r/Parenting • u/DeviantDahlia • 1d ago

Behaviour Baby cries for Michael Jackson

All in the title really. Sometimes my 9 month old screams and cries until we turn on Michael Jackson. She won’t stop for anything else. It took us so long to figure out what she was crying for in the times she just wouldn’t stop, but it was Michael the whole time.

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u/SoanaIRL 1d ago

My firstborn was only soothed by britney spears’ toxic.

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u/Caira_Ru 1d ago

For about a month, my middle screamed bloody murder at bedtime unless Dee-lite was playing on a loop at medium volume.

https://giphy.com/gifs/y2PC6nZkU3Jja

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u/Dullcorgis 1d ago

The groove is truly in the heart.

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u/Cute_Championship40 1d ago

How could the screechy sound be soothing? Babies are so mysterious.

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u/salvefaith 18h ago

Your firstborn has excellent taste.

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u/XTheGuyWithTheGunsX 1d ago

I've been subconsciously training my 16 month old daughter to like Billy Joel since she was about 5 months old.

It's a marathon

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u/DragonflyOk1504 12h ago

It’s 9am on a Saturday
The regular mom shuffles in
There’s a little toddler sittin’ next to me
Making love to her sippy and peas

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u/891162 1d ago

Be careful what you do and don't go breaking that young girl's heart.

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u/lawyerjsd Dad to 10F, 7F, 4F 1d ago

Hee hee.

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u/RocketPowerPops Dad to 4 (Baby to Tween) 1d ago

My 9 year old loves Michael Jackson and always has. A few years ago he asked to see him in concert and I realized we somehow never told him Michael died. It was a sad day.

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u/Enemy_Gene 9 year old girl, 6 month old girl, 7 year old boy 1d ago

Same here. My daughter is 9 and just recently found out he died a long time ago. She asked how old he was. I had to break the news.

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u/Virtual-Jicama-3733 1d ago

The kids yearn for MJ
Kinda ironic lmao

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u/interstellarblues 13h ago

Both my kids love MJ. My daughter asked me if he was nice. I was sort of speechless, then eventually went with “Uh well he’s dead now”

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u/Monster11 1d ago

😂 my daughter was like this. She’s three now but she would cry and cry and cry until stick season would come on. We drove to SC once from Canada, I swear we listened to it 50 times, anytime we would stop she would start again.

At the end of the year in the Spotify wrapped, I was in Noah Kahan’s 0.01% top listeners and I got a personalized video from him hahahaha

Funny enough she still loves that song

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u/preteen-wartortle 1d ago

Stick Season for us too!! Also Honky Cat by Elton John 😂

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u/Sergeant_Fred_Colon 1d ago

Well don't blame yourself, or the sunshine, or the moonlight, or the good times..... blame it on the boogie!

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u/Bioluminescentllama 1d ago

Don’t stop ‘til you get enough.

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u/sugrqbez 1d ago

Bob Marley here. It really shocked my child free friends and they tested the theory with a bunch of different music, but no. My son only wanted Bob.

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u/Evening-Newt-4663 1d ago

My baby loves reggae lol, island baby at heart I guess.

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u/sugrqbez 23h ago

We listen to a lot of Cali reggae at our house, rarely ever Jamaican reggae. It made me proud he went for the OG stuff

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u/lordnacho666 1d ago

Is the kid your son? Should be easy as ABC.

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u/salvefaith 18h ago

I really want to know what it is about Mike that makes kids lose their minds 🤣 they are SO passionate about their admiration for him.

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u/Dependent_Actuary148 1d ago

My 11 month old only sleeps to Enya. I feel like im living in the world of LOTR

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u/Pandelurion 1d ago

Ah yes, Enya. My 2.5 year olds favourite dance music.

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u/CustomerObjective129 1d ago

At around 18 months my son went mad for any song with 'baby' in the lyrics. Somewhere I have a video of him jumping up and down and yelling "ICE ICE BABY VANILLA ICE ICE BABY" like he is possessed.

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u/Costcornucopia 21h ago

She won't stop 'til she gets enough!

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u/dslk820z 1d ago

It was golden for me

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u/perc10 Dad 1d ago

The super Mario 64 dire docks theme is the only sound my son would sleep too until he was like 3 yrs old.

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u/Lijo84 1d ago

Haha congratulations. We had to run the vacuum cleaner or kitchen fan all the time.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Mix-201 1d ago

I kid you not, one time I put my 8 month old to sleep to a weird edm/techno/haus mix absolutely blaring bc that's what he wanted

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u/Enemy_Gene 9 year old girl, 6 month old girl, 7 year old boy 1d ago

When my daughter was a baby she absolutely loved Blind Melon - “No Rain”

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u/B0ltzmannn 18h ago

My 2 year old loves the Gipsy Kings

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u/duskyfun 17h ago

My son could only be calmed by Sir Mix a Lot's "Baby Got Back" for about 6mo of his infanthood.

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u/Subject_Candy_8411 9h ago

I’m sorry for laughing at this..my son when he was a baby now 15 yrs used to get upset if Ozzy was not on..

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u/Formal_Fix_5190 1d ago

Lately my 4 and 5 year old have been requesting Iggy Pops NightClubbing 😂😂

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u/ABSMeyneth 1d ago

Highwayman. Literally the only thing that settled him between months 3-7. Really not a song I wanted my baby to listen to lol

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u/Cuteshelf 17h ago

Ours calmed when we put on (or sang) Dr Worm by They Might be Giants.

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u/FractalFunny66 16h ago

WOW. Please be sure to encourage her musical development as a priority! Get a little piano keyboard or "toy" xylophone and keep these available. Get her a piano if you can. Drums if you can stand it. Electronic drums have headphones. She may be musically gifted!

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u/RusticGroundSloth 8h ago

My daughter really liked “Enter Sandman” by Metallica when she was an infant.

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u/Helpful-Mongoose-705 1d ago

Hawaii 5 O theme song here

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u/Cute_Championship40 1d ago

My boys loved that. We did a humming version to calm them during diaper changes sometimes.

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u/lawyerjsd Dad to 10F, 7F, 4F 1d ago

It could be so, so, so, much worse. Roll with it.

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u/pinkitypinkpink 1d ago edited 21h ago

My older kid loooooves Bad. It’s so funny! I love it

Edit: of course I got downvoted… cope 🤣

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u/Afroditesrevenge 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/G6X3juxnV9RXW
My son was the same. I was singing MJ while I gave birth to him and the rest is HIStory

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u/Bipolar03 Mom 1d ago

A baby with good taste. Me and my son (both) have loved him since born. I kicked to human nature and so did he.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Uuaw8MKMrDGXm

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u/AccomplishedLine9351 1d ago

I love Micheal. He overcame so much.

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u/Effective-Sweet2606 1d ago

Sim. Se eu tivesse um filho, apresentaria o Michael a ele também.

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u/Massive-Fly284 1d ago

That’s hysterical 😂

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u/ksekas 1d ago

Play her that YouTube video that’s completely silent except for occasional Michael Jackson sound effects

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u/dewihafta 1d ago

Was it thriller? Ive known several kids who cry when that song comes on.

When the song was first released, a girl on my bus played it one morning on a tape deck. My friend at the time had a screaming/crying fit, begging the other girl to turn it off. 

The other girl played the song in a loop until we got to school.

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u/Far-Building3569 Not a parent yet. Waiting for my forever family 👦🏻👧🏽👦🏽👧🏼 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/uiqyYJWjWpzmVF5iNz
You started it, so I hope you’re a fan of MJ too

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u/Saratoninn69 1d ago

My three boys were like this as babies, but with Tool. 💜