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Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Becky Y

2008-07-27T06:47:36Z

I have to go back and watch the links other posted here. LOL I was going to put the REM one myself, but I was beat to it. My 21 month old loves this one too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv38j4lPzd0

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by mihow

2008-07-26T13:27:48Z

You guys rock. We just spent our saturday morning watching all of these. Awesome. So awesome.

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by keith

2008-07-26T12:45:49Z

had to get in on this sesame street thing. i don’t have kids and watch it anyhow (sometimes). all time favs:

“alive” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cze1_cWdF5s “letter b” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fei0SCasFcQ

-k

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Erika

2008-07-26T12:33:01Z

I live in the hood and have also recently started watching porn for babies, er, I mean Sesame Street with my 10 month-old. This is one of my old faves-not a guest star but a parody of Rebel Yell.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjbpuK_H2VY

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Amy.C

2008-07-25T01:41:28Z

Hey, It’s Amy From the neighborhood. So I just wanted to add one of my all time favorite Sesame Street clips, I think about this song all the time and I never thought to you tube it until now. It is James Taylor singing to Oscar the Grouch. Instead of “whenever I see your Smiling Face ” He sings “whenever I see your Grouchy Face”. Its truly brilliant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PBgkNoy_Ec. A bit off topic but, I love REM too! I just watched Michael Stipe & Mario Batali on Iconoclasts which inspired me to revisit some music I had not listened to in so long and forgot how much I loved.

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by egirl

2008-07-24T18:58:07Z

Just had to add this one as well. The last two seconds are the best…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptbp0pmcg3U&NR=1 Awwwwww.

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by egirl

2008-07-24T18:37:30Z

Spin Doctors on Sesame Street – “Two Princes” -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC-KaKAmmEY

and Norah Jones “Don’t Know Y”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c3fvqNlFvc

and probably my favorite Sesame Street clip ever-

Me and my llama at the dentist- ooohhhhheeee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgkYHhG18uc

Yes – it has no guest stars, but brings back lots of memories!

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by mihow

2008-07-24T12:54:33Z

DLG: Wow, that was fantastic as well. Thank you for sharing! Keep them coming, folks. I missed roughly 29 years of this!

Comment on 'Learning To Sleep' by Wendy

2008-07-24T04:53:52Z

To: Joey (girl w a boy’s name), my son has spent most of his 2 years of life wanting/demanding to be rocked and/or breastfed when he’s tired. The sitting beside his crib and holding his hand is a VERY recent thing that works to calm him. And I’m thrilled. Endless rocking of a 30lb child is not my cup of tea. He has lost the ability to fall asleep on his own it seems, he had it before we went on holidays, but I’m hoping it comes back soon!

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by mihow

2008-07-24T02:58:06Z

Thank you guys so much for posting these. I can’t wait to watch them all with Em. Thank you.

And I agree, Michele. Sesame Street is the best job ever. I thought the same thing recently. can’t imagine being paid to bring so many smiles to faces everywhere.

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by DLG in Mich

2008-07-24T02:32:35Z

When my two boys were smaller, I remember posting on their website about a Sesame Street episode that similarly blew my mind. It involved the Goo Goo Dolls singing a version of their song ‘Slide’ to Elmo called “Pride” (Let those good thoughts fill your head / You are furry, proud and red):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXT1×6eJt-g

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Jessica S.

2008-07-24T01:17:24Z

Thank you!!! This made me smile. I immediately showed it to my 7 month old son, who loved it, then to my sister and her 3 month old, then my husband and her husband… and it continues…

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Michelle

2008-07-23T23:30:47Z

We are thinking of dropping the bottles slowly and one at a time because they cause some angst, and also partly because we are so darn reliant on them. She is simply unable to relax enough to go to sleep without a bottle, and that makes me worry for how hard they’ll be to get rid of later. Our little girl is 13 months old, and already very, very stubborn…I really try to pick my battles.

Her bottles also need to be pretty warm, so we’ve still been giving her formula. She really likes the taste of cold whole milk and takes it easily from her sippy, so I’ve kind of been hoping we could substitute milk in a sippy, but instead of having it before naps/bedtime, just having it with her meal. I really don’t have a clue. She is my first kid and while I don’t want to rush her, I also don’t want to turn what might be a minor battle of wills now into a major one later on.

Quick question. Do you use glass bottles with Emory? If so, do you give him the bottle to hold himself at naptime. I have still been holding Ruby in the rocking chair and holding the bottle for her because I’m worried she’ll pitch the bottle and it’ll break. She kind of halfheartedly “helps” me as I hold onto it. I usually sit with her until she seems relaxed enough to sleep, then put her in the crib and leave (sometimes she goes right to sleep, sometimes she hollers a bit, but if I stay in the room I am just prolonging/increasing the intensity of the hollering). It is interesting how we all have different solutions for getting our kids to sleep…makes perfect sense when you consider what little individuals they all are.

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Steph

2008-07-23T20:56:32Z

Long time reader, first time poster. My two year old son LOVES sesame, and watches it daily. I have really enjoyed watching it with him too.

If you get a chance google “Cookie Monster Stephen Colbert” to find the youtube clip of Cookie on the Colbert Report. It is a riot. (I’d send the link but can’t access it at work.)

Also, there has been a recurring segment on Sesame called Law and Order: Special Letters Unit, which has all the characters in puppet form (Munch is really dead on), and lots of the DOINK DOINK.

Comment on 'Sesame Street Makes Me Like People' by Wendy

2008-07-23T20:46:51Z

Is there a rule about daytime bottles? I know some doctors say at a year..drop the bottles. I tried a few times between a year and 18 months, but he was so hooked on them..it didn’t work. I felt guilty that my 20 month child still drank a bottle at bed and morning times. Then he got strep throat (again), and it hurt to suck, so he drank only from his sip cups all day, and hasn’t asked for a bottle since. I guess he was 22 months then.

I think you can reduce the bottles as Emory eats more solid food, so give a snack instead of a bottle. In theory, anyhow. We just let it happen naturally, but Jonah now just goes to the fridge when he is thirsty, and pulls out his sip cup of milk and has a swig. There are no scheduled feedings except mealtimes. We just eat when we are hungry!

I don’t have sound on my computer at work, so I can’t check out the links, but I will at home tonight.