Kid's Television

If your young one watches the Noggin network then you will get a kick out of this. Kids television...ridiculous at best however for us honest moms it is also quite essential to the everyday flow of things day in and day out. If you are like me, not only does one of the TV's in your house always have some sort of kids show on, you also have put your DVR to good use by recording episodes of Doodlebops, Johnny and the Sprites, The Wiggles, Charlie and Lola etc. to have on demand at any given time. We were a strictly Disney family until the last few weeks Bella has become interested in the Noggin Channel. A few funny things have recently happened in our house regarding this new found jewel of children's entertainment:

1. Dora and Boots are now a staple on the DVR. Swiper is now someone that Bella has started to blame when she makes a mess.
2. Yo Gabba Gabba...geez. If you have seen this one you understand when I say DJ Lance...I shutter to think about what you do on the weekends.
3. Oswald (the big blue octopus) and his hot-dog shaped pet dog. You know her name is Weenie right? After stumbling into this treasure Bella now about 5 times a day calls out "I want Weenie" or Andy's favorite "Mommy, do you like Weenie?" (If you think thats funny, then you think like my husband does...ok I think it's funny too.)
4. Little Bill. Ok, I need to rant a but on this one. Cute show, I get that it is supposed to "Enhance preschoolers' social and interpersonal skills, help build ethical values and encourage an appreciation and understanding of community" however the first episode Bella ever saw taught her something much more. This show can be a little slow at times, but being that it is the animation brain child of Bill Cosby, I will allow it. Anyway there is an episode called "The Meanest Thing" or something like that. Basically it is supposed to teach not to say mean things. Good lesson. However Bella only watched the first 3 minutes of the show before she became uninterested. So what right? Well it just so happens that the first 3 minutes of this episode is not a whole lot more than a kid at Bill's school calling Bill names. So did Bella walk away with stronger ethical values or an encouraged appreciation of community, no she did not. What did she learn? That Mommy is a "Stinky baby poo-poo diaper head" or as Bella says a "sinky baby poo-poo dipah hayed".

Thanks Noggin, you are indeed a two-edged sword.