With our upcoming cross-country flight to Buffalo this month, we have been trying to find things that will entertain our boys on the trip. Caleb handles the long rides pretty well, but Hayden has a hard time. He's squirmy, doesn't like sitting on our laps, and has a short attention span for toys and books. We've been searching for a DVD that will captivate him for more than 60 seconds at a time. Who knew it could be so difficult to get your kid to watch TV? We've tried Baby Einstein, Caillou, Sesame Street, and a bunch of other shows. The other day we turned on Barney, a show that we don't typically watch. Much to our surprise, Hayden started dancing, clapping, and clucking his tongue with the music on the show. He watched most of the episode! While I'm not sure that he will enjoy Barney as much on the airplane (when the volume is lower and he isn't free to dance around), it's our best bet so far. Hopefully the big, purple dinosaur can come through for us. Below is a picture of the boys dancing during the show.
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Connor LOVED Barney! It's so annoying - lol. Cameron really loves the Thomas videos and likes Bob The Builder a lot too. Those are less annoying and are in short segments so they keep changing and hold their attention better.
That's funny. There's something about that big purple dinosaur that just draws kids to him. Megan likes him too and Amy said she often chooses him over Elmo now.
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