The beatboxing thing …

In a previous post I mentioned Little C’s ‘beatboxing’ and said it needed a post of its own to explain it. So here it is.

The gist of it is that he walks (well more marches/stomps) round the room making noises with his voice whilst kind of body-popping along with it (confused? …don’t worry I’m going to show you a video)

So it isn’t actually beatboxing but he often holds a felt pen as a microphone - and because of the noises he makes which aren’t actually words or anything, we call it beatboxing. He has been doing this for years but around the time he began playing a game called Friday Night Funkin’ it seemed to take on a more of meaningful purpose (i.e. the ‘microphone’). 

We’ve established that Little C likes doing this. It makes him happy. He often feels the need to do it. We wonder if it burns off built up energy maybe? He once said he felt angry because he couldn’t do it in school. He sometimes says he needs time to do it before getting ready for bed. Little C can do this for hours at a time. Most of the time though it’s just 10-20 minutes but over and over throughout the day. 

He sometimes has bruises across his chest and abdomen from where he’s bashed himself with the felt pen. 

In the past he didn’t do it in front of other people but more recently he does which we’re kind of glad about if he makes him happy and gives him some kind of comfort. 

For the rest of us thought it can be like torture to listen to. We’ve had years of it and although we’ve got used to it to some extent - there are some days I feel like screaming. Also, as Little C’s dad and myself work from home part of the week - it can be really hard to concentrate or speak on the phone with colleagues or customers with this in the background (or sometimes in the same room)

So below is a link to two short videos of Little C beatboxing! :-) 

https://vimeo.com/user174631926