The 17th-century English playwright and poet William Congreve once famously said “Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast.” Clearly, he anticipated Stevie Knicks approximately 300 years before the rest of us:
Stevie can’t be the only one who knows how to soothe a savage baby. When Raffi and “Row Row Row Your Boat” fail, what turns demonic, screaming little rage-nuggets into docile lambs? The Beatles? Sade? Sabbath? Give us your time- and toddler-tested picks in the comments section below.
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My 2 month old loves Bob Marley and Miles Davis.
When my son was one year old, he loved and would go nuts whenever Ludacris songs came on the radio.
If I had kids, I’d rock them to sleep with Guns N’ Roses. “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, YOU’RE GONNA DIIIIIIIIE!!!”. Now what child wouldn’t have sweet dreams with that?