He finally came out, alas, on April the fourth in very rough weather. Alike unpleasant days followed that very one, making it frustrating not being able to take the baby out to the street for a walk.

I don't know any popular children songs like the ones my mother used to sing to me when I was a child. That's a problem now, because I don't know what to sing to my son when trying to appease him or when playing around with him.

But then one day we woke up and the sun was there! The song came to my lips almost instinctively, and with Mika in my arms while dancing around I began to sing it aloud to him...

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

To my delight and surprise, Mika was responsive to the song --he seemed to like it. Did that mean my problem was solved? I tried some other beautiful Beatles songs, and again the response was good --they're so melodic, have such a clear sound, are so apparently easy and unpretentious, that I think they're completely suitable for babies. I played him on the computer Blackbird, Hey Jude, Cry Baby Cry (this one I didn't mean him to take it verbatim), Golden Slumbers, I Wanna Hold Your Hand...

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Now the song's become a classic also, and above all, between us. And while he'll grow up unaware of all this, I'll grow older happier with the memory of his little head over my shoulder whenever he happens to fall asleep to the voice of old Harrison celebrating, well, life in itself.