We love Letterland

We love Letterland, yes we do. And we doesn't just refer to Declan and I, it also refers to his dad and his uncle DW.

It was a fateful night when DW and I were in the car, on the way home from my mom's house. Declan was fussing in his carseat as usual and I suspect since it was close to his sleeptime, he started crying out loud in the carseat. I had nearly done everything I could and my bag of tricks were empty when out of desperation, DW played the Letterland CD, hoping that it would calm Declan down somewhat. What happened next simply blew us away.

When he quietened down enough to hear the CD, Declan actually stopped fussing and listened to the music! And since Letterland is a phonics-teaching CD, it contains 27 different song tracks (26 letters plus an intro song). The most amazing thing was that in between tracks, Declan actually started fussing and quietened down again when the next track came on! It was as if he was complaining about the lack of the Letterland songs! And this actually went on all the way from the intro song to the letter L!

DW and I were duly impressed, but I was somewhat a little sceptical. Perhaps we had just lucked out? After all, how can a CD cause such reactions? And if it could, why couldn't the other radio songs have done the same calming effect? And then... it happened again and this time, we had Jasin as witness.

So one night, Jasin, DW, Declan and I were in the car going for a petrol refill. Declan was fussing in his carseat as usual and yes, it was close to his sleeptime too. And yes, soon I was dead tired trying to distract the boy and stop him from fussing/crying. The Letterland CD played, and lo and behold, it happened again! Declan quietened down and yes, he protested between tracks and I had to sing between tracks just to placate him. And the MOST amazing thing happened... he actually started to fall asleep! Too bad it did not happen because by the time he almost went to sleep, we had reached home.

And that is why we LOVE Letterland...