drives and late nights. However sometimes it take a little while before he'll actually go to sleep so we've had to expand the farm quite a bit. Now we're up to; cow (moo), pig (oink), sheep (baa), duck (quack), turkey (gobble), chicken (baawk), bird (tweet), fish (glub), rabbit (hop), frog (ribbit), Storm (ahoooo), Shadow (woof), kitty (meow), monkey (ooh ooh), tiger (rawr), horse (cloop) and of course Zack (gooo). One of the funniest moments from my parent's recent trip was when all 4 of us were singing old macdonald to Zack when he started melting during the drive up to Evergreen.
So if you're ever stuck with a crying baby, keep in mind it's worth a try.
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