No TV until 2-years-old? No problem. We’re watching music videos on Mummy’s MacBook. We love The Stand Ins project by Okkervil River, and have the A.C. Newman version of Lost Coastlines in heavy rotation. We sing along with Kings of Leon on the Today show. But more beloved than performance videos are animated Gummibär and Bébé Lilly. One, Hungarian-originated polka techno, the other French baby-singing dance jams, have cool kids worldwide begging for more.

You can follow Gummibär on Twitter www.twitter.com/imagummybear

This still is from Freddie’s favorite song, Les Bêtises, about Lilly trashing her room with Nutella.

Freddie loves the idea of shoes, but keeping them on? Not so much. At 15 months, we’ve finally found some she thinks worth wearing. The Adidas Infant/Toddler Street Run III CF are great for new walkers and accessory escaping toddlers. At 35.00 they weren’t cheap, but are sturdy and make an outfit. We chose Magenta/Neon Red but they come in other cool colors. For Fred’s first kicks, these are a win. (Click through for baby, Mummy and skips photo courtesy Reavis Eitel.)

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