Starting them early

Here is my son Thomas playing my Yamaha 642S with a Shilke 51D Mouthpiece.  He has a pretty good sound despite not having a firm embouchure.  He likes to puff out his cheeks when he plays. :-)  But still, he's 3 and a half and has been able to buzz on a mouthpiece since a little before his 2nd birthday.  He's awesome.

 Below is my daughter Sarah Cate.  She is almost 4 months old now and is able to grab on to the mouthpiece pretty successfully.  She even knows where it goes!  Right on the lips!  Or maybe that's just Freud's ORAL stage of development...and that's where she thinks everything goes.  (My wife's a psychology major...should explain it).

Maybe she can hold on to it a little TOO successfully.  After that last picture was taken, she raised her arm up and bonked herself on the head with the mouthpiece!  Poor girl.  I guess this means that Mouthpieces are not good toys for babies.  Schilke?  Dr. Bowman?  Where are the padded mouthpieces for kids?  Come on!  Look at those tears!