There is a big controversy happening at the Monster House. Big. And by big I mean, even our case coordinator for Early Intervention made her position on the matter known. She agrees with me, because she's a smart woman and I'm always right. Being the Momma gives me that privilege.
The controversy: Is it, or is it not horrible and awful and terrible and horrendous that I have a television and DVD player in the nursery for the twinnie monsterlettes, which plays Classic Disney movies
all. night. long.?
See, here's the reason I do this. If the TV is playing, Logan will sleep all night (with a tiny amount of help from the clonidine fairy) and so will #6. If there is no movie playing, even softly, there is crying and all the ugly stages of meltdown all night long. So. I have no guilt about this. The twinnies are not in front of a television all day long, I don't use it as a babysitter. I use it when they go down for a nap, or down for the night.
You would not believe how much crap I have gotten for this. And, as someone so generously pointed out to me, television addiction is a sign of autism. Really? Wow. But.. I wonder, is this REALLY an addiction to television, or the need for flickery light and sound together? We have tried just playing music on a cd, no TV on. THAT didn't work. We have tried the TV on with no sound. THAT didn't work. Turned on an animated movie, with sound. Sleeping happened in less than five minutes. The way I figure it, don't rock the boat!
And by the way... is anyone noticing a THEME here? Look again. What does EVERY SINGLE picture have in common? Ding ding ding! We have a winner! They are ALL movies with puppies. And as all of us know, Logan has this tiny little appreciation for puppies.
Yes folks, my cute little Logan child is "addicted to TV". But only if it's a "Puppy Show". Otherwise, he just doesn't care. Please tell me some of you have this same thing happening in your home. We have even been known to skip scenes in other movies, to the parts where there is a cameo of a dog. This is how ridiculous this is getting. At the Monster House, even Cinderella is a Puppy Show. Gotta love Bruno.
But. A word to the wise. There is no way, at all, to spin certain things into Puppy Shows. I'm just sayin'. I refuse to tell anyone how I know this.
