Baby Einstein

Ethan got his MMR vaccination at his 15-month well visit, so he was sore and cranky when he got up from his afternoon nap. Now, my darling little Ethan has no patience for anything, and unexplainable pain in his leg is no exception, particularly since it is inhibiting his first love: motion. So I decided that today would be a first for him, and I put him down in front of a Baby Einstein video. If there is a screen in motion somewhere, Caleb's eyes will find it, so he naturally plopped down beside Ethan to join in the viewing. The hilarious part of all this is their drastically different TV viewing styles. Ethan has not stopped talking since I pressed play...he wants to know the name of every animal and object the goes across the screen, so he shouts"Dat! Dat!" until somebody labels it for him. If he already knows the name, then he proclaims it loudly several times before the next item comes into view. "Dog! Dog! Dog!" At first, Caleb gave him a few sideways glances that seemed to say "What is wrong with you, dude?", but then he just tuned him out. Ethan doesn't like being tuned out, so he just got louder and even swatted Caleb a time or two to get his attention. Finally, Caleb started filling in the names of everything in response to Ethan's "Dat!" and now they are harmoniously (and loudly) watching Baby Einstein together. It is so cute to see their personalities contrasting, then clashing and then complementing each other!