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Just as your kids were getting back into the regular routine, here come the holidays! Our families will run around like crazy visiting families, and friends, donating our time by volunteering, and somewhere in the middle getting all the shopping done! Although the exhaustion of all the running around can often help in getting children sleepy, they still need to keep to sleep-time routines. That’s where THE PAJANIMALS can help.
Mini Me LOVES reading stories…she’s at that age where she enjoys learning new words and when she is able to recognize them in a book she gets excited. So when the Pajanimals Snuggle Up Story Mat by Tomy showed up she was super excited to snuggle bug and read a story to Sissy. While Sissy (who just turned 1) was more interested in walking around the house, Mini Me took the opportunity to read the counting book anyways!
With all the moving that has taken place these past few weeks, I’ve tried to keep to a schedule and bring out the story mat during nap time. Mini Me (almost 5) knows that when it comes out it is time to calm down and get some rest (cause I need a moment!). Once she is done reading a story she will climb into bed and read another one, play a game quietly, or (what I hope for every day) take a nap!
PAJANIMALS features four loveable puppets — Cowbella, Apollo, Sweetpea Sue, and Squacky — that have become so popular with children and parents alike, their own television series airs nightly Sprout during its The Good Night Show and now also airs on NBC on Saturday mornings as part of the NBC Kids programming block.
The series follows this adorable quartet as they take young viewers on exciting imaginary adventures. With music and new friends in every story, PAJANIMALS teaches the skills that preschoolers need to move through their days successfully, especially getting ready for and going to bed. A valuable tool that might help at bedtime is to offer a transitional object and a brief cuddle before leaving the room. In childhood development, a transitional object is something, usually a physical object, which takes the place of the mother-child bond. The transitional object enables the child to have a fantasized bond with the mother when she separates for increasingly longer periods of time, such as in the evening. This transitional object serves as an important defense against fear and anxiety. To thwart your child’s worries about going to sleep alone, try using a transitional object, such as a small stuffed animal, starting around the age of one. While what the child ends up choosing is up to him or her, recognizable objects can help provide a high level of comfort.
With a suggested retail price of $29.99, the PANJANIMALS’ Snuggle Up Story Mat is a wonderful way to help your child transition from playtime to nap time. Featuring all of your favorite, lovable PAJANIMALScharacters, this mat includes a soft book that can be read to your child, which also transforms into a pillow.
Also, a new super-plush line of cuddly stuffed animals based on the beloved characters featured in the Pajanimals show may be the perfect transitional object for your child, helping to make bedtime a calm and comforting experience.
PAJANIMALS plush toys have already met with rave reviews and demonstrated that their hardy construction can stand up to the tugging, pulling, and dragging of typical preschoolers and still remain as soft and as cuddly as when they first come out of the box.
thank you! my daughter will love this!
I think it looks like a cute show, but we have not seen it.
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Yes my kids and I watch it. My 1 year old loves it and my 9 year old likes to watch it sometimes too 🙂
never seen it
No we don’t but I think it is an adorable show.
We watch it on occasion, my daughter really likes it
I’ve never seen Pajanimals but would love to give this prize as a gift to my grandson.
my son does and i think its cute 😀
yes we watch the pajanimals and we love the show!
Yes, my daughter watches it. I think it’s cute.
My granddaughter watches the Pajanimals along with any of us that happen to be in the room at the time. It’s an awesome kids show and I know my granddaughter, her brother and all my other grandkids will enjoy it for years to come!
I have never watched it but would love to check it out.
My son loves the show.
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Have never even heard of it before.
My daughter watches it on saturdays.. she loves it
we have not watched this
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We have not seen this show yet
Yes my grandson watches it!!
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my grandkids3 love it
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No one watches it in my house.
Never saw the show.
We do watch them and love them!
I have never seen pajanimals
yes. we love it!
yes they do
Never seen it but there is a first time for everything
My grandson loves it.
Yes, I caught a show of the pajanimals and instantly loved it! I want my kids to watch it more! I don’t think we get it here since Dish doesn’t have Sprout. I miss that channel, I would give up 30 channels just for that one. We get babyfirst, but it’s not nearly the same. I love anything by Jim Henson, especially since I great up watching Sesame Street, and my kids still watch it! This is such a great giveaway!
We have watched it a couple times, and I think is cute
no i never have ,i really have never heard of them until now
No, my daughter doesn’t but it looks cute!
Nope, never seen it.
Yes, they watch it.
We have seen it a few times. I think it’s really cute!
this show is new to us, but it looks very cute
I’d never heard of the show, I don’t think my grandchildren have either. They are cute though!
No but I think my younger one would love it
My son has watched it a few times and he really enjoys it.
No, we haven’t watched them.
my daughter loves it we watch it often before getting ready for bed.
yes they watch and luv the show
We actually have never seen it!
my kids love watching the show!
My kids watch the show and love it!
my grandson watches it
We’ve never watch the show
Yes we do and love it
They’ve watched it once and I think it teaches good lessons on what to do before going to sleep like brushing teeth and taking a shower. 🙂
We do not but now I plan to look for it!
no we have not seen it yet.
never seen them
No, but I am on the board for our local childrens theatre and we are always looking for items to put in our raffle baskets. This would be a nice prize, thanks.
Yes my little grandson watches it.
My granddaughter love the show.
I haven’t seen it yet!
I’ve never heard of them, I’m sorry to say.
No I have never seen the show
My daughter loves them! She watches with my nephew everytime we vist my brother.
I’m not for sure if my grandson/granddaughter watches it or not but I think they would like it.
I haven’t seen it but it looks cute
We don’t have television… We have movies! =] We’ve never heard of Pajanimals, but we’ll be looking them up now! =D
my daughter loves it
haven’t seen this show yet.
we’ve never seen it
I have watched the Pajanimals with my grandchildren several times. They seem to really like the musical nature of it and I thought the characters were very cute.
I really don’t know if my Nephew has seen it!
We haven’t seen it yet.
We have never seen the show.
I don’t watch it but my nephew does and he loves it!
My grandson watches it. He loves when there is music on the show.
We don’t have a t.v., so they haven’t seen it. 🙂
She has seen it a couple of times! Very cute!
We’ve never seen it!
We have never heard of that show, but it looks cute!
Nh kids have watched it a few times, its pretty cute
My daughter loves watching it 🙂
they watch it sometimes
Have not seen the show
I’m pretty sure my niece and nephew watch this.
We have never seen it but I definitely want to. We keeping missing it when it comes on.
We have never seen it but I think my daughter would love it!
my son watches them sometimes, he likes cowbella 🙂
my kids love pajanimals
Truthfully I have never seen them. I will watch for them when I baby sit my Granddaughter which is quite alot.
I believe my granddaughters do. They live in another state but pretty sure they have watched
i did watch it and enjoyed it- the shows were very original back then
We have not seen this show yet
Yes my daughter watches the Pajanimals she loves them & we have their cd music too.
I’ve seen the Pajanimals cartoons before but I don’t think my great niece has seen them yet.
We like to watch it almost every night. My daughter knows all of their songs.
Yes my younger kids like it.
Thanks for the chance.
My daughter loves the show!
we’ve never seen it
yes. my son loves it.