https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:18:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711839 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 03:25:12 +0000 daniellemybelle 2711839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try really hard not to because I've noticed her behavior is better if we hold off on screentime until later in the day. But lately we've been slipping back into it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711826 Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:13:48 +0000 QBbride 2711826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! The TV is almost never on, but if it is it's only after dinner/before bed. We don't have much extra time in the morning but they just play with Magnatiles or something when we make breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711818 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:33:21 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2711818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The older one gets to watch her iPad for a few minutes if there is time after she eats breakfast and is dressed and ready for the day. Often I will let her watch while I brush her hair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711810 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:06:00 +0000 youboots 2711810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. But mostly because I'm up 1-2 hours before her in the mornings so I'm showered ready and have had coffe. Usually I get her up give her a bottle of milk and have her breakfast already packed for daycare or a play date. But TV is not that big for us yet. She sometimes goes days or a week without TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711808 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:03:02 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2711808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but my older lo has. We're usually rushing around trying to get her off to preschool! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711807 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:57:50 +0000 ALV91711 2711807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, tv every morning. He watches while he eats and I pack my lunch/his snack. Then he either continues watching or plays while I shower. He is fine with leaving while his show is on and will sometimes stop it. </p> <p>On the weekends after he eats we snuggle on the couch and watch tv. He's an early riser so this works best for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711711 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:23:33 +0000 sapphire 2711711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but we don't have a lot of time in the morning. She is with one of us while the other gets ready - usually potty, getting dressed, etc and then we go downstairs for a snack and off we go! On weekends she has a snack in her learning tower or plays with toys while we make coffee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711696 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:59:56 +0000 Greentea 2711696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No screentime for us. She just plays, eats an apple, draws, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711692 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:53:39 +0000 dolphin 2711692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Both kids do. I have no problem w it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711633 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:50:02 +0000 Jess1483 2711633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I try hard to limit TV entirely for my 20 mo. So my 4 yo sometimes (2-4 times a week) watches a couple episodes during LO2's afternoon nap. Occasionally if dinner is complicated or there is lots of splattering, they might watch 15-20 minutes of something. Their behavior is better and we're altogether more calm during the day if no one watches TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711598 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:48:15 +0000 Modern Daisy 2711598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! I catch a 7am train to work so every second counts in the morning. Not only can the watch tv, but if it keeps them quiet and occupied almost nothing is off the table! How I envy parents who have kids that sleep in.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711592 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:38:50 +0000 SweetiePie 2711592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, in fact morning is the only time that's pretty much guaranteed. I need to get myself ready so I (gasp) use it as a babysitter in the morning.<br /> BUT the only caveat is that I don't put it on automatically. I put it on if he asks. Which he does I'd say 80% of the time. The other 20% he'll ask for music or just play and I don't volunteer the TV.</p> <p>Afternoon is much less likely. We usually have plans or errands outside the home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711591 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:38:49 +0000 yerpie110 2711591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, but only because it would never go off otherwise. They love to read their books and generally eat breakfast happily chatting away with one another while I scramble about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711588 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:35:18 +0000 autumnlove 2711588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, they like to draw or play with toys in the mornings </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711552 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:47:36 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2711552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! She watches PBS on the iPad while I make breakfast and coffee. 😊 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711550 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:40:34 +0000 Pumuckl 2711550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, they either help set the table or wait in their chairs until breakfast is ready. They dress themselves so that usually keeps them busy until one parent is dressed and showered too. If there is time to pass - like on the weekend - they are content to play with their toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711534 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:18:30 +0000 birdofafeather 2711534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, it's usually right to playing with whatever is around, usually magnatiles or coloring while i make breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711523 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:12:16 +0000 littlejoy 2711523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We avoid screen time in the mornings M-Th (when she goes to preschool) ... it's not really for a philosophical reason, but more that we don't have a ton of time to get morning stuff done. I'm afraid she'd have a hard time transitioning if the TV was on. </p> <p>She does get to watch 1 Daniel Tiger episode on Friday mornings, and she usually watches PBS on the weekends while we're making breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711502 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:48:00 +0000 Alba4 2711502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No- it isn't part of our morning routine. I try to avoid TV as much as possible since my 3.5 year old turns into a mean crazy monster after watching it. I do use it if I'm solo parenting and have to put the baby to bed. Otherwise, my older son is pretty content playing with his toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711492 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:36:06 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2711492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but we've had to take all screen time away for an entire day and putting music on was a perfectly acceptable alternative for my kiddos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711491 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:35:40 +0000 caterw 2711491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not immediately after she wakes up- we usually get going on breakfast right away and she likes to "help cook". After I clean up breakfast she usually watches whatever is on PBS while the baby takes a morning nap and I shower. I used to just have her play or read while I got ready, but she always wants to pick up the baby or give her something so the TV distracts her away from her sister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711483 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:23:26 +0000 Smurfette 2711483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. On days I take to school she doesn't since we leave the house at 715. I go back in two weeks and will wake her and get her dressed so hopefully she will play while I nurse the baby and we can avoid the TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711476 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:19:31 +0000 yin 2711476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, that's the only way I can wake up and start the day. We usually don't have any other screen time for the rest of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711473 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:17:34 +0000 LBee 2711473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. It's a hard rule in our house. He has very structured TV time each day, which he knows. </p> <p>Friends find this so unfathomable, but he just hangs out in our room (or around the house) while we get dressed. Sometimes I make him breakfast before I get ready and he eats it in the kitchen on his own, sometimes he just talks to whoever is around, and sometimes he looks for trouble (or goes down to the playroom and plays trains on his own). We have child proofed any blatant dangers but we've also made "morning boundaries" very clear. He's really good at doing requests, so often we ask him to feed the dogs or go look in the pantry and get out whatever snack he wants at school that day for Mama to pack. We give him a lot of autonomy in the morning and so far he hasn't abused it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711464 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:13:06 +0000 travellingbee 2711464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I used to allow him to watch TV (around 2 years old) in the morning but it turned into constant epic tantrums when we would turn it off and head to school. So now we don't. To be fair, he is a fairly late sleeper so we wake him up a few minutes before we need to leave and once he's awake, we get him dressed brush his teeth, go potty, and head out the door. He eats breakfast at school. My one year-old wakes up early and he just follows me around whining. Ha ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711458 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:07:08 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2711458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After breakfast on the weekends </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711439 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:47:09 +0000 peachykeen 2711439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only if she's sick and I'm trying to work from home. Luckily, at 2.5 she still doesn't seem all that interested in TV - we'll see how long that lasts. She enjoys the shows when she watches them, but she'll often tell me 'no' if I offer to let her watch a show in the afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711436 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:44:38 +0000 snowjewelz 2711436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711435 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:44:22 +0000 Littlebit7 2711435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, or else I would never be able to shower.<br /> DH travels M-F so I need that half hour or 45 min in the morning to scrub the barnacles off. same goes for 1 show between 4:30-5 so I can get her dinner ready and laundry/dishes done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-first-thing-in-the-morning#post-2711434 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:42:11 +0000 PawPrints 2711434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH takes care of the dogs and gets himself ready while I get DD ready, then DH takes DD off to daycare and then I begin getting ready myself. There isn't any time for DD to do anything at all other than get ready to go. </p>