Ian: Probably about 4 months. You need to wait until the baby realizes that he/she can control those flailing limbs. In the meantime, high-five the new parents – they’ll deserve it! Congrats on becoming an uncle!
That is so cool man, it’s exactly what I was doing with my 15 month old little nephew last night – he loves it he cracks up laughing everytime too … UP HIGH!
It’s a universal thing. On a tour to China we visited a 4th grade in a small town. The kids were lined up to greet us as we came in. Not knowing Chinese, and them not knowing English, I did the instinctive thing. Offered a high-5 and got right back! They all knew it and enjoyed it. Like natural.
Interesting that it came from American urban blacks and is entrenched world-wide. Got it in India too, and Japan.
[...] Neil has a very sarcastic and random mind, so all things I love! My favourite so far is #980 with #886 coming in a close second – definitely check it [...]
[...] annuls its marriage to the windshield. It crashes into the dashboard, slides into the door, high-fives your passenger and bounces on the floor. Your GPS is not broken; but, it will be the next time it [...]
[...] thing as a sports commentator says just before they say it, to #973 Sleeping in new bed sheets, and #886 High fiving babies. Neil’s blog only cost him $10, the price of registering a domain name. [...]
the sad thing is that I have been left hanging… by my second cousin. All I could think was ‘are you kidding me?’ lol love this website, long live awesome things!
haha yea baby high fives are really cute. but i love to give high fives to animals as well. :) we have a puppy shes now 4 months old and she always lays on her back so her feet are standin up in the air… she gives me high5s all the time. *.*
26 Comments
November 27, 2008 at 6:59 am
How long do you leave it before trying to high-five babies? I’ll be an uncle in a matter of weeks but I don’t wish to palm the baby in the face.
November 27, 2008 at 10:54 am
Ian: Probably about 4 months. You need to wait until the baby realizes that he/she can control those flailing limbs. In the meantime, high-five the new parents – they’ll deserve it! Congrats on becoming an uncle!
November 27, 2008 at 12:37 pm
This is a great blog.
November 27, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Good blog, and it is awesome….but i don’t see how you can miss Thanksgiving
November 27, 2008 at 5:01 pm
The dude’s Canadian.
Thanksgiving was in October.
June 2, 2009 at 11:22 pm
what? do i hear someone trying to steal yet another american holiday
November 17, 2009 at 12:04 pm
You think harvest feasts are exclusively American? LOL indeed!
November 28, 2008 at 8:25 pm
ahh yes! oh and they’re so adorable too
November 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm
One of my favorites so far…baby high fives rule!
December 1, 2008 at 11:51 am
yeah, my son never leaves me hanging! He can do high-fives AND low-fives now.
December 2, 2008 at 1:14 am
You have to blow it up with a baby. They rock at high five.
December 5, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Succinct. I like it.
December 7, 2008 at 11:49 pm
[...] #886 High fiving babies [...]
March 30, 2009 at 12:39 am
That is so cool man, it’s exactly what I was doing with my 15 month old little nephew last night – he loves it he cracks up laughing everytime too … UP HIGH!
June 2, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Even better than babies is high-fiving cats. Or is mine the only one who does this?
August 10, 2009 at 2:03 am
It’s a universal thing. On a tour to China we visited a 4th grade in a small town. The kids were lined up to greet us as we came in. Not knowing Chinese, and them not knowing English, I did the instinctive thing. Offered a high-5 and got right back! They all knew it and enjoyed it. Like natural.
Interesting that it came from American urban blacks and is entrenched world-wide. Got it in India too, and Japan.
December 4, 2009 at 3:18 am
[...] Neil has a very sarcastic and random mind, so all things I love! My favourite so far is #980 with #886 coming in a close second – definitely check it [...]
January 4, 2010 at 3:16 am
[...] annuls its marriage to the windshield. It crashes into the dashboard, slides into the door, high-fives your passenger and bounces on the floor. Your GPS is not broken; but, it will be the next time it [...]
January 6, 2010 at 1:24 pm
My boss would high-5 every child that would walk in to our office. He would have this silly grin on his face and it made me smile… lol
April 7, 2010 at 12:55 am
my little cousin prefers the pound to the high five. i think thats 10 times as awesome.
April 10, 2010 at 2:42 pm
[...] thing as a sports commentator says just before they say it, to #973 Sleeping in new bed sheets, and #886 High fiving babies. Neil’s blog only cost him $10, the price of registering a domain name. [...]
April 16, 2010 at 4:46 pm
This is my favorite! Well, my favorite so far!
Just to tell you, your blog was featured on delicious’s “explore tags” page today…pretty sweet.
April 23, 2010 at 9:51 am
I teach adult child swim lessons and the BEST part is the very end when I get to high five all the babies.
SO AWESOME
June 16, 2010 at 9:14 pm
the sad thing is that I have been left hanging… by my second cousin. All I could think was ‘are you kidding me?’ lol love this website, long live awesome things!
August 3, 2010 at 7:35 pm
To me this is awesome because you always feel like you just taught the baby the most awesome gesture of approval between two human beings
September 2, 2010 at 9:31 am
haha yea baby high fives are really cute. but i love to give high fives to animals as well. :) we have a puppy shes now 4 months old and she always lays on her back so her feet are standin up in the air… she gives me high5s all the time. *.*