Elmo

We don't have a television, and neither does our daycare, so Sebbe's exposure to tv shows and their characters is pretty limited. However, we found Sesame Street videos online (thanks, Kim!), and have showed them to Seb on occasion. For a long time, he was sort of interested - he would watch, and enjoy the characters, but he certainly didn't clamor for it.

Well, things change. He has recently become totally fascinated by Elmo. If he sees one of us on the computer, he'll point to it and say (very clearly) "Eh-mo". I've tried to play dumb, but he's really very insistent. "Eh-mo! Eh-mo!" (I think he must think I'm very slow.) He really only likes Elmo, but he'll also tolerate videos that feature Zoe and Abby. Anyone else - Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Kermit the frog - earns a scowl and a return to the "Eh-mo!" finger pointing.

Even more recently, he's decided that he has one favorite video. Now, when he points at the computer and requests Elmo, he's really only asking for this one video to be played over and over and over again. I have no idea why he loves it so much, but there you have it.