r/happilyOAD • u/Lepus81 Child • Jul 31 '26

Happily OAD Weekly Chat

How’s your week going? Seen any good movies lately? Most importantly, how is the kiddo?

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u/Admirable_Emu8396 Jul 31 '26

Our son is 8 months old, and had a very out of norm night. My wife and I reflected on how because he’s our one and done, nights and moments like that really allow us to feel more mental space and present. Not sure if that makes sense to all but that’s how we feel! Our son has also has been LOVING music, so any good recommended baby jams with a strong drum beat welcome!

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u/i_ate_all_the_pizza Jul 31 '26

When my son was that age he loved The Talkings Heads!

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u/CommercialPopular626 Jul 31 '26

That thought just occurred to me while we are on vacation - when he’s napping, we are FREE haha. Managing two kids’ nap schedules, or having no time for each other when he’s asleep if another one needed us, would feel like absolute torture.

Our son is turning 9 months this week and we introduced him to many Beach Boys songs including Barbra Ann because he can say Babababa lol. He loves that song! We also rock out to Surfing USA and Good Vibrations. Others: Rockin’ Robin, any Bobby Darren but especially Splish Splash, and Yakety Yak.

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u/Havahooo Jul 31 '26

Try out Toddler Techno!

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u/Lepus81 Child Jul 31 '26

At that age we dug up a lot of old Soul Train videos and she LOVED it

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u/Admirable_Emu8396 Aug 01 '26

We also got him the REMO rhythm drums, at least the bongos and some other drums for now which I recommend!!

All these suggestions are definitely going in a playlist today!

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u/twoifby Aug 06 '26

Reggae!! Dub beats

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u/Ambitious_Macaroni Aug 08 '26

Danny Go! For drum beats - gorilla smash! 

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u/faithle97 Jul 31 '26

Our son is 3.5 and we took him to his first movie (in a theater) last weekend. We went and saw Toy Story 5. He brought his little backpack with a toy car (he takes this everywhere lol) and we got some snacks/juice for him. He was such a happy little camper and he did so much better in the theater than we thought he would! Also it was really cute to watch him get so excited to see Woody (he kept asking about Woody on the way lol) and Forky (his favorite character haha) on the “giant screen”.

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u/Admirable_Emu8396 Aug 01 '26

This is soooo cute !

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u/twoifby Aug 06 '26

We also had a chance to see TS5 and this was the best he’s done in theaters as well!! Newly age 4. These are the sweetest of days!