So DD is O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D with Shaun the Sheep which we get on Netflix. This girl wakes in the morning asking for it. I really try to stick to an hour of screen time a day and so she knows she may watch 2 episodes in the morning and later after lunch. This is pretty standard except for occasions like illness when she's stuck on the couch all day, and there's no way I can say no to the poor thing, or when occasion arises that I need her occupied for a bit longer. This obsession has lasted for about 3 months now, how kids don't get bored of watching the same thing over and over and over again I will never know? She's had obsessions before, Dora, Diego, Curious George, you name it. They all pass eventually but I'm ready for this obsession to pass NOW!!! It is not the least bit educational in the way I'd like for it to be and I am soooooo sick of it!!!!
So does anyone have any advice to help us get past it? I'd gladly introduce her to another obsession as long as it's got something educational about it, counting, alphabet, solving problems, etc. I am not looking to exclude television completely. It's very handy with a 6 month old and it's a great way to get some sanity back in my day at times.