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[lisany]

Be warned
Personally I just hate Dora and I never watched a single episode. As far as the merchandise goes I am ok with Thomas and Cars but Sesame street drives me crazy - it is everywhere

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[pro_sha]

:))
I forget what does Kenan watch? Anything?

I started showing Caillou to Max (much hated in this thread). I actually really like it for a kid who does not speak English but need to learn. They pronounce things very clearly (unlike in Thomas -- I hated the cartoon; it is so so dull). And the subjects are easy to relate to. He does seem a bit whiny but not too bad for my taste.

[lisany]

I show Kenan Thomas, babysitter shows him whatever is on Nogging/Sprout. He does not seem to care much. Thomas is boring, but i like how trains look :-)

[chocolana]

We actually like Dora. She goes on fun adventures and usually introduces some new concepts into our play routine and vocabulary. We borrowed a Dora "treasure hunt" book that has a lot of nice details - Danny loves it.

As to all the merchandise - he is pretty indifferent to it at this point, so it doesn't bother me. I took him to Toys R Us on Friday, he loved seeing all the Thomas beds (blech, so ugly!), Dora chairs, and McQueen bedding, but he just looked and played with it, didn't ask to buy anything.

[lisany]

I think overabundance of Dora merchandise is what gets to me. I don't actually have anything else against her.

[chocolana]

p.s. Oh before Danny was born, I swore I would not buy branded merchandise for my child, or take him to Disneyland.. well, we are going to Thomas & Friends musical on Saturday. So my standards have definitely been lowered :)

[lisany]

It is almoust impossible not to buy branded merchandise. It does not exist except for Melissa and Doug stuff. And we bought Thomas Railroad set. I think I have a thing for Thomas