…again?
on Jun 20 in General by DanIt is an unfortunate fact of life that three year olds thrive on repetition. That’s why programs such as Dora, Wonderpets, and Little Einstein’s are so popular. Children develop from babies drinking formula milk into kids consuming formula TV. It’s the circle of life.
Of course adults aren’t much better, only our formulas are slightly more complex. House, Extreme Makeover, CSI: Milwaukee; you know the rhythm, the cadence, and what the twists are going to be before the starting credits finish. And that’s fine. Don’t fix what isn’t broken. I don’t have a problem with that.
Sometimes however, the three year old uses this obsession with repetition not for good, but for evil. We all know of a little boy who demands the same episode of Thomas the Tank engine over and over again. Or the little girl who will only accept one specific book for her bedtime story night after night.
And to the parents of those children I have some sympathy. It must be hard to endure those things over and over again. But, while I accept their pain, I am secure in the knowledge that Kerry and I are experiencing three hundred times their pitiful suffering.
At the moment Amy is listening to the Macarena up to ten times a day.
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It took a lot of people a whole summer to tire of that song. I can only imagine how many times a 3 year old will listen to it. Does she do the dance too?
Dear god that’s just not tolerable. There’s nothing worse than the Macarena! I think you need to go and listen to this on youtube –
Fuck the Macarena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir5CzXzMBi8
Oh yes, she dances.
The macarena! Oh, my god. That song/dance was all the rage the year that Greg and I got married, 1996.
Everyone really did have a wonderful time dancing to it then, but now I think I’d slit my wrists if my girls got addicted to it. Dan, tell Kerry to hide the knives.
Does she like the latest fashions and want to move to New York to trap a boyfriend?
That would be scary.
Yes, I looked up the English translation to the song. Also scary.
That is really scary but also really funny.
Isn’t that cruel and unusual punishment? Ouch…
That’s why I try to keep these horrible things away from LA Toddler. She can’t repeat what she don’t know about. Ya know?
As far as I know she’s never seen Barnie…
Whit – I also looked up the lyrics, although my excuse was I was trying to find a title for the post.
You however have no excuse. You should be ashamed of yourself.
She needs to get into Combichrist, trust me on this *grin*