The first time we put the DVD in, Blazer was mildly interested. The DVD is a collection of musical snippets in Elmo's wonderful world of counting and life lessons. Colorful, cute, but still not a cartoon, which Blazer is use to watching.
Today, Blazer was A-W-F-U-L. He would mope about the house, yelling and screaming. (Sarah, if you are reading this, I don't think a raptor has anything on my son. You know what I mean.) He just wouldn't stop. NOTHING was helping. Long nap, NO. Cup of Fruit2O, NO. Food, NO. O.M.G. kid!
After dinner Aaron just decided to put in a movie and see if Blazer would calm down. He chose the Elmo movie. I gave Blazer some milk and sat him in his chair with his blanket. The movie started and Aaron decided to do his homework while I browsed recipes for the holidays. Minutes go by and not one word from Blazer. There wasn't even a sound of him rustling around. Aaron thought he fell asleep so he went to check.
Blazer was completely engaged with Elmo - eyes glued to him!
Here is Exhibit A:
Thank you, Elmo. You made our night so much easier!
Happy Tuesday!
2 comments:
Oh man. Love those days! Only, not really. Too bad you didn't catch Raptor Blazer on video - then we could mash the two babies together and remix it. YOUTUBE OVERNIGHT SENSATION!!! We'd make millions... of pennies.
Elmo... that monster is Gold. Even though he makes me sick to my stomach.
Also, (because I'm sure you need more things to think about), have you considered signing with Blazer? I don't want to sound preachy, or whatever, but we've done it with all three boys and it seriously helps with communication. Even just the simplest signs, "eat", "drink", "nigh nigh", "hurt", and Braxton's favorite - "cookie".
We started with Braxton when he was 13 months and the number of tantrums went down drastically. I can send you more info if you're interested.
We have started signing "Please" and "Thank You." We want to add "More", "Eat" and "Drink" soon as well. I'm not sure about any others but I would love more information Sarah. Thank you!
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