I feel like such a bad mommy. I let Jake watch WAY too much TV. Almost as soon as he wakes up in the morning, he asks to watch "his show" (which is one of a collection of kid shows). Don't get me wrong. His shows are for the most part educational, such as Sesame Street, Super Why, Leap Frog's Numberland, or Color Crew. He's got a few others like Bob the Builder and Tree Fu Tom that are kid shows, but not entirely educational. Today was evidence of how bad it was, though. Our power went out with the storm that blew through and he was in the middle of watching one of his shows when the TV cut off. He immediately started whining for me to turn it back on, and didn't fully understand why I wouldn't/couldn't do it. Then he literally cried over it. So I've decided to try (just TRY and see how this goes) to cut off the TV for a bit for him. Now, if I have a groom or something I might pop in a movie or put on one of his longer-running shows, like Sesame Street or something. And he does play with his toys or color, which is good. Or we'll go to the park for a little bit (unfortunately, even though we have a nice-sized, fenced-in back yard for him to play, it is swarming with mosquitoes and we get eaten alive within minutes of being out there...ick). He's not ENTIRELY addicted to the television. But I'd like to try it just for maybe a week and see how it goes.
Then I had another thought. While he watches television, I'm always on the computer or Nook playing games, on Facebook, or on Pinterest. Well, I can't exactly do that while he gets no technology, can I? I don't like being a hypocrite. So what I think I'll do is cut out my technology time and figure something else out. I have a few things that I've been wanting to do, but the computer screen has gotten in the way. I've got tons of books I have yet to crack open. I have crosswords and puzzle books I can do. I even have some crocheting I can work on (right now it's just a "popcorn" string for the Christmas tree, but I want to learn to do blankets and other things...Oh, mo-om!!!).
Now, I know some of you think I tried this before. Yes and no. Before I was going to completely cut out Facebook because there were some people bugging me. That lasted maybe a day. This time I'm not entirely boycotting it. I might get on the computer some after Jake goes to bed at night. I don't want to completely get off of Facebook because there's family and close friends I want to keep up-to-date with (so many babies coming into the world!). And I can NOT relinquish my Pinterest!!! How else am I going to plan what to do with my lottery winnings when the time comes? ;-)
Anyhoo...I'm thinking I might start Monday, since this is a holiday weekend and might be kinda crazy and off-schedule and such. Like I said, I just want to try it for a week and see how it goes. If anyone has any ideas for hobbies and such for me, I'll take suggestions!
Then I had another thought. While he watches television, I'm always on the computer or Nook playing games, on Facebook, or on Pinterest. Well, I can't exactly do that while he gets no technology, can I? I don't like being a hypocrite. So what I think I'll do is cut out my technology time and figure something else out. I have a few things that I've been wanting to do, but the computer screen has gotten in the way. I've got tons of books I have yet to crack open. I have crosswords and puzzle books I can do. I even have some crocheting I can work on (right now it's just a "popcorn" string for the Christmas tree, but I want to learn to do blankets and other things...Oh, mo-om!!!).
Now, I know some of you think I tried this before. Yes and no. Before I was going to completely cut out Facebook because there were some people bugging me. That lasted maybe a day. This time I'm not entirely boycotting it. I might get on the computer some after Jake goes to bed at night. I don't want to completely get off of Facebook because there's family and close friends I want to keep up-to-date with (so many babies coming into the world!). And I can NOT relinquish my Pinterest!!! How else am I going to plan what to do with my lottery winnings when the time comes? ;-)
Anyhoo...I'm thinking I might start Monday, since this is a holiday weekend and might be kinda crazy and off-schedule and such. Like I said, I just want to try it for a week and see how it goes. If anyone has any ideas for hobbies and such for me, I'll take suggestions!
