Fireman Sam

We have always had a pretty conservative view towards babies watching tv, and haven't allowed Landon to watch very much at all. Until a few weeks ago. From birth to 15 months old, Landon probably watched his Baby Einstein Beethoven video about ten times total. But in the last few weeks, the combination of 20 degree temperatures, cabin fever, and in some cases unfortunately, very real fevers, has led us to relax our stance a bit.

With Phillip home on vacation, us snowed in from time to time, and no Little Gym classes over the holiday, we have had a few long days. Enter PBS's "Fireman Sam" show for preschoolers. Would you like to hear the opening song? Phillip and I can both sing it forwards and backwards!

Each show is only 10 minutes, but Landon has very happily settled into a daily schedule of watching a show or two in that witching hour between dinner and bed. Of course, he will grab one of our hands, take us over to the remote, then point to the tv a few other times during the day as well. Think this one is going to be hard to take away after Christmas break is over!

Up until today, Phillip and I thought that Landon just enjoyed the colors and the music. Turns out that the little fella has been following the plot! Today he surprised us both by bursting into his infectious giggles during two different scenes, both of them "uh-oh oops" moments in the show. We felt like we were watching a sitcom with another adult! Think we will hold off on the sitcoms for awhile though :)