We've Created a Monster (A Little Red Furry One)

Myles can not get enough of Elmo. It started with seeing Elmo Live (the doll) in Walmart, and then when we got home we thought it would be fun to see if there are any Elmo clips on YouTube (my kids don't watch Seseme Street because it is during their naps). Well, there are TONS of Elmo clips and since that day Myles can't go an hour without crying for Elmo and dragging one of us to the computer. It has been especially bad this weekend, and he has even gotten up in the middle of the night twice this week screaming for Elmo (we did not give in). Tonight he cried for an hour and a half straight because, after about 4 hours total of Elmo YouTube time today we cut him off. We even tried meeting in the middle with an Elmo Christmas video on the tv, but NO WAY--he wants computer Elmo. We finally put him to bed at 6:30 PM because we figured if he was going to scream he might as well scream in his crib (in his defense, he only got one nap of about 30 minutes today because we have an awful church time of 1 PM). I swear, if I hear this furry monster's voice one more time today I'm going to find an Elmo and rip him to shreads.

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Skye said…
I had to laugh out loud when i read this!!! The things kids get attached to eh? I hope it passes for you soon!!!!
8:35 AM
Afton or Brooke said…
darn, if i would have known we would have given you all our elmos. our kids used to be obsessed too. we just gave like 5 of them to the d.i. because i made the kids get rid of half their toys.
1:12 PM
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