Bluey (Season 2)

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⭐ 9/10


Honestly a lot of these episodes I'm across the room doing something else while my son is distracted, but there were a couple episodes that really stood out. This show is about parents and kids being playful and imaginative, its funny and not over stimulating, and my son loves it, so its perfect. He also knows that his allotment is exactly 3 episodes, which is around 20 minutes, so its a perfect length to calm him down or give us time to do a chore.

In season 1 there was an episode about the dad taking the kids to get takeout food, the food taking longer than expected, the kids getting into trouble because of how curious they are, and the dad ending up embracing it. That was the best episode, the one that made me tear up, the one I think about all the time. In this season there is an episode that had me and Jess completely crying, called Baby Race. It's the mom recounting when Bluey was growing up, how proud she was of certain milestones, but how easy it was to try to rush the next one because babies around them are doing something (in this case, walking). Our son hit basically all his milestones early, but it still completely rocked us as we are now raising two children and have seen how comparison can effect parents. The final moment of this episode chokes me up just thinking of it.

A perfect show for kids and parents, I'm sure that I will be revisiting these seasons again in the future. 

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