Ten month old baby, amazing reaction

[Smokeybebe]

Melted at this baby...so cute, and showing almost adult emotions to a song. A few people have said the baby is actually afraid, watch it to the end and see what you think ( it's as if she actually understands the words )

[fiddles]

The Mother is cruel, to start the baby is very happy then as soon as she starts singing the baby starts getting teary eyed and everytime the mom pauses while singing the baby smiles and then she goes back to singing and the baby starts crying again. The poor little mite don't know whats happening

[Smokeybebe]

Dec 9, 2013 22:23:25 GMT fiddles said:

The Mother is cruel, to start the baby is very happy then as soon as she starts singing the baby starts getting teary eyed and everytime the mom pauses while singing the baby smiles and then she goes back to singing and the baby starts crying again. The poor little mite don't know whats happening

Really .? ???
Have just watched it again, surely if the baby was scared she would have just burst into tears?

Going to watch again....

Ok just watched again, still don't think the baby is afraid, but got to be honest, the thing I was initially attributing to the baby ( emotion at the mothers voice) couldn't really happen at ten months old though , I guess?

I loved it, now I'm not sure...

[Smokeybebe]

Surely most babies at ten months old though have heard their mother sing ??? It's not as if the mother is screaming a rock song at the top of her voice .

I'm confuzzled now though....

[lynwlt]

I'm with fiddles, metaphorically speaking..

[xs2man]

Undecided.

It could be a strong emotional action to the mothers voice, which is very good IMO. Or, I think more likely, the baby is confused at what it's mother is doing.

It is a nice video if you look at it from the point of view of an emotional attachment to the song though. I think that's the way I prefer to view it. I'm sure the mother wouldn't subject her baby to such fear, then record it, and post it for the world to see. Well I'd hope not anyway.

[Phoenixflame (Julie)]

I saw this a while back on facebook and couldn't quite make up my mind about it.

I've just watched it again and although I don't think the baby is afraid, it's obviously not happy with her singing and I can't quite understand why she would carry on singing knowing that it's upsetting her baby.

[lynwlt]

It's a pretty miserable song to sing to a baby, and, to me, the sight of a baby weeping without making a noise is just heart breaking...

[Smokeybebe]

I can see both sides of this now, I think. Initially I heard about this video today, it's radio 2s viral-video of the day. They were saying how cute it was, how amazing the reaction was, what a great bond the baby and mother thing is etc etc...so I watched it, with those words in mind, and to be honest I saw it the way it was described. I thought it was amazing.

Then a few comments on you tube said the baby was scared, so it's interesting to hear the views on here because I really don't think she's scared...although I'm now undecided about what she is feeling. Obviously she can't understand the words of the song, but like I said above, it seems almost that way. Maybe she's just emotional at the tone of the mothers voice (sad), or the look on the mothers face (possibly sad), and is reacting to that?

But scared? I don't think so, although i also don't think she's reacting with "adult" emotions to a sad song , which is how this video is being pushed in the media, and what I originally thought as well probably.

So...even more undecided and confused now...any child psychologists in the house?

[Smokeybebe]

Dec 9, 2013 22:52:30 GMT lynwlt said:

It's a pretty miserable song to sing to a baby, and, to me, the sight of a baby weeping without making a noise is just heart breaking...

But that's the thing...wouldn't the baby be crying, as in making a noise, if scared? I dunno, But I'd have thought so ???

[djs]

I like the "funny cat guilt compilation "offered after the video finished. 1:45.

I have no doubt the child was taking on board her Mum's expression(s).

[kailey]

I don't think the baby is scared but I think she is picking up on the emotion in the mother's voice. I think she is probably a bit confused too. It's probably not the sort of sound she is used to hearing as the mother's voice is rather harsh and loud and the mother is probably not making the normal smiley faces one normally does to babies. It would be interesting to see the mother's expressions during the song too.