Well, not much new with Aho or me. Aho is taking a class this summer and is working so hard, we never see him. I am still working, and hate being away from James, but know I need to get Aho through school before I quit, so even though I am not ok with it, I am ok with it!
James changes so much every day. He is crawling and into everything, which I love. I put his books in the bottom shelve in the bookcase in our living room and he loves taking the books out and playing with them. He hasn't ripped one (that I care about at least) yet, and I hope he will like reading them as much as he likes taking them out of the book case. He will follow us wherever we go, and I have found that he likes to play with my spices. I will put him on the kitchen floor while I make dinner and we talk and play with the spice bottles. Who knew!
He has learned to pasi (clap) he loves to do it, and always looks for one of us to pasi with him.
He is now pulling himself up on things, so we need to watch for him walking around pretty soon. They grow up too fast!!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Time to turn the TV off
Last week I saw on the news there was a study done with kids and TV. Basically, they found that background TV is not good for kids playing in the room. They found they moved from toy to toy, and see this as a cause for childhood learning disorders.
Those of you who know me, know I love tv. I ALWAYS have it on, it keeps me company when Aho is gone. I would notice James would do exactly what they talked about. He would be on the floor playing, and would stop and watch tv, start playing again, stop and watch. After I saw the study, I decided I would turn the tv off. I have it off when James is awake, whether he is down on the floor playing or not.
A few months ago I bought some music from a company called BRITE. I grew up on this, and wanted my kids to as well. So, I will turn the music on and sing to James as he plays. We love it. Aho is starting to learn the songs as well, and will sing to James as well. I haven't noticed a difference in him, but I have with me. I get down on the floor and play with him more, sing and talk to him more. I don't need to watch every show, and am ok if I miss some. It is a bit hard, because I do like watching some things, but I decided that time with my baby is more important that the shows I watch. Basically, the reason for the post: It is a LOT easier than I thought it would be, and I love playing with my baby!
Those of you who know me, know I love tv. I ALWAYS have it on, it keeps me company when Aho is gone. I would notice James would do exactly what they talked about. He would be on the floor playing, and would stop and watch tv, start playing again, stop and watch. After I saw the study, I decided I would turn the tv off. I have it off when James is awake, whether he is down on the floor playing or not.
A few months ago I bought some music from a company called BRITE. I grew up on this, and wanted my kids to as well. So, I will turn the music on and sing to James as he plays. We love it. Aho is starting to learn the songs as well, and will sing to James as well. I haven't noticed a difference in him, but I have with me. I get down on the floor and play with him more, sing and talk to him more. I don't need to watch every show, and am ok if I miss some. It is a bit hard, because I do like watching some things, but I decided that time with my baby is more important that the shows I watch. Basically, the reason for the post: It is a LOT easier than I thought it would be, and I love playing with my baby!
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