I’ve written before about my love of road trips. Packing our belongings in the van and setting out for hours on the road is an adventure that my family tackles enthusiastically. We’ve driven to Chicago, Montreal, Vermont, South Carolina, Florida, Pittsburgh and many points in between, and what gets us through these trips is our love for spending time together in a confined space. Sorry…my nose just grew about two feet.
What gets us through these trips is our various electronics. Playstation in the back seat, portable DVD players for all, iPod touches, iPod shuffles, laptops and iPhones…all plugged into our own individual ears. The silence is absolutely amazing.
There was a time when we did road trips without headphones. Please ask me about the 24 hour drive to Florida that we endured when my 2 year old son refused to listen to anything but the soundtrack to “Oh Brother Where Art Thou?” Ask me about the road trip when my sons were obsessed with Crazy Frog. My ears may never recover from the hours they spent bleeding as we listened to that horrible reptile singing about Cotton-Eyed Joe. As recently as last summer, we were all inflicted to a little more Disney teen pop songs than I’m comfortable with because the ear buds that came with my 8 year old daughter’s iPod shuffle hurt her ears after a few minutes.
Then along came Coloud Headphones. Stripped of all unnecessary details, this line of Scandinavian headphones is debuting in Canada this year, and the Coloud KNOCK is the tech must-have for kids today.
Great kid-friendly qualities include:
- incredibly light weight headphones with minimal moveable parts, which makes them strong enough to withstand the pressure of everyday listening (and not so gentle hands)
- they sit on top of the ear, which allows parents to hear if children have turned up the volume too loud
- the foam padding rests comfortably on top of ears and stays put during hours of wiggling and squirming
- they come with a “tangle-free system” so kids can avoid the cord-clump when transporting headphones from knapsack to vehicle
Coloud KNOCKs retail for about $37 and are available across the country.
We all know that a happy kid makes for a happy road trip, so our friends at Coloud are offering an UrbanMoms member a pair of these wonderful headphones to make your life a little quieter and happier. Tell us the one song that your kid can’t get enough of, that you’d be happy never to hear again.
Contest closes July 2, 2013
“Gangnam Style”, please.
Anything Bieber
WHAT THE?
HE SUCKS!
END OF STORY!
If I never heard Somewhere Over The Rainbow as sung by Kermit, that would be OK with me!
She loves the Patty Cake song at this point and other rhymes that I sing to her.
Twinkle Twinkle Little star
Down By the Bay!
He really likes to play the song from his activity centre over and over!
barney songs
Anything by taylor swift-red
Zoom, zoom, zoom….we’re going to the moon.
Oy.
Gangnam Style – please let it stop
oh I am so sick of the da da da d Dora song my daughter sings it all the time I wish swiper would swipe it..:)
Gangnam Style. Not even a child’s sweet voice can make this bearable. :/
EPIC FAIL TROLL attempt at mockery.
My 2 year old is obsessed with the ABC song. Trying to get her to sing it in French (maybe Spanish next?) Anything to break up the monotony!
Would you believe a Hey Jude. He studied the Beatles Band in school this year Grade 3
We have a collection of disco records and my son will play Donna Summer,
Last Dance, over and over. I used to love the song (and introduced him
to it) but now, not so much…
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands…
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Call Me Maybe
my son loves to hear nursery rhymes,cartoons,mvies like CARS
The Yo Gabba Gabba theme song.
I find myself singing Phinneas and Ferb songs throughout the day!
Boyfriend by Bieber! Oy!
He sucks.
#dealwithit
I’m a little teapot
They keep singing Icona Pop’s song I love it. I liked it first its not fair now they sing over it, which was cute at first but their off tune voices play over it when I hear it.
Oh my….the list is growing but definitely Jingle Bells and Happy Birthday! Eek!
Any sound track to one of his favourite cartoons, I wish he would let me just fast forward so that I don’t get them stuck in my head all day
My sons like Gangnam Style
My kids aren’t too bad right now because they like a lot of songs, but anything by Justin Timberlake drives me up the wall. He’s a great actor, but I don’t like his music.
My son loves listening to Gangnam Style over and over and .. I would be happy if I could win this so I don’t have to hear it again 🙂
Stutter by Marianas Trench. Cute but so repetitive
Having a range between 16 and 4 the music loves of a 4 year old have shifted from Fred Penner to Black Eyed Peas, Béyoncé and Carly Rae Jepsem. Current obsession is Call Me Maybe and Beauty and the Beat. Sigh.
“Father Abraham”. I work in a business office where I’m blessed to have my children at work with me. They have many toys to entertain themselves and in their playroom there is also a CD player. Our 4 year old listened to that song for 3 HOURS straight last week. My brain hurt.
On top of spaghetti all covered in cheese…..
Old McDonald has a farm. Actually there are many more songs. lol
Narathip W
“Call Me Maybe” makes my ears bleed, but my kids love it, and sing it OFTEN!
any thing by Justine B – so….very tired of his voice!
My daughter can’t get enough of Bullet Proof!
my son is a music fanatic!!! in this house we wake up to his singing and pretty much go to bed with it as well, so to pick just one song that i will be glad for him to out grow is extremely difficult. however i may have to choose ‘fruit salad’ by the wiggles 🙁
Anything by Mr. Gangnam style himself AHHHHHH!
My girls LOVE I’m Sexy and I Know It. Fun song but weird to hear out of the mouths of a 6 and 4 year old 🙂
My girls both love “Heart Attack” by Demi Lovato. I hear it multiple times everyday!
My son is really into Replay by Iyaz right now
My son has discovered Drake . . . I prefered when he liked to watch him on Degrassi 🙂
Its Time by Imagine Dragons
Boinga! (Backyardigans)
hmmmm…anything adele. i love her but i’m hearing it waaaaayyyy too much these days.
The list is long, but the top has to be “Call Me Maybe”. Oy.
I’m not eligible either… but, Gangnam Style. Never again, please.
Totally buying a pair for my younger 2! They are a necessity for Cuyler during thunderstorm season!
I’m not eligible but I think I’m about done with that Justin Bieber/Will.I.Am song. What’s it called? Power?
Don’t forget the #, Irish!