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In the summer/when weather is nice, not much - maybe 30 minutes or less/day. HOWEVER, that number significantly increases once it's super cold out (SAHM in the NE).

My kids aren't toddlers anymore and I WOTH - it various all the time. In the winter and we are stuck inside they could get 4 hours on a Saturday - during the summer they can go a few weeks w/o TV because we are busy and out of the house.

If I was a SAHM I think my kids would get lots of screen time

We're coming up to 15-30 minutes a day lately. Some days none. We've been stuck in the house a lot lately and I'm big and pregnant and cranky. Plus, I don't hate TV for kids, I think it has its merits.
She's not really interested in the shows yet, so I could see the time increasing as she gets interested and requests it.

@winniebee: DD definitely got more screen time during the World Cup...every time there was a goal, she'd always yell, "yay, daddy!"

LO always wants tv as soon as we get home, so it doesn't give me an incentive to pick her up early from daycare! She usually gets 2 Curious George shows (22 minutes) and will play games on the ipad, but i now try to give her an option for one or the other.

a Daniel Tiger episode once or twice a week.

I think that as a WOHM she gets a lot. Partially because I feel like she needs a bit of down time and because our routine is pretty tight and I need her distracted sometimes.

Usually about 15-30 minutes in the morning while we get ready. Sometimes none, but if she wakes up early, it could be a full 30 minutes.

When DH gets home with her, if she's tired and needs a break they will watch a show for like 30 minutes. But some times I come home and they have dinner started or are outside playing.

And then sometimes before bed she gets a bit of TV. Lately she's been more into reading and she often will take us up on the offer for "more books" but no tv.

She hardly plays games on the tablet/phones any more so thats not really counted in there.

I SAH and have a 4 month old so it's usually 3 shows a day. First thing in the morning - usually 2 shows in a row and then sometimes one while I cook dinner if needs be. Each show is about 25 mins so I voted 60-90. I don't watch tv myself until the evening once he's in bed. I feel bad but I need that time in the morning - I'm a better mom because of it!

Lorelei got none ever until she was 2. Now it's maybe 10 minutes/week, usually less.

Ellie was 3.5 before she got any. Then Cinderella ate my life.

DD is at daycare full days during the week, so she rarely gets any screen time on weekdays. Weekends she often gets up to 1 hour -- 1 Daniel Tiger in the morning and one in the afternoon. She would love to have way more screen time, and recently she has started crying when her Daniel Tiger episodes end. (Luckily the crying is typically brief!)

Sometimes in the morning if he wakes up early and I'm not ready yet I will turn a movie on for him and he gets about 30 minutes then. In the evening he might get 20 minutes before our bedtime routine starts to calm down.

But this last week he was sick (ended up being roseola) and I was home with him alllll week. I now know every song in Frozen and could probably recite the entire Planes movie.

Well my LO is only 1 now, so she's still at basically never. I let her look at pictures and videos of herself on my phone sometimes but that's about twice a week for 2 minutes at a time.

I honestly don't even think about turning on the tv during the day, and I guess she's pretty good about playing independently while I get ready or cook.

During the week, usually none. On the weekends he watches You Tube videos (mainly Wheels on the Bus songs) in the mornings, totaling 20-30 mins. Sometimes he asks to watch them during the week but we usually say no. We only use the i-pad because he's really only interested in the nursery rhyme videos.

I'm a SAHM and I don't generally have the tv on during the day but DH does put it on when he gets home from work at 1600. LO (21 months) isn't too interested in the TV unless an animal show is on and I don't put the TV on for her.

None on a regular day, but if it's a day where she comes to the clinic with me or to a doctor appointment then the iPad is hers until we're done, an hour, whatever. Screen time sure has its place!

None or very little during the week, but that's only because there's not a screen time option at daycare and she doesn't like tv. If she did like it and I stayed home, she would get a lot more, I'm sure.

He's 21 months and he usually gets one show a day so between 30 and 45 minutes depending on what he's watching.

It ebbs and flows here. Like, Friday, we let her watch The Hobbit with us. Who knew a two year old could stay up until midnight!?!

But usually we don't turn on the tv until she goes to bed. And I try to avoid and put off her requests for Big Bird and iPad. But sometimes a toddler just needs to watch tv so I can make some damn dinner!!!!