I took Celtling to one of their concerts when she was about that age. She was enraptured - as always when the Wiggles were playing.
Just start about a week before, when the Wiggle are on TV, saying “Woudl you like to see them in a Movie? They’ll be really big!”
And the advice about the loudness is improtant, if it hurts her ears there’s nothing to do but go.
The key is to make up your mind beforehand that you are willing to leave if the experiment is not working. Also make sure she’s fed and napped before the show.
Isn’t it for kids, though, not babies? You know, three to five year olds. I was under the impression that babies and toddlers aren’t supposed to watch TV at all because it’s bad for language development.
The reason TV is bad for language development appears to be that if your kids are watching TV, they are not talking/interacting with their parents or other kids. In short, using the boob tube as a babysitter every day isn’t good, because it takes valuable social time away.
Taking the kids to see a 90 minute movie isn’t going to ‘impair their language development’ much. It’s a non-issue.
Let me guess. You have no freakin’ idea who the Wiggles are, what this show is about, what age it’s aimed at, and so no freakin’ idea whether it’s age-appropriate or not. But what the hell, you jumped in boots’n’all to smack up a guy for taking his baby daughter to a show made for babies. Well done, I hope you feel proud to have contributed to the sum of parental angst in the world today to no freakin’ purpose or benefit whatsoever.
On an unrelated thought, I had my speakers turned off when looking at the video and it looked like the village people miming a star trek episode. Or maybe the village idiots… something village. Not sure I’d want to sit through it in a theater. The thought of Captain Kirk singing scares me. The adults, won’t someone please think of the adults.
I had to take my kids to a few movies before we got through one without misbehaving (talking loudly, trying to lay in the floor - yuck - being generally obnoxious). We went and left and went and left. Like most things in this world, it takes practice to learn how to behave. The Wiggles movie would be great because it isn’t much pressure to “be good” because everyone is probably going to be singing and dancing. It’s also about going to the movies and being part of a larger group for her, not necessarily about seeing the movie. I think it would be fun.
I do think a 14 month old isn’t going to get a whole lot out of it but the audience participation would be entertaining for her. If you do go and get stuck with a super quiet, stiff audience it may not be as much fun, because Wiggles aren’t meant to be watched, they are meant to be experienced.
