Nonnie

Eli is addicted to Baby Einstein. Every morning immediately after breakfast he walks over to the bookshelf, points to it, and says "nonnie," his code word for movie. Yes, we actually had to give Eli a word for his Baby Einstein videos, since previously he would just bang on the TV and grunt when he wanted to watch them. It has gotten so bad that I actually have to limit him to one movie a day, otherwise he would spend all day glued to the tube. Then again, you have to understand that it could be worse, because Eli plays with toys, looks at books, and climbs on things while he is watching the video. It is not like he is just sitting there, becoming the stereotypical TV-watching obese child (refer to my previous post 15 month check-up if you don't believe me). Plus, I would like to think that these movies are actually educational, and I do try to spend a lot of the time talking to him about what he is seeing. I guess what I am saying is that there are worse things to have as an addiction than Baby Einstein.

For example, Goldfish crackers.