https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:46:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-723647 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:28:50 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 723647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always! I can't stand the house being quiet. We sleep with the tv on, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-723634 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:13:09 +0000 babycanuck 723634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - I put the sleep timer on because I know I'll fall asleep. DH needs silence, so I enjoy when he's out and I get to fall asleep to the noise of crappy tv shows :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-723622 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:09:08 +0000 jmarionsmith 723622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>all the time! but i really want to work on turning it off more. it's just hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-723580 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:43:41 +0000 sarac 723580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, I hate the tv as background noise. I usually have music playing from pandora or just an album. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722833 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:55:19 +0000 kjpugs 722833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always! I can't stand it being too quiet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722742 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:31:42 +0000 prettylizy 722742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time. Thank the creators of Netflix for keeping me sane during my mat leave. LO never notices the TV (except she dances to theme songs and commercial tunes) so I'm not worried about her 'watching TV' she is more interested in her own things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722732 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:29:31 +0000 MrsMac 722732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not usually, I like the quiet. Although I do turn it to the music stations while doing chores sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722625 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:05:33 +0000 Running Elley 722625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When it was just me I would. Now that LO is here and very curious it doesn't usually get turned on until he's in bed for the night. Then DH and I will watch something. Sometimes I'll turn it on during naptime while I'm folding laundry or something but not often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722617 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:02:09 +0000 IRunForFun 722617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, all the time. SO doesn't understand why I will sometimes be reading a book or surfing the web while I have the TV on. The TV is just there for background noise. When I'm falling asleep, I usually turn on a show I've seen a million times so I don't really have to pay attention to it and can kinda just listen and drift off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722592 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:55:50 +0000 Caly 722592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't. I like silence. DH &amp; I are complete opposites, turning on the tv is the first thing he does when he walks in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722210 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:17:40 +0000 pui 722210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I hate having the TV on if I am not watching it. I tolerate my husband watching TV in to the night while I try and sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722196 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:14:53 +0000 Koolbreeze 722196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use to always have our tv because I needed that background noise, but my oldest son loves the tv and will sit and watch it all day, no matter whats on, so I started leaving it off. Now it stays off almost all day until my SO gets home from work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-722131 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:54:54 +0000 yourekindapretty 722131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep! my tv is ALWAYS on, even while going to bed. we leave the sleep timer on so it turns off by itself once we've fallen asleep. if my hubs is out of town and im alone, i leave the tv on all night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721678 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:54:43 +0000 Dandelion 721678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH does, but I prefer it to not be on. I can't stand noise. If I'm watching it, then it's on, but I don't like it to be on for the sake of being on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721677 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:54:33 +0000 anniegurumi 721677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A lot of the times I do :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721669 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:49:28 +0000 Rubies 721669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721667 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:48:44 +0000 heffalump 721667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the TV on while I'm doing other things, but I always pay attention to it. If I find that I can't concentrate on both I turn the TV off. I only have it on when LO is sleeping so I feel like it's better to have quiet anyway so she won't hear it and wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721638 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:22:38 +0000 MamaMoose 721638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to before I had a LO. Now there is always something to be done (even when she's napping)so I'm just so busy when I get home From work that it doesn't occur to me to turn it on. But my husband always puts on sports center as soon as he walks in the door. And then we usually watch one show together after the baby goes to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721634 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:17:34 +0000 looch 721634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not any more. I need some quiet time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721569 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:51:42 +0000 Bao 721569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always! Silence drives me crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721567 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:50:46 +0000 illumina 721567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - but only if I am the slightest bit interested in what is going on in that show, otherwise I'll turn it off. I have the TV on pretty much all day and just glance at it every now and then. As soon as I leave the room I'll turn it off though - it does seem weird when you go into someone's house and the TV is on and no one is in the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721562 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:59:53 +0000 googly-eyes 721562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721556 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:40:55 +0000 Mrs. Owl 721556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>all the time! if i don't have music playing or npr streaming, the t.v. is on. i download my favorite shows from my childhood and keep them on for background noise while i work--things i've seen a million times before, so i don't need to pay attention to them. right now my current background noise is the andy griffith show. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721521 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:18:13 +0000 Smurfette 721521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721516 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:07:34 +0000 iheartleopardprint 721516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time. Our house it so quiet otherwise, even with 2 kids haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721494 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:25:08 +0000 DigAPony 721494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! I can do most of my work with the TV on; I like it because it makes me feel like I'm not doing work, so I'm more inclined to do it...very high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721485 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:11:26 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 721485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't. I like silence. My DH does though. He needs background noise to drown out the ringing in his ears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721481 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:03:10 +0000 BeachMama 721481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>all the time. it makes me feel less alone when i'm home =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721469 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:41:44 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 721469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I, sadly, am one of those people who falls asleep easier with the computer streaming something. Terrible habit, but I still sometimes indulge it if the little one is asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-turn-the-tv-on-for-background-noise#post-721465 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:38:15 +0000 photojane 721465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always. My brain probably looks like those fried eggs in the drug commercials. The TV is ALWAYS on. </p>