I have a confession to make… Trey has been waking up very early the last few weeks (like 6am). Even though I get up at 5:30, I still don’t have time to get ready by the time Trey gets up at 6, and if I don’t give him something to do he follows me around from room to room whining (his new favorite activity). So I have been letting him watch TV in the morning. We made it to almost 2 years of no TV (except the weekend we watched about 6 hours of Sesame Street b/c I was so sick and Joe was out of town). He only watches about 15 minutes at a time. Thanks to the wonders of OnDemand, we have tried out a few different shows. Here is my analysis:
- Sesame Street: always a winner. Trey LOVES Elmo and Cookie Monster.
- Barney – this is HORRIBLE. I can’t believe kids like this. The acting is atrocious and the whole episode is some lesson. Urgh.
- Thomas the Train: Trey and I love the toys, but the episodes aren’t that great.
- Bob the Builder: our absolute favorite. It is clay animation and so very cool to watch. Since Trey loves tractors, this keeps his interest.
- Diego: we’ve only watched 1 partial episode. I don’t really like letting him watch a cartoon, but this one is so interactive it is probably ok. The characters ask the viewers to do motions and say things along with them.
- Wiggles: LOVE the wiggles. Now I understand why they are an international sensation. Trey dances when they come on.
- Teletubbies: horrible. Awful. So boring. I can’t believe this is on TV.