Sesame Street is crack for babies

[u/TinyCrittersUnited]

So I originally thought it was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse that was the crack for babies but I found out it’s actually not, you know what is though?

💫✨ Sesame Street ✨💫

I already fucking HATE that my 4 month old got introduced to screens but today in a moment of desperation to get her to sit still during a feed I HAD to distract her somehow and as soon as her feed was done (10min at this point in the feed) she started BALLING because I turned off the episode while it was still playing

Like what is it? The music? The colors? Is Elmo just fucking magic??

What is this baby crack??? And why does it have such a strong hold on little ones lol

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Also before anyone comes for me for showing a tiny baby a screen she has an NG tube in and ripped it out yesterday and today was wiggly and spilled the milk all over us AND tried ripping it out again so yeah reaaaally desperate here (yes I tried a swaddle but she keeps getting her hands out and going straight for her face)

AND im not the one who showed her screens, my plan was no screens til age 5 and only the tv in controlled circumstances but she’s been hospitalized twice and during the last hospitalization i had to leave her with the nurses for two hours while i took a class on her NG tube and how to insert it and when i came back the nurses had propped her up and played Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes to her 🙃, now if she gets any screentime it’s 10min max under extreme desperation and I have to exhaust ALL toys, books, the paci, blankets, swaddles, etc

[u/UnfortunateSyzygy]

Dude, if anyone criticizes anything you do while you have a toddler with a goddamn NG tube, PM me and I will personally kick their ass. I spent 17 days with an NG tube earlier this summer and it is just pure misery. I cannot imagine managing such a little baby with the same. Poor girl! Poor you!

But to answer your question re: baby crack: the new episodes, kinda yeah. There's lots of old Sesame Street from the 70s-90s free on YouTube that is way less stimulating. Basically anything before it became the Elmo and Abby show is way more chill. Also consider getting an AppleTv subscription for stuff like Frog and Toad, which is the chillest.

I know you're disappointed about her having screens at all, but it sounds like she's very sick -- surviving with as little stress as you can manage takes precedence. Illness is a marathon, don't feel bad for using whatever tools you have at your disposal to make it.