--- title: Watch A Father and His Baby Son Adorably Master Dubsmash description: Who knew Dubsmash was such a great babysitting tool? canonical: https://time.com/4206540/father-son-dubsmash/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-03T19:25:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:41.010Z og:title: Watch A Father and His Baby Son Adorably Master Dubsmash og:description: Who knew Dubsmash was such a great babysitting tool? og:url: https://time.com/4206540/father-son-dubsmash/ 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 A Father and His Baby Son Adorably Master Dubsmash twitter:description: Who knew Dubsmash was such a great babysitting tool? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch A Father and His Baby Son Adorably Master Dubsmash by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 3, 2016 7:25 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 3, 2016 7:25 PM UTC While mom’s away, dad is in charge. And for Eric Bruce and his infant son, Jack, that means using their alone time to become Dubsmash masters. The duo used their impressive skills with the lip-syncing app to create quick lips to document their days while Jack’s mom, Priscilla, was at work. While most people use the app to prepare in case they are ever called to compete on [_Lip Sync Battle_](http://time.com/4172541/channing-tatum-beyonce-lip-sync-battle/) with [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4182797/heres-how-beyonce-ended-up-on-that-episode-of-lip-sync-battle/), Bruce used Dubsmash to soundtrack Jack’s days. Whether channeling _Harry Potter’s_ Snape, re-enacting dramatic moments from _Lord of the Rings,_ or taking Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River” a little too literally, the videos served as a great way to both keep Priscilla entertained at work (and in the loop at home) and to create a digital scrapbook of Jack’s first year on the planet. Who knew that baby videos paired so well with nature documentaries, the voice tracks from _The Crocodile Hunter,_ Chick Fil-A ads, and Whitney Houston anthems? Time to step up your scrapbooking games, parents. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4206540/father-son-dubsmash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4206540/father-son-dubsmash/"},"headline":"Watch A Father and His Baby Son Adorably Master Dubsmash","datePublished":"2016-02-03T19:25:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:41.010Z","description":"Who knew Dubsmash was such a great babysitting tool?","url":"https://time.com/4206540/father-son-dubsmash/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Parenting","Viral Videos","families"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/4206540/father-son-dubsmash/","name":"Watch A Father and His Baby Son Adorably Master Dubsmash"}}]}] ```