You Tube: Your New Babysitter

It's not the most exciting YouTube video in the world -- "miscellaneous freight trains at the river Rhine (right bank) near Bad Honnef, Rheinbreitbach and Linz (Germany)" -- but for a 3-year-old, it's must-see-TV.

Turns out YouTube is chock full of homemade videos of trains crossing intersections, airplanes taking off from runways and garbage trucks tossing cans full of trash into the back. Now that Evan -- the Kid Formerly Known as Blogger Toddler -- knows they're there, he's constantly demanding YouTube time. Get in line, kid, there's blogging to be done first.

Still, it's coming in handy during those early morning hours when Mommy and Daddy need a few more minutes of shut-eye. Of course, I worry that he's one click away from a video that isn't quite as innocent as the one above. But for now, YouTube is his new BFF.