Peppa Pig
pamelamyers | June 15, 2012
Sam loves to watch TV. Maybe that is not a good thing, but I try to limit how much she watches as much as I can. I didn’t let her watch TV for a long time, she was over a year old I think, but let’s face it, a little TV never hurt anyone. Sometimes, you just need a kid to settle down, or you need a few minutes to make a phone call or get something done and TV is a good babysitter, don’t let anyone say it is not because they are lying. I am very careful about what she watches and always have been. For a long time, she never saw anything that was not on PBS. She likes Sesame Street (for a long time only Elmo, but she likes the whole show now), Super Why, Sid the Science Kid, and occasionally, Barney. That I will not watch at our house because that dinosaur annoys the heck out of me, but my mom puts it on for her sometimes. Why kids like that purple dinosaur, I do not know. When we were at the veterinarian recently, we were talking to our vet, who has a little boy about a half year younger than Sam, about our kids. TV came up and what they watch and she said her little boy is addicted to a show called Peppa Pig. Mark and I had never heard of it and Dr. Will tried her best to explain this funny little British cartoon about a family of pigs. It sounded so bizarre that of course when we got home I had to find it. It airs on Nick Jr., a station I never look at, so I wouldn’t have noticed it before. I taped two episodes and thought we’d see what it is all about.
Well. Peppa Pig. Sam is in love. I don’t know what else to say. The love of Peppa has surpassed her love of all other TV. Even, alas, Elmo. Since we first showed Sam Peppa about a month ago, she has asked me to watch Elmo perhaps twice. How many times per day does she tell me she wants to watch Peppa? Approximately 1,000. Thankfully, Mark and I actually think it’s pretty darn funny and don’t mind watching it. My DVR is now full of about 25 episodes with more set to tape. Unfortunately, right now, Peppa merchandise is hard to come by. It is a British show, and there isn’t anything really available to buy here, other than a scant few things on the Internet. I just read an article that Fisher Price has made a deal to start manufacturing Peppa things later this year and I hope they do. Sam would love a Peppa birthday party!
For the uneducated into the world of kid’s TV or more specifically, Peppa, here is a picture of the cute little pig and her family — Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig and her little brother George. We highly recommend it!
