The Boingy-Boogy Baby Dance

My babies love to watch “The Backyardigans” and “Jack’s Big Music Show” whenever they come on television. They love the characters, but most of all, they love the music.

My trio will sit in their little feeding chairs in a semi-circle around the television and coffee table in my living room and eat their cheerio’s and watch their little shows. If you listen very carefully, you can even hear them singing along with the characters.

Lately, I have been noticing that when the music comes on, they will all start moving their heads back and forth, nearly touching their shoulders with them, moving and swaying along to the music.

They will stop playing in their play-yard and literally drop whatever it is that they are doing when the music starts. All three of them will start bouncing up and down (even though the carpet isn’t very bouncy) and they do a sort of “Peanut’s” dance along to the music.

If you have one of them with you on the couch, that baby will stand up, usually grab the back of the couch for support, and start bouncing and shaking and dancing.

It wasn’t until last night, though, that Vivienne told us exactly what it was she was doing. Apparently, this dance has a name and we needed to know it!

As she stood there on the sofa, bouncing up and down and swaying her head to and fro, she started saying "Boingy-boogy, boingy-boogy, boingy-boogy" over and over again, laughing all the while. She was very proud of herself and thought she was being terribly funny!

This morning, I would find out that the name of the dance was a unified decision, apparently agreed upon by all. All three babies were in the play-yard getting down with their music and all chanting the “Boingy-Boogey” chant along with their dance. I do believe they just might have invented a new dance craze!