When I was a toddler/preschooler, my parents used to measure time for me by Mister Rogers (30 minutes) and Sesame Street (1 hour). When on a road trip, my questions of "How much longer?" were given answers like "2 more Sesame Streets and 1 Mister Rogers". It wasn't that we got to watch that many shows on a DVD player in the backseat. There was no such thing in the Bounds' Cadillac or Oldsmobile. That was just a very relevant timeframe for my little mind.
I had heard of the power of Sesame Street from others moms and dads but had not experienced it with my own child until recently. After watching one Elmo show with her cousin Miles back in June and receiving a Kiss Me Elmo doll from her daddy, "Mo" (Elmo) is now a part of Amity's daily vocabulary. When we went to the library today to check out some books, we visited the DVD section and found a couple of Sesame Street DVDs. When Amity saw the one with Elmo on the cover, she kissed the cover three times. It was really cute but, at the same time, I was thinking of all of the other hands and mouths that have come into contact with that DVD case. I am pretty sure that, with all of the City of Dallas budget cuts, the library staff does not have time to sanitize all of their DVD cases upon return!
I usually let Amity watch a video in the afternoon while she sits in her bunny chair. Her attention span will usually only last about 10 minutes and then she signs and says "All done!" and climbs off of her chair. Today, we put in Abby in Wonderland and this little girl was mesmerized for 24 minutes. I was too as I sat on the couch behind her!
I had heard of the power of Sesame Street from others moms and dads but had not experienced it with my own child until recently. After watching one Elmo show with her cousin Miles back in June and receiving a Kiss Me Elmo doll from her daddy, "Mo" (Elmo) is now a part of Amity's daily vocabulary. When we went to the library today to check out some books, we visited the DVD section and found a couple of Sesame Street DVDs. When Amity saw the one with Elmo on the cover, she kissed the cover three times. It was really cute but, at the same time, I was thinking of all of the other hands and mouths that have come into contact with that DVD case. I am pretty sure that, with all of the City of Dallas budget cuts, the library staff does not have time to sanitize all of their DVD cases upon return!
I usually let Amity watch a video in the afternoon while she sits in her bunny chair. Her attention span will usually only last about 10 minutes and then she signs and says "All done!" and climbs off of her chair. Today, we put in Abby in Wonderland and this little girl was mesmerized for 24 minutes. I was too as I sat on the couch behind her!
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I don't know, Elmo! You are cute and you have obviously intrigued the mind of this little girl. However, I am making a promise today that we will NOT be fighting other shoppers over the newest version of you when the Christmas shopping season begins! 
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