That “one thing” I forgot that Tristan has started doing?

Humming a recognizable tune and using that to request a certain song to be either played or sung! Specifically “This Old Man,” although he’s not particular about the words. He probably got used to the tune because all of his Little People toys play it with different lyrics (in and out, stop and go, etc.).

One of those silly little things I got for him was the Discovery Kids MP3 player (you can probably get it for $49.99 if you look around; we got ours at Marshall’s for about that much). It comes preloaded with a lot of kid-oriented music and there’s room to still throw a couple of other songs on top of that. He now knows how to find “This Old Man” and/or request it over and over, and he can even carry it around with him.

So, yeah, if you were wondering when to get your kid a music player, I’d suggest 20 months. Of course, my suggestion is based on one child’s experience, so take that with a grain of salt. And we’re one of those families who gets our kid his own MP3 player, but we’re also one of those families that don’t give him our MP3 players, phones, or keys to play with. 🙂

Now, to get Tristan interested in some of our musical tastes.. muahaha!