Pocoyo; Great TV For Even the Tiniest Tots

If you, like me, find it hard to think of things to do with a very young baby, you should take a look at the Pocoyo series.  My baby is 7 months old and I’m pretty much constantly changing whatever basic object it is in his hand every 5 minutes because that’s how long it takes for him to get bored.  He can’t crawl yet, build blocks, draw or doing anything particularly engaging and I had thought that it was far too early for television.  But he actually seems to love Pocoyo.

The white background, bright colours and lively music of Pocoyo have just enough sound and movement to capture the interest of the youngest infants.  It’s a welcome addition to the arsenal of entertainment tools with which I am constantly attempting to kill the boredom.

The best part is that I think it’s really cute and funny and enjoy watching it with him.  The narrators are delightful in both Spanish and English.  Stephen Fry does the English version.  Parents generally seem to find the shows pretty entertaining – evident from comments on websites and forums, which is a quite an accomplishment when it’s a programme that’s made for the very youngest infants.  Read more...