A question for experienced parents with older children:

[Anonymous]

How many years do the children’s songs stay in your head? I drive to work alone singing “I love trash” and “mommy always comes back”.

Speaking of driving, when do I stop excitedly yelling, “Look! Cement mixer!” Last week I pointed out a trash truck to my boss.

[Anonymous]

The songs will become distant memories (like your pre-pregnancy boobs) about two years after your kids stop listening to them.

I still internally register “Fire Truck!!” when in the car alone.

[Anonymous]

Just be glad the Wiggles aren’t popular now. My oldest are 17 and sometimes I can still hear “fruit salad! Yummy yummy!” Running through my brain

[Anonymous]

My kids are 16 and 14. I still know all the words to Baby Beluga.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just be glad the Wiggles aren’t popular now. My oldest are 17 and sometimes I can still hear “fruit salad! Yummy yummy!” Running through my brain

Where’s Jeff?

[Anonymous]

Oh no! I’ll be singing Baby Shark in the retirement home!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh no! I’ll be singing Baby Shark in the retirement home!!!

I was just going to say that I am so glad that wasn’t around 15 years ago!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just be glad the Wiggles aren’t popular now. My oldest are 17 and sometimes I can still hear “fruit salad! Yummy yummy!” Running through my brain

Where’s Jeff?

Asleep!

The Wiggles WERE around 15 years ago!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The songs will become distant memories (like your pre-pregnancy boobs) about two years after your kids stop listening to them.

I still internally register “Fire Truck!!” when in the car alone.

I shouted “Windy Man!” when one was blowing back and forth at the firehouse over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many years do the children’s songs stay in your head? I drive to work alone singing “I love trash” and “mommy always comes back”.

Speaking of driving, when do I stop excitedly yelling, “Look! Cement mixer!” Last week I pointed out a trash truck to my boss.

Now the damn I Love Trash song is stuck in my head!

[Anonymous]

Horses!

[Anonymous]

It is hopeless for me. After a decade of working with toddlers and many years to go yet, I suspect I'll be the old lady in the nursing home holding a baby doll and singing kiddie songs.

[Anonymous]

My kid is 17.

I still tear up when I hear, “Rock-a-bye Your Bear,” by The Wiggles.

Although my teen is over me pointing out cows, she still appreciates when I point out dogs. And we have been to several concerts for bands that we both like in the past few years.

[Anonymous]

They’ll be in your head forever. They’re tattooed on your brain now. I still sing B O O T S in my head, sometimes aloud, when I’m putting on my boots. My oldest is a senior. During an episode of The Walking Dead last season, DH made a comment about how the zombies must not have been taught the Don’t Bite Your Friends song. We both sing the map song when we use the map app and the backpack song when our high schoolers get something out of their backpacks. Whenever we see kids eating raisins, or if we wind up with a pastry with raisins in it, we make jokes about Yeti droppings, then start singing the yeti song.

Now I have to listen to my secret kid song playlist. I keep “forgetting” to delete it. I still listen sometimes when I feel nostalgic or I get a song stuck in my head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just be glad the Wiggles aren’t popular now. My oldest are 17 and sometimes I can still hear “fruit salad! Yummy yummy!” Running through my brain

Where’s Jeff?

Asleep!

The Wiggles WERE around 15 years ago!

They were around 12 years ago. Toot Toot Chugga Chugga BIG RED CAR!