The Shrek of It

If you know Adam, you know he is a good baby full of personality, smiles and humor. BUT the kid can barely sit still. Though bed time goes relatively well most nights due to hardcore training, naps have always been hard as he doesn't want to MISS ANYTHING in life. The kid won't sleep anywhere but his crib except the occasional nod off in the car. People always say to me when I tell them I have to head home because Adam is tired "Oh, he'll fall right asleep in the car". HA

So certainly it was no surprise to us that watching television was never one of his priorities. Even as a four month old, the Baby Einstein videos couldn't hold his attention at all..he was bored. That was fine; though I see nothing wrong with watching television, I don't want it to be the center of his childhood.

So the only thing he "watched" was School House Rock videos...his daddy started those when he was born and he went from only liking two to liking most these days. As he got older, we started watching CMT and VH1 in the morning because he LOVES music so much...(He'll be playing in the other room and if a song he loves comes on...he runs in:)

Then on November 14, Todd and I were pleasantly surprised when the Wizard of Oz actually held his attention for almost an hour. After that, Todd found he liked Thomas the Train. He would actually sit there and watch like 15 minutes...we were shocked!! We taped him some Christmas specials...The Grinch and Frosty held his attention for about the same amount of time...now, before bed, Adam watches Tom&Jerry or the occasional Scooby-Doo while drinking his bottle.

But apparently Shrek has somethng no one else does...The Christmas special he loved most of all was "Shrek the Halls". A few weeks ago, Shrek was on HBO. He loved it. This past weekend, he sat on my lap and watched the entire movie! Now if he's restless or needs to relax, we put on that movie and it's like magic...the first guarantee to help Adam settle down! I'm sure it won't last...tastes change but for now, it's nice to know I have a tool to help a kid who will slap his mom and himself just to stay awake actually relax...