Tin whistler in the making?

My 13 month old son was playing quietly with some toys, so I got a tin whistle out and started playing “Tarbolton”. He immediately crawled over to me, took the whistle out of my hands, put the mouthpiece into his mouth and began going “ooo-ooo-ooo” and smiling gummily as if to say “anything you can do, Daddy”.

I had to take it off him when he started bashing the top of the coffee table with it, though. It’s only an Oak - the whistle, that is; I have no idea what the coffee table’s made of.

m.d.

Did he tongue or cut the ooos?

I hate to say it, but if he moved on to bashing the table with it, he might want to play bodhran….

LOL! He bashes the table with everything, so maybe he’ll become a carpenter…

m.d.

It’s a sign of possession 😉.

Be careful though, it might be a sign of a bodhran player, or maybe even bongos, or a djembe. You might want to keep an eye on that.

Next time he’s playing quietly, don’t play the whistle. Gather rosebuds…