Mamas will do just about anything to get a good giggle out of their lil one. When the standard laugh inducing gestures don't earn as much as a smile, jumping up and down, tearing newspaper, and singing "Jingle Bells" in August might just do the trick. The mother in the clip above said she hopped around the kitchen like a rabbit, sending her young lad into hysterics.
One of the most enjoyable things for a parent to hear is the shrieks of delight from their children. We'll do anything to strike up a belly laugh in our infants, but often times it takes a few trials to figure out what makes your tot tick. We've rounded up a few of our tried and true tricks to get any baby to giggle with glee.
This exercise instructor must either be on goofballs, or she's getting her sports training from the Laughing Yogi or the Zombie Aerobics Instructor. I'd totally laugh if I were her student — but not with her.
Remember the laughing yogi?
Those viral marketing campaigns are getting more and more creative. Skype, a free video-call service, schemed up a way to get people to engage with their product, pay a giggle forward, and put the laughter-is-contagious theory to the test. It's called the laughter chain.
Even the grumpiest folks can't resist cracking a smile at the sound of a high-pitched baby belly laugh. I'm sure the babe below brought that kind of giggle to the table, but we'll never know because this laugh is in slow-mo. The result?
Is HSN still selling junk or has the network turned into an open therapy sesh? In this segment, someone calls into the show to ask the host not to have an on-air meltdown. Oh, and the caller wants to ask about a product that was featured ten years ago.
I don't know why anyone would train a kid to laugh like a demonic hyena but to each her own. In the overall scheme of things, cute overcomes evil — bwahahahaha! — so this little dude's still got some charm.
This little tyke might get you out of it! Look at it this way—it's Hump Day!