Now I know how Christie (CC) feels.....

[laurasnowbird]

about Christopher's Disney obsession, but in Ethan's case, it is Batman. Oh my gosh, if I never hear the word Batman again it will be too soon.

His older brother has the Batman Animated Series on DVD, and Ethan watched it one day with his big brother when Nick was babysitting him. I came home to the two of them sitting on the couch, eating popcorn and watching Batman. I thought it was soooo cute.

Little did I know.

It was the beginning of the end.

The end of normal life, and the beginning of "Life with Batman". The kid is, quite frankly, OBSESSED! When I pick him up from school, I always hug him, and say "Hi Baby, how was your day?" And now he answers "Batman". OMG Get him out of the bed each morning, and the first thing he says is "Batman". If we're lucky, maybe "Robin", or "Penguin". Eeekk!

I've put the Batman DVD's away for the last several days, and told him that Batman is on vacation (I was seriously resisting the urge to tell him Batman is DEAD, know what I mean?) It doesn't seem to be helping yet.

On a encouraging note, we've been encouraging him to use words, and verbally prompt him to say what he wants. When he wants apple juice, he'll say "apple juice now?" We prompt him to say " I want apple juice please" before he gets the juice. We are trying to teach sentence structure and complete sentences, and get him to slow down so it is more intelligible.

So a couple of days ago, he says "apple juice please", and instead of prompting, I said "How do you ask Mommy for it nicely? He looks at me, and WITHOUT PROMPTING, looks me squarely in the eye and says " I.............WANT...........to watch Batman!" Nick, Victoria and I laughed til we cried. Little stinker. I was so thrilled that he used correct sentence structure without prompting that I had to let him watch Batman for awhile.

So......CC, what's the cure? I need to know! My sanity depends upon it!

[Tammy]

Laura......
I am soooooo there with you....

Ours is Toy Story....
I tried for all the ohter popular things that boys like....
But Lewis LOVES Buzz and Woody.
He will even look for and, sadly for me,(cuz I cant say NO), find Buzz Lightyear clothing in Target...

IF you ever find a cure for the obsession....

PLEASSSEEE Let me Know!!!

[laurasnowbird]

Uh-oh Tammy, how long has it been going on? I'm almost afraid to ask.....


and embarassed to admit that Santa brought him Batman bedding for his big boy bed. Sigh.

[Tammy]

Only about 2 yrs now Laura....
But....
Still Going...

Will Let you when (IF) it ends!! LOL...

[Tammy]

Gotta add.....

I MUST say "Hello" and Kiss Woody at least once a day....

And the places that Buzz lands in ....
He should NEVER have been told he could fly...

[laurasnowbird]

Tammy,

ROTFLMAOPMP!!!!!!!!!!!

[andrewsmom]

LOL...that is too funny!!!

I had to let you know that my 13 year old was obsessed with Batman when he was little too!! He would tie a towel around his neck and run around with his little batman figure. He had the batmobile, ALL the action figures, the batcopter, batman mask, batman gloves, you name it..he had it! We actually laugh about it with him all the time! LOL!! Good luck!!
-Trisha

[Emilysmom]

Awwwwwwww Laura, I feel your pain..............BUT, from our experience all the things Emily has been totally obsessed with over the years have come and gone. She has been SO "into" the "Fresh Prince of Bel Aire" for well over a year, and I limit how much she watches it to some extent. She requested the DVD series for Christmas and we told her that she had more than enough opportunities to watch "Will Smiff" without getting a DVD of him! I have faith that she'll outgrow him too, and years from now you will also look back at Batman and smile because he gave Ethan so much fun! It shows he is growing up.................hey, it could be BARNEY!!!

Susan

[CC]

Awwww LAURA I feel for you girl and wish I could share a cure BUT in our case I am sad to say its true OC with Chris It has gotten worse lately and we are back to investigating meds as in our situation it truly gets in the way for Christopher.

As long as its not getting in the way of Ethan leaning and living I would say its just something he will grow out of In the meantime sit back and enjoy the BATMAN movie

CC ~

[Jodi]

It's Disneyland and Madagascar (sp?) right now... subject to change - back to spongebob or shrek!! I feel your pain!!!

There was a time we were watching Madagascar every night before bedtime - do you want to know the script? LOL!

Jodi

[Jessie]

When I first read these posts I was laughing tee hee hee, thinking how great it is that YOU guys have to deal with this and I don't. LOL!!!

Then, I hear the all too familiar "Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" from the upstairs . . . and realized that Jason is obsessed . . . with THE DOG (Toby). Me and Brian have actually gotten into little arguments about this because it's just soooooo pathetic how Jason is with this dog and Brian totally feeds into it. Me, I cannot stand it when this poor little dog is halfway up the stairs, stops, turns around and looks at me with those puppy dog eyes as if he's saying, "mom, don't make me go up there"! LOL It's the most sad and pathetic sight.

So . . . at least you guys can turn off the TV . . .

Me, I'm just obsessed with my baby. I printed off an 8 x 10 picture of her big huge chubby cheeked face to carry with me while I'm away on business. It's sitting right here on the desk so I can see her. I know, I'm the pathetic one.

This has got to be a record . . . I've said pathetic 3 - now 4 times in one post! ;D I think I'm weary from travel and need to just go nite nite.


Jessie

[meghans_mom]

We were like that with (first) Veggie Tales - then Shrek - then Shrek2 - Now Meghan REFUSES to watch any of them!! She even has a hairy crying fit if I try to put the Shrek SOUNDTRACK on!! She won't watch any of them....and we watched them all day, after day, after day, after day, after day...
Now it's "Balamory" and "Richard Scary". Atleast there's a little variety there, LOL!!
Anyone want some Veggie tales videos...I'll give ya a good deal LOL!!
laurie

[Chester]

I feel it to......at our house it is Shrek 2. We made a sign for shrek......kinda like the sign for milk, but using two hands and up by his ogre horns. JT wakes up signing shrek, and falls asleep signing shrek. I heard they are currently working on Shrek 3.....

Good luck with Batman.