I was telling my son (~3 at the time) about the days of the week. I asked him what day it was today and he said Friday. I knew exactly what his reaction was going to be next so I started recording the interaction on my phone.
I asked him what day it is, he says "Friday", I let him know "well actually buddy, it's Tuesday", and a meltdown began with him yelling "No, not Tuesday!"
I'm sure every adult has shared that feeling, nothing ruins your Friday like realising it's Tuesday.
Mostly it's very well written. Funny, sweet, educational for both kids and parents. The humor isn't tacked on to keep kids' attention; it's woven into the story and lesson of each episode. Bluey is one of the few shows I enjoy watching with my kids, and it's by far my favorite.
I haven’t watched it much, but my wife really likes it. My advice is simply to avoid Caillou, unless you want your kids to be bratty, whiny, and possibly bald.
Our kid is 2 1/2 and the best advice I can give (if you live in the US) is to download the PBS kids app. As you can imagine I'm concerned what shows my kid is exposed to and the stuff on PBS kids is great. Some of the stuff like Arthur seems to be targeted at kids a little older but shows like Daniel Tiger and Sesame Street are great. It's really awesome watching your kid sing along to some of the tunes. I've basically come to the conclusion that as long as it's on the PBS kids app that it's good to go.
Other shows I've shown him off the app are the OG Thomas the Tank episodes and Peppa Pig, both of which I love too.
I don't know anything about Bluey but it seems to be pretty popular with parents so I'm sure that's a good choice too.
Most kids TV is just mindless repetitive garbage. Bluey is actually just genuinely, good, well-written TV. I've heard people say that it's not really a kid's show that parents like to watch, it's a parent show that kids also like to watch.
Oh man, our 2.5 year old has recently gotten very into Ms. Rachel and it's so lovely. We get to do all the songs with her off screen as well. In the same vein I'd recommend any new parents to check to see if their local Library has any baby rhyme time or story time like ours. They also upload lots of those online too for free which is great!
Ah, I missed your post and made my own. I have this gripe that if it's really supposed to be important then Father's Day (and Mother's Day for that matter), should be a three-day weekend. However, this is really part of my reasoning as to why it's not actually that important. It really is just another Sunday and anyone trying to make it too much more than that is setting themselves up for disappointment, fathers and father-enjoyers alike.
Was staying at a cabin with my wife and kid. We went hiking. Was literally 5 foot into the hike... Wife fell and hurt her knee pretty bad because she landed on a large sharp rock. Went straight to urgent care for staples and stitches.... 😂 But she's tough and we actually took the kiddo to the lake and I got in the freezing cold water and swam because the kiddo insisted. Ate some Korean bulgogi style tacos for dinner and I got a Father's Day shirt.
Mine was rainy and gloomy. Our daycare lady has COVID, but my wife and I can't afford to miss work this week, so we unfortunately spent most of Father's Day driving my daughter two hours to stay with her grandparents. Not the greatest Father's Day for me, but no doubt a fantastic one for the grandfather.
She's been helping him paint the living room. Pretty good for a three-year-old.
My weekend was booked up celebrating for my dad on Saturday and my wife's on Sunday, so no time for me, but I requested a lunch with my wife and kid on Friday so we went out and it was really great. Didn't really need more than that, but I was pretty dead by the end of the weekend.
I slept most of the day and then went to work. My daughter made me a card thats on the fridge and at some point in the future were going to watch the dnd movie
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