Hola, soy Teagan.

There's a chance we may need to scale back Dora at our house. Had I had even an inkling of how obsessed Teagan would become, I probably wouldn't have introduced them on that fateful day in March at the tender age of 5 months.

 

Some of the latest evidence in favour of us limiting exposure to The Explorer:

• Telling me to "Arriba" when she wants to go faster.

• Upon opening any of her Dora books, she opens with "Hola!" 

• We were praying with Brandon's sister's family and while her cousin (3 months younger) was saying the prayer, Teagan was counting in the background. In Spanish.
• "Dear Heavenly Father..."
  "Uno, dos, tres..."
  "Thank thee this day..."
  "quatro, cinco, seis..."
  "Amen."
  "siete, OCHO!" Fantastico.
• She got a backpack toy for Christmas and immediately after gasping with excitement, asked "Where map go?"

She ran around the airport on our way home from Christmas, yelling "HI! I TEAGAN!" so she still speaks mostly English. She reminds of the little boy in the movie "Fun with Dick and Jane" who has a nanny who speaks Spanish to him, so he wanders around the house speaking only Spanish. 

Not sure what it is about "Doa", but the girl just can't get enough. I was lucky enough to snag 4 Dora & Diego DVDs for $5 from a Facebook swap. Brandon tells me that's just what we need. Mas Dora.