Emotional Baby Is Moved To Tears By Mom's Singing

[Emit]

This 10-month-old's impassioned response to her mother's private performance of "My Heart Can't Tell You No" gives a whole new (beautiful) meaning to the word "cry-baby."

The little one was identified by Canada's TVA as Mary Lynne Leroux. Mom, Amanda, told TVA that she's too shy to sing in public -- but clearly, she's found an appreciative audience at home.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/emotional-baby-moved-to-tears-by-moms-singing_n_4173272.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

Also here: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/29/watch-this-babys-extremely-emotional-reaction-to-her-mother-serenading-her/

This is making the rounds online, so you may have seen it, but I had to share. Too cute!

[JI7]

1. have there been any studies done about whether babies that age

can get tears from positive emotions like joy or feeling loved ?

[FedUpWithIt All]

2. That baby is pretty stressed.

She looks very frightened by the tone of her mother's singing. She smiles only during the pauses and becomes upset once the singing picks up again. She is also watching her mothers face very closely to gauge what she, herself, should be feeling. It is also telling that her demeanor becomes increasingly distressed as the song progresses.

This video actually made me so sad i could not re-watch it.

[BeHereNow]

3. Amen- most suspicious indeed.

Perhaps it is the many years I have been married
to a film editor, but DO notice that we only see one
side of the scene here- NO shots of the mother, who I suspect
saw this as a way to draw attention to her dubious vocal talent. For all we know, the mother is wearing a frightening halloween mask- however, since we never actually SEE the mom, we have no idea what
is happening on the other side of the camera.
However, I concur, the baby appears very frightened.
I was, without seeing the mom.
Her pitch is atrocious, as I suspect her motives in making the baby
cry were.
My personal observations and deduction as to what was actually going on here.

BHN

[FedUpWithIt All]

4. Babies will cry, when a parent or sibling sings, quite often.

There are a lot of online videos with babies doing that. The interesting thing to me is that so many people seem to be misinterpreting this baby's emotions.

There are now several million views on youtube, up from only half a million yesterday morning. The majority of them seem to think this baby is having some type of very mature emotional reaction to the song her mother is singing rather than the more understandable and age appropriate reasons for crying, fear or discomfort. Her mother is belting out that song in quite a forceful way and that could be upsetting for a little one used to her mother singing or speaking in a milder tone. This baby seems to trying to engage her mother during those pauses only to become distressed again when the mother continues to go on singing.


There is this idea that the baby is not upset because she is silently crying and will smile during pauses. Nothing could be further from the truth. Babies, who are upset but not startled, and are in the presence of a family member, will sometimes cry silently when they are confused or distressed, as they try to determine if there is cause for real alarm. In fact, one can find a whole collection of videos showing babies having very similar reactions to singing family members and no one seems to be trying to pass those babies off as musical and emotional prodigies. I just don't get it and i find it upsetting that so many are getting so enthusiastic over a video that clearly shows a very distressed baby.

[JimDandy]

5. An even worse thought... you don't see all of the baby.

Who knows, maybe it's being pinched or something. Hard to watch. That is definately a distressed baby.

[BeHereNow]

8. OMG- that IS a terrible thought!

I think the crying would be high pitched though, if pain
were being inflicted. I see more fear than anything on the
baby's face though.

What really needs to be examined is the way we are
told what to feel about the video, and the mother's asides
to the baby, especially near the end.
I call bullshit on the whole "production."
Do a search on the "credit" name...
or here, I'll save you the time.
From his you tube page:
""To use this video in a commercial player, please contact licensin…"

Some people have no shame and will do anything to draw attention
to themselves. Including hurting, or frightening their children or animals.
BHN

[JimDandy]

25. Thanks...I hadn't even thought about that. n/t

[RobinA]

26. Agree Completely

I watched this thing after hearing all kinds of ohs, aws, and "isn't that precious" from people. I'm thinking, That kid is scared! These scary (to her) sounds are coming from Mom, source of all safety. The baby is totally confused, and not in a good way. Mom pauses and baby starts to think all is well and smile, and then Mom continues and she gets scared again. People's reactions to this make me sad.

[FedUpWithIt All]

33. Yes. The reactions to the video have been disturbing me for days.

This is not a happy baby and people are predominantly misinterpreting it. Very chilling to me. It makes me worry about the children being raised by the people who are having such trouble with an empathetical awareness of this baby's evident dismay and fear. It is just so shocking to me because the emotions being displayed by this baby are not subtle.

Infants are so dependent on empathetic comprehension from their caregivers.

[Victor_c3]

6. When my first daughter was still in my wife's belly, I used to be able to get her to react to music

I used to play a lot of classical music on the piano back when I had time to do so and it was amazing to me how much of an impact it could have on even a developing baby or a newborn. Most of my playing wouldn't illicit any sort of a reaction, but my first daughter would start to kick and move quite a lot in my wife's belly whenever I would play the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. After she was born up until she was about a year old I could get her to cry on cue just by playing that song.

I could work my way through Chopin's Nocturns (which to me are much more emotional pieces) without much or any impact on my kids. I think there is something striking about the relative simplicity and repetition of the main theme of the Moonlight Sonata that gave it its power over my daughter.

[BeHereNow]

9. OMG- Moonlight Sonata just began playing in the BG of a film on TV.

How strange is THAT!

My Mother played Chopin all the time when I was little. I would sit at her feet near the pedals with my ear glued to the wood, listening.
Hope you find time to keep playing!
My father dedicated the majority of his career studying the effects
of music on the developing brain.
Keep playing for your child!
The benefits are well noted by neurologists at this point
in time. When my Father was doing his study, his colleagues made fun of him. Now he is sought out by people who come across his work40 years later...

BHN

[Victor_c3]

12. Absolutely

I don't play as much as I would like to, but whenever I sit down at the piano both of my kids (aged 3 and 5 now) run into the room and want to sit next to me or in my lap. They like to put their hands on the keyboard and pretend that they are making the music and sometimes I get some (a lot) of extra help hitting the keys.

I can't personally say anything about the neurological impact on myself, but I can flat out say that playing the piano as a child has impacted me profoundly in my appreciation for music and art in general. That alone has added a huge level of enjoyment and has been a huge plus in my life. Anything else (including improved brain function) is just extra gravy on top of it all.

My oldest has expressed only a passing interest in learning the piano so I haven't really taken it to task yet, but I'm working right now on a good way to introduce her to the instrument. I suppose I could just buy a book for $10 or $20 like the ones I had as a child...

I find it amazing that some youngsters aged 3 or 4 are capable of playing instruments. My 3 year old isn't capable of depressing the keys on a piano with finger strength alone and my 5 year old (she is tiny) is scarcely able to herself. I started learning to play when I was 8 and, relatively speaking, that late age was always a regret of mine.

Anyways, thanks!

[Bonobo]

7. My nephew used to cry every time he heard the song "You are my sunshine"

It came from a little doll. He was a toddler. Went into terrible crying fits of sadness.

[Victor_c3]

14. Actually, my mother used to sing that song to me as a child and it used to do the same thing

Even as a 33 year old war hardened combat veteran it still brings a reaction out of me.

I just heard my oldest daughter singing it the other day and it really tore me up. But then again I've become an emotional wreck since the war and maybe that has something to do with it.

[Bonobo]

16. I'm sorry that has happened to you, man. nt

[treestar]

17. My nephew at about three or four

Watched Sesame Street, with Ernie singing a song about not wanting to live on the moon. One big tear came out. He was moved by the sad nature of the song, we all thought.

[RobinA]

29. My Mother

used to sing that song (among others) when I was small and I found it unbearably depressing. Of course, I didn't know anything about "depressing" at the time, but I knew it made me feel horrible. That song and "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things" are banned from my existence for life.

[FedUpWithIt All]

34. How interesting.

My kids specifically request both of those songs. Especially "Favorite Things. It has been a favorite through four kids. Our smallest is still too young to make requests.

[Le Taz Hot]

10. Yeah, I have the same reaction

when someone tries to "sing" but ends up caterwauling through their nose. That baby's not moved to tears, she's saying, "Mom, shut the hell up!"

[BeHereNow]

11. ROTFLMAO!!!

You crack me up!!!!!

So true though.
STFU 'mom" is far more likely...
BHN

[Le Taz Hot]

15. . . .

[HappyMe]

19. lol! I agree.

I think that the baby just wants mom to shut the hell up. I just heard on GMA that the mom said that the baby has reacted this way numerous times when she sings.

[Sheldon Cooper]

13. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was bothered by this video.

That baby is not 'emotional', it is distressed by that awful singing.

[malaise]

18. Poor baby

I agree with the mom - remain to shy to sing in public

[trumad]

20. LOL---only on DU do we suspect the baby is being water boarded.

Actually we just found out that the baby was in a CIA secret site---most likely Florida--- and had a 12 volt battery connected to her toes.

[HappyMe]

22. !!!!

That's funny. People do tend to reach the absolute worst conclusion with no information.

[Emit]

23. !

[GreenStormCloud]

21. Mommy, Please stop! Your high notes are like fingernails on chalkboard.

[Vashta Nerada]

24. There's nothing cute about this.

The mother's singing is just awful. If she were to sing to me, I'd cry too.

[Brickbat]

27. One of my kids would cry when I spoke in foreign languages. Unfamiliarity was no fun.

I think that's what happening here.

[riderinthestorm]

28. I didn't think the mom's singing was awful but it was way too LOUD

Pretty scary for such a tiny baby!

I kept thinking it wasn't a "love" song to her child as much as it was her own "performance". Then she ascribed a positive response to the clearly distressed baby. This is a woman who thinks she's a good singer so she belts out the tune at a big volume that doesn't seem loving at all.

Kinda sad

[polichick]

30. My instincts were to comfort the baby - this is kind of disturbing.

[NuclearDem]

31. QUIET PLEASE MAKE IT STOP

[KurtNYC]

32. Perhaps the baby is actually watching C-SPAN

and is greatly concerned about the future of the country...

or just doing her Boehner impersonation.