Comments on: Birthday Cake Cocktail! Introducing Ali Luvs Happy Hour! https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2017/07/10/birthday-cake-cocktail-introducing-ali-luvs-happy-hour/ Motherhood, Fashion and Lifestyle Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Laura https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2017/07/10/birthday-cake-cocktail-introducing-ali-luvs-happy-hour/#comment-35406 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:41:11 +0000 https://aliluvs.com/?p=5557#comment-35406 Love this post! My daughter was born the same day as Molly and she has just started watching tv. We tried to keep her from watching it before and never intentionally put on tv shows to grab her interest. I put on Sesame Street and she loves Elmo, especially the number of the day haha I feel guilty, but it is limited to half an hour a day if at all. I use it when I need to get supper ready or if I need to get ready and I put her in the playpen. She hated the playpen but we got a BabyBjorn travel crib for our trip to Florida and she loves it! She literally tries to climb up the outside of it to get in and hang out with her stuffed animals. The bottom is a mattress so it’s comfy if she falls over, and it’s a great place for her to practice her walking 🙂

]]> By: Ladan https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2017/07/10/birthday-cake-cocktail-introducing-ali-luvs-happy-hour/#comment-35165 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 07:19:04 +0000 https://aliluvs.com/?p=5557#comment-35165 I love your blog, having two children one 6 and one 7 months old is a blessing at the same time there are times that I feel exhausted and reading your blog is my escape! I have developed postpartum anxiety after my second baby which is hard and when I read your blog about the last month of your pregnancy it was so relatable for me. I love your new series because it makes me hopeful that after the first year I will be back to my old self although I rarely drink! you just seen so much happier now that she has turned one and I remember from my first one that only the first year is hard and it gets easier.
Keep posting, you are so real, relatable and the only blog I have the time and patience to read, I tell my husband all I read here every day and he is happy something is helping me!

]]> By: Lindsay https://www.alimanno.com/blog/2017/07/10/birthday-cake-cocktail-introducing-ali-luvs-happy-hour/#comment-35130 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:48:41 +0000 https://aliluvs.com/?p=5557#comment-35130 The other one my kid loved was Mother Goose club and those are real people who sing nursery rhyme songs. Good quality too! I am about to introduce our 1 yr old to these baby crack videos, although I wonder how our 3 yr old will react! His favorite show is Go Diego Go, which is amazing bc there are 8 seasons free on Amazon Prime 😁 We let him watch about 2 shows a day- 50min total. Usually while I make dinner so that I can actually get dinner made without parenting my way threw it, and sometimes before nap time to let him settle down and chill out. Anyway, hope this helps you not feel guilty for wanting to have Molly watch TV and gives you a little insight into what works. I will say that it may take a few tries to get them to actually watch, but that's why those YouTube videos are great bc they are so long and just song after song comes on. We do it on our smart tv so no device is necessary. Btw- I have not introduced devices to my 3 yr old yet 😳 Not looking forward to figuring that one out! Good luck!]]> Saw your TV question and thought I’d share. I almost never comment on blogs but Mom stuff is different. I have a 3 yr old and a 1 year old (7-2-16). Anyway, from experience with my 3 yr old we felt the same way- can you please watch some TV to give me a few minutes to do something!? I felt sort of guilty but talked with my girls friends about it and the those with older kids totally agreed it is such a game changer when they finally will watch something and it’s totally fine to do. The ones that worked for us were these 30-60min videos on YouTube by Little Baby bum. They are actually kinda creepy, but they are baby crack I swear. Just nursery rhymes, so good for development, launguage, etc. but seriously they are like emojis on steroids. Kids love it! 😂 The other one my kid loved was Mother Goose club and those are real people who sing nursery rhyme songs. Good quality too!

I am about to introduce our 1 yr old to these baby crack videos, although I wonder how our 3 yr old will react! His favorite show is Go Diego Go, which is amazing bc there are 8 seasons free on Amazon Prime 😁 We let him watch about 2 shows a day- 50min total. Usually while I make dinner so that I can actually get dinner made without parenting my way threw it, and sometimes before nap time to let him settle down and chill out. Anyway, hope this helps you not feel guilty for wanting to have Molly watch TV and gives you a little insight into what works. I will say that it may take a few tries to get them to actually watch, but that’s why those YouTube videos are great bc they are so long and just song after song comes on. We do it on our smart tv so no device is necessary. Btw- I have not introduced devices to my 3 yr old yet 😳 Not looking forward to figuring that one out! Good luck!

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