The Itsy Bitsy Spi-----OH MAKE IT STOP

The bouncy chair is great. It's in the kitchen, and Spud is very comfortable sitting in there, allowing us to do various food-related activities with two hands. The seat vibrates, so, pretty comfy. And of course, it's bouncy. But it has one terrible, horrifying flaw: it has a theme song. "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" is happily crooned over and over and over. And over. They mix in an instrumental version of the song between repetitions of the sung version, but even then, you HEAR the VOICE. I hear it in my dreams.



The bouncy chair has these two plastic spiders that hang and stare, unblinking, at our child. He has begun to stare back. Should we be concerned?



The moral of the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" is, of course, perseverance in the face of insurmountable odds. An important message for a young man to embrace as he faces the inevitable obstacles and new challenges in his life. The plucky little arachnid, trying again and again to climb up the water spout. Plucky little guy. But now, when I hear the song, I have to fight the urge to go outside and find a spider and crush it with my shoe.

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