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I can’t remember how we discovered the effect of Beyoncé’s 'Single Ladies' music video on our baby.

“If you like it then you should have put a ring on it…” It was remarkable. He could have been mid- massive meltdown, red-raw and a-drool with teething — it didn’t matter. We’d hit play and let Beyoncé do her thing. His embattled little mouth would drop open and stay that way until it finished. God forgive me, there may have been a morning or two when it played on a loop.