A Joyful Noise
It’s never too early to love music
Photography Diane VasilFashion Editor Sharon Anderson
No matter what kind of music your baby comes to love, the bonding experience of listening together is just as important as the type of music playing. So play on!
classical baby: note-worthyCARAMEL dress, $88, and PLATY PAWS t-straps, $110, both, Estella, 212.255.3553 KLEINWAY toy piano, $119.95, musicforkids.com; red velvet draping, moodfabrics.com
MUNCHKIN MAGIC MOZART CUBE, $29.99, target.com
TWEET STREET xylophone, $14.99, target.com
punk babies: rock the cradle
BON TEMPI toy guitar, $11.95, musicforkids.com; IISLI ITO baby tux jacket, $128, Estella, 212.255.3553; PIP-SQUEAK CHAPEAU ETC karate pants, sold as set with jacket, $65, Mor Mor Rita 718-218-6701; DIRTY LAUNDRY skull tee, $38,
psychobabyonline.com; ME IN MIND skull shoes, $24, psychobabyonline.com; DRUM BUM junior drum set, $99.00, abcdrums.com
iPod-compatible BABY EINSTEIN DISCOVERY ROCKER SEAT $59.99, babyeinstein.com
rhythm and goos
Whatever beat you march to, these tunes will get tiny toes tapping
FOLK BABY!
Laurie Berkner is to preschool channel Noggin what Madonna once was to MTV. And for good reason: her gentle acoustic pop is infectious and fun. Tykes 1 year old and above will stomp along to “We Are the Dinosaurs” on her new DVD We Are… The Laurie Berkner Band, which comes with a bonus CD. $10.99, amazon.com
PUNK BABY!
Punk rocker-turned-papa Yosi doesn’t plunge into mosh pits anymore, but the catchy ska and pop on his CD Under a Big Bright Yellow Umbrella will have your tot pogo-ing like she’s at CBGBs. And no kid will be able to resist Yosi’s lowdown “Stinky Blues.” $14.99, yosimusic.com
ROCK BABY!
Brady Rymer believes you’re never too young to rock and roll. On his CD Every Day Is a Birthday he makes Mother Goose boogaloo, as well as gently reminding kids of all the fun things they could be doing “Instead of Watching My TV.” $15, amazon.com
INDIE BABY!
With their odd odes to Belgian painters and James K. Polk, quirky duo They Might Be Giants are the indie-est of indie rockers. On their latest children’s album, Here Come the ABCs, they make learning the alphabet a delight from A (“The Alphabet of Nations”) to Z (“Z Y X”). $12.99 for CD/DVD combo, amazon.com
POP BABY!
Jamie Broza’s witty pop songs celebrate the little trials that seem so big when you’re a kid, like icky foods (“I Met a Vegetable I Didn’t Like”), weird grownup behavior (“Stop It Dad You’re Embarrassing Me”) and rough beards (“My Daddy Is Scratchy,” the title tune of his CD). $14.98, cdbaby.com
CLASSICAL BABY!
Baby Einstein has put four classical composer discs—Baby Bach, Baby Beethoven, Baby Mozart and Baby Vivaldi—into one bargain-priced Composer CD Collection. All four are award-winners, appropriate for ages birth and up. $21.99, babyeinstein.com
