--- title: Baby Boy Goes Crazy Over Remote Control description: He is probably as confused about what all of the buttons do as we are. canonical: https://time.com/3100732/baby-remote-control-video/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-11T15:15:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:20.088Z og:title: WATCH: This Baby's Mind Is Completely Blown By a Remote Control og:description: He is probably as confused about what all of the buttons do as we are. og:url: https://time.com/3100732/baby-remote-control-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: This Baby's Mind Is Completely Blown By a Remote Control twitter:description: He is probably as confused about what all of the buttons do as we are. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Baby's Mind Is Completely Blown By a Remote Control  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 11, 2014 3:15 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 11, 2014 3:15 PM CUT [Watch this baby](http://youtu.be/N9oxmRT2YWw "undefined") look completely perplexed and petrified whenever a remote control is held up in front of his face. When the gadget is moved away, the tot instantly calms down as if nothing ever happened. Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” is playing in the background, which is ironic because, as you can see from the baby’s face, he doesn’t seem to want to be anywhere near the device. Although, in all fairness, remote controls have so many buttons these days that most adults are still confused about how all of them work – especially when they hit a wrong button, accidentally switch off the system, and are desperately trying to figure out how to get their TV or movie back on the screen. This youngster’s frightened expression also reminds us of the 2011 [YouTube video](http://youtu.be/N9oxmRT2YWw "undefined") boasting over 56 million views that shows a baby looking absolutely terrified whenever his mother blows her nose. Refresh your memory of that viral clip below: **WATCH:** [Adorable 5-Year-Old Really Doesn’t Want Her Baby Brother to Grow Up](http://time.com/3054332/big-sister-baby-brother-grow-up/ "undefined") **WATCH:** [Baby Stops Crying When Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” Is Playing](http://t.co/hmPTntAMto "undefined") (h/t [BuzzFeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/this-baby-simply-cannot-deal-with-a-tv-remote-control-right "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3100732/baby-remote-control-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3100732/baby-remote-control-video/"},"headline":"This Baby's Mind Is Completely Blown By a Remote Control","datePublished":"2014-08-11T15:15:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:20.088Z","description":"He is probably as confused about what all of the buttons do as we are","url":"https://time.com/3100732/baby-remote-control-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3100732/baby-remote-control-video/","name":"This Baby's Mind Is Completely Blown By a Remote Control"}}]}] ```