'I particularly like the syncopated clapping.'
'If I see the 'Creature Report' before the school run then that catchy little tune stays in my head all day,' said another. 'Creature Report' is one of mine, and it drives me absolutely batty! All morning at work. 'No one tells you that one of the things about parenthood is that you spend several years (I assume) with a constant internal theme tune going on. 'If you haven’t yelled from your kitchen 'Creature Report, Creature Report,' are you really a parent?' asked an article on New Zealand's The Spinoff. There's no shortage of parents venting similar frustrations online. One thing is for sure, which is that you're not alone in your earworm-induced agony. But why? Why do kids get stuck on certain songs to the point where nobody in the house can remember if other tunes exist? Currently, it's a song from The Octonauts that I just can't shake - probably because my youngest kid won't stop singing 'Creature Report, Creature Report' all day and night.
When my oldest was a toddler, it was the Elmo's World song with my middle child, Wonder Pets. As a mother of three kids ranging from 4 to 17 years in age, I've spent a considerable portion of my life humming snippets of theme songs from children's TV shows (often without realizing it).
