Your Backyard Friends, the Backyardigans

For whatever reason, my son will only “watch” one show.  And by watch, I mean intently watch and zone in.  He’ll basically do anything to catch a view of the television showing anything, regardless of what it is.  We make a conscious effort to limit the time he’s in front of a tv, but he seems to weasel his way by turning his head Linda Blair style just to catch a momentary glimpse.  But we usually watch one episode of Backyardigans with him a day, and he loves it.

We’ve tried Yo Gabba Gabba, we’ve tried Wow Wow Wubbzy, Blue’s Clues, Seasame Street, and a couple of others, but after a couple of minutes, his attention is lost.  However, once that Backyardigans theme starts, he’s in.  It’s watchable for adults, but I warn you, the songs (and there are a lot of songs) are extremely catchy.  I still sing the “Piratitude” song while walking around the house sometimes (that’s Pirate Atitude…you’ll see).  It’s a lot of singing and bright colors, so I can see why he’d like it.

So if you’re looking to easy your baby into alittle tv, Backyardigans might do the trick.

My Son’s New Favorite Thing

So the baby just dinged 4 months old (did I just make a Warcraft reference in a baby guide?), and we decided it was time to move things around in the house.  We moved the pack and play out of our bedroom, which made it feel like we were living in a resort from the amount of room that cleared up.  So we moved that downstairs, moved his little lamb chair into the bedroom, and I put together the Exersaucer.  He sleeps great in the lamb chair, even though he’s starting to outgrow it, plus we still have the Mamaroo (or as my brother in law calls it, the Bat-pod) downstairs, and we have the Bumbo (which the baby also really likes…he looks so adult sitting in it).

So for the first time ever we put him in the exersaucer and he went crazy.  It’s tons of bright colors, lots of toys, it lights up, makes noise…what’s not to like?  We needed to roll up a towel and put it in front of him to cushion some of the space, because he’s still alittle small for it, but he loves it.  His arms waive wildly and every once in the while he connects with a button that makes it light up and play noise and he gets a big smile on his face.

We got the Evenflo ABC SmartSteps Exersaucer because it (supposedly) teaches more about numbers and letters, while some of the others team more about animals and stuff.  Great item so far!

P.S. He also still loves his Rainforest playmat.  I think now that he's alittle older, he appriciates it more.  He gets a big grin when we lay him on it and the song/lights start up.  Another great item!