For many months now, I’ve watched all of my friends turning the dvd or tv on to entertain their kids. I’ve watched in envy as their kids quieten down and become happy little angles in front of the tv and wondered to myself why Jeremy doesn’t like watching tv. Perhaps the occasional ad keeps him entertained for a short period of time but nothing else. Not Thomas the Tank Engine, Not Dora the Explorer, Not The Wiggles, Not High 5, nothing, zilch… until In The Night Garden, it only took 2.5 years for Jeremy to finally be fascinated by something on tv!
I can’t tell how much of a saviour it has become. I now turn it on when I need Jeremy out of my hair, it is almost an indulgence that I feel guilty about doing except I don’t! I watch it with Jeremy, easily through a whole episode and forget that I’ve been sitting there watching it. That’s how entrancing it is.
Spurned on by it’s powers to entertain Jeremy for the whole programme, I decided to go out there and get him some In The Night Garden toys. They haven been almost as good at keeping him entertained as the programme. I think the toys are a bit pricey but Target, ABC Shop, Toys R Us often have special promotions for these toys. There is not a huge variety from the In The Night Garden range to choose from but the ones they do have are enough to entertain Jeremy.
It’s fantastic and I highly recommend it to any mums out there who need that 30 minutes of quiet time. I know that sounds awful and all sorts of children’s experts are telling us not to let our kids spend so much time infront of the tv but a mum’s got to do what a mum’s got to do.
11:10 pm on October 24th, 2008
I haven’t heard of that show before…when does it screen? Maybe I’ll have to try it out…my kids are extremely active (too active? lol) so a bit of quiet time sounds perfect
3:25 pm on October 25th, 2008
Hi Cathy, In The Night Garden screens on ABC2 at 9:05am and 12:05 noon every day and Saturdays too in Melbourne. Jeremy is a HUGE fan!