In the Night Garden

My girls havn't shown much interest in television or dvd's which was fine but my partner works very long hours so is never really home and so it's just me and the girls and as every mother knows there is so much housework and jobs to be done so i tried to get them to watch a show so i could get on with jobs but they didn't like anything until my sister gave them an In the Night Garden dvd , well my girls were mesmerized i could't believe it , i finally could get on with jobs :)
My eldest is obsessed now she has an Iggle Piggle and Upsy Daisy doll thats both sing , she plays with them all the time even when she see's a picture of one of the characters she gets excited , so yay i found something they love but we live in New Zealand , so finding In the Night Garden merchandise can be very hard and expensive !!

My eldest daughter with her Upsy Daisy doll .

Anyway with trying to find merchandise i stubbled across forums of other parents talking about how their children will only watch in the night garden as well so this has made me want to find out what is it about the show that makes children like it so ...
Being made by the BBC i wondered if it was educational ..
This is a link i found from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/shows/in-the-night-garden

The educational value of the show

In The Night Garden helps children to:

• Learn to care for others unconditionally.
• Appreciate diversity - understand that everyone is different.
• Enjoy the wonder of the world around them and to make connections between different places and things.

Now i know there will be people out there thinking and saying T.V is not educational , and that children shouldn't watch t.v and that is fine that is your opinion but i need the t.v to "babysit " my girls so that in that 30mins that it is on i can do a whole days worth of jobs

My opinion on in the Night Garden is that it is great , we watch the same dvd and even i don't get sick of it , i love all the colors , i like that the characters don't get annoying and mist of all i love the joy it brings to my girls