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I just call him lieutenant dan because for crawling he won't use his legs yet. He just drags his body along with his arms. At first I was worried, but he's progressing everywhere else so I don't let it bother me. He's started to get up onto his knees, he just can't figure out what to do at that point and you can see the panic in his face.

Also really funny - he likes TV (I'm a bad parent), but he fucking LOVES Jeopardy. It's so weird because there's not much going on in the show besides blue screens and occasional noises/talking, but he's absolutely riveted to the screen. It's to the point now where if you walk in front of him, he moves all the way right/left to look around you. I guess I should be impressed that he loves a 'smart' show, but he also loves a few bullshit shows like Ruff Ruff, Tweet, and Dave:



His nightly routine now is solids > playtime > bath > bottle + jeopardy. Puts him right out.
 
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Noodlemod_sl said:
I just call him lieutenant dan because for crawling he won't use his legs yet. He just drags his body along with his arms. At first I was worried, but he's progressing everywhere else so I don't let it bother me. He's started to get up onto his knees, he just can't figure out what to do at that point and you can see the panic in his face.

Also really funny - he likes TV (I'm a bad parent), but he fucking LOVES Jeopardy. It's so weird because there's not much going on in the show besides blue screens and occasional noises/talking, but he's absolutely riveted to the screen. It's to the point now where if you walk in front of him, he moves all the way right/left to look around you. I guess I should be impressed that he loves a 'smart' show, but he also loves a few bullshit shows like Ruff Ruff, Tweet, and Dave:



His nightly routine now is solids > playtime > bath > bottle + jeopardy. Puts him right out.
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It's always Dave.

fucking kids, amirite?

My two eldest kids love Tayo, and my wife wants us to get rid of Hulu just because they watch it so fucking often.
 
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Took me a few episodes to realize when they said it's always dave, it's really fuckin always dave. Dude loves to eat bananas and go to bed at a reasonable time.

My wife got upset that they tool around without seatbelts until I paused it and did a thorough analysis proving her wrong. They do wear seatbelts.
 
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It's best to accept that kids will latch onto something (it doesn't even have to be a show) and that they'll repeat that shit until the end of times because that's what kids do. You can laugh or dismiss the idea of them creating a sort of "safe space" around that, but that's what's happening. And up until around the age of 5, more if they're developmentally behind, there's no point in trying to dissuade the behavior because it really confuses them if you do. They do not have the mental capacity to understand why we want them to do something else. And as long as they're not hurting themselves or anyone else, it's cool. Hell, participate.

I've always just gone with it. A lot of times I've participated in watching a show, if only to try and understand the fascination.
 
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Well Ruff Ruff, Tweet, and Dave is hilarious in their own way. Some of the shit they say is funny:

"If we had 9 bananas and we take away 1, do we have less, the same amount, or more than we started with?" One picks the right answer but you have to laugh when the chicken thinks it's exactly the same. I think my son just likes the bright colors
 
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Also don't get bent out of shape thinking you're a bad parent because your kid likes TV or likes an ipad or whatever else. Just try to not let any individual thing become their "blankie" that they go to when they're mad. Let them have whatever in moderation, just spread it around. If they're watching 14 hours of TV a day, thats bad. If they're outside running around 14 hours a day, thats bad. Moderate their activities.
 
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My kid has to watch Micky mouse clubhouse and Sofia the first every night before bed.

It sucks because they're on demand and fios has slow menuing. Rustled.
 
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Aside from the fact that we never actually watched anything on TV (that distinction belongs to my mother-in-law), Fios' extremely slow and shitty software on their set boxes was a big driver to cutting that cord.
 
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Draegan_sl said:
My kid has to watch Micky mouse clubhouse and Sofia the first every night before bed.

It sucks because they're on demand and fios has slow menuing. Rustled.
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Micky Mouse ClubHouse makes me want to murder kittens and puppies. I know it is for kids, but it is so damned insipid it is hard to believe.
 
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Micky Mouse ClubHouse makes me want to murder kittens and puppies. I know it is for kids, but it is so damned insipid it is hard to believe.
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HOT DOG HOT DOG HOT DIGGETY DOG

NOW WE GOT EARS ITS TIME FOR CHEERS


that shit will be ingrained in my life for as long as I live. My kid has to watch at least 1 episode of that every day.

I had him hooked on Sesame Street, but Sesame Street hasn't had a new episode in a couple years now...WTF is up with that.
 
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HBO will release sesame street for free 6 months after it's initial airing on HBO. Good luck.

Roku's Disney Junior app allows you to stream the stuff and the menu is pretty fast. You can a shitload more episodes via a cable subscription as well too.
 
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I had to stop reading as soon as they implied that the use of They Might Be Giants was a bad thing
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I didn't stop, but I questioned his parenting. TMBG has some fucking amazing children's albums.
 
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"I swear to God, one time they made you push a button to summon a train sound, and the correct button was a fucking HOT DOG. You know why? Because, as Mickey explained, you "chew" a hot dog, so if you "chew chew," you'll get CHOO CHOO."

This was on a few weeks ago my kids where watching... I literally saw all the "options" and I was like "WTF there is no answer" then the above explanation was given - "Okay kids, that's enough - go outside!"
 
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xadion_sl said:
"I swear to God, one time they made you push a button to summon a train sound, and the correct button was a fucking HOT DOG. You know why? Because, as Mickey explained, you "chew" a hot dog, so if you "chew chew," you'll get CHOO CHOO."

This was on a few weeks ago my kids where watching... I literally saw all the "options" and I was like "WTF there is no answer" then the above explanation was given - "Okay kids, that's enough - go outside!"
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Someone should do an episode with the same pictures, same voices, but curse like crazy. Read this in Mickey's voice:
"Which button should I press to summon a fucking train you little fucking pukes? No, you retard, it's the fucking hot dog. What the hell is wrong with you, dick breath? Dammit, kids, get your shit together!"
 
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My oldest is obsessed with trucks. So one day in my idiocy i youtubed him "Monster Trucks" and now all he wants to watch is shit like this :





The fucked up thing is that there are a million of these fucking videos. They all have millions of hits. It's like child catnip. Its insane. There are infinite iterations of these same fucking videos.

I try transformers..nope, I try Mickey mouse...nope, Nothing breaks him from wanting to watch these movies.
 
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My kid found a whole series of videos on youtube that is nothing but a guy unwrapping cheap toys, like little plastic easter eggs that have candy in them, matchbox cars in blister packs, etc. The kid fucking loves it, and it's the dumbest thing ever.
 
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