Bonding With Baby: Tony Chestnut Baby Song

Teach your kid the difference between his knees and his noggin.

Submitted by
Kayla Chong

Before you had a baby, the closest you came to being a rock star was singing in the high school choir (if you can count "Uptown Girl" in four-part harmony as "rock star"). These days, you'll do almost anything to entertain that tot of yours, even if it means warming up your pipes for something slightly less rock and roll. So bond with baby by singing a baby song about body parts now. There'll be plenty of time to teach her about top 40 later.

Your baby:
Toes, knees and all.
A good set of vocal cords:
Singing loud is required; singing in tune is not.

Warm up your vocal cords.
Stand in front of your baby: Doesn't matter if she's lying on the floor or sitting in a shopping cart as long as she can see you.
Starting with your fingers on her toes, start singing to her: "Tony Chestnut knows I love you. Tony knows. Tony knows. Tony Chestnut knows I love you. That's what Tony Chestnut knows." (You can listen to the song online at Learning Station Music if you need a little melodic assistance.)
When you say "To-ny", touch her toes and then her knees.
When you say "Chest-nut", touch her chest and then her nut, i.e., head.
When you say "knows", touch her nose.
When you say "I", touch her eyes.
As your baby gets older, she'll be able to do more of the pointing and singing herself, so you can get back to rocking out to Fergie.