My 2 year old loves watching those surprise egg videos where there are eggs made out of Play-Doh with each letter of the alphabet and a toy or animal inside the eggs. A few weeks ago, I bought him some Play-Doh and he quickly turned it in to a game where he wanted me to place one of his toys inside the Play-Doh so he could then open it up and get his toy out, just like in the videos he watches.Well, the other day while he was napping, I gathered up a bunch of his smaller toys and his Play-Doh, set up my phone on the kitchen table, and I made him a video just like the ones he watches, but with his own toys inside the eggs. This took about two hours, the entire length of his nap. I uploaded this video to YouTube and showed it to him on the TV, and he IMMEDIATELY started smiling and giggling because he recognized my voice and then recognized his own toys on the TV.Since then, this has been a go-to video that he just LOVES to watch. I'm sure in the next few days, Mom and I will get just as annoyed with this video that I made as we are with the other videos he watches constantly, but it feels really great to have created something for him and for him to enjoy it as much as he does.I would heartily suggest to any parent to do something similar for their kid to make their TV time a bit more personal and more enjoyable for their child. It didn't take that much time, and the amount of joy he's now getting out of it is so worth it. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2dbeJad
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