https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:04:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2336040 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:58:21 +0000 lemondrop 2336040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it varies from day to day depending on our schedules. I have no problem with using screen time in any capacity to keep our sanity and get things done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335983 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:05:16 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2335983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, at least one show before lunch, usually some in the afternoon while I'm getting dinner ready or tidying or nursing. We used to let her watch a show first thing in the morning but found she would get super cranky after and wouldn't want to turn it off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335860 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:32:26 +0000 Mama Bird 2335860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not right now. I don't know where the time goes, but we get home, eat dinner, play a little, and then it's bedtime! Maybe it's because I can't get DS in the house until 7:30 :bummed: I have a long list of things I'd love to watch with him by now... maybe we'll get to them in the winter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335853 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:29:04 +0000 BKCaribBaby 2335853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. Not that much during the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335845 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:24:08 +0000 hellocupcake 2335845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to make myself feel better by only letting her watch shows that are "educational" (Dora? BubbleGuppies? No? 😕) But really I don't see it having a negative effect so I'm okay with it. We have the TV on the majority of the time but she plays and stuff while she watches. I was super anti TV until LO2 was born and survival set in...I wonder how moms pre-TV survived 😞 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335843 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:23:38 +0000 daniellemybelle 2335843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most days. Occasionally, we stay busy and I realize we went all day without screen time, and I feel awesome, haha. But most days she watches a good amount of TV. </p> <p>I have tried to cut out screen time in the morning to help with her behavior so usually 4 out of 5 weekdays she doesn't<br /> watch TV until after her nap. We don't have cable so I will turn on her favorite show and she usually gets to watch 2 episodes.</p> <p>Only other screentime is playing one color sorting game on my phone. That's not a daily thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335839 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:20:31 +0000 MoonMoon 2335839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I'm not cavalier about it, I don't think it's ideal, but as pp have said, it's about preserving sanity sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335833 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:14:14 +0000 MamaG 2335833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Punishment for parents... this is exactly what one of my friends with older kids said when I told him I took it all away for nearly 3 weeks. He said I'd cave, that it would be hard for me not to have the time for myself. It strengthened my resolve, I don't like to be told I can't do something :)</p> <p>It has been hard. But it's been really fun having time to read each night too and bedtime is significantly less of a battle without the tv. </p> <p>I'm no saint, I wish we could let her watch tv, but we've proven that our life is overall smoother without it for her. November is right around the corner, she'll get another chance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335814 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:05:17 +0000 Mamaof2 2335814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: omg I am with you! Sounds like my DS - he loses electronics (TV, Kindle, computer) all the time and in the end I feel like I am punishing myself because it would be soo nice to have 30 mins of quiet time while they are watching TV! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335794 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:56:57 +0000 LuLu Mom 2335794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, and I don't feel guilty for it. She watches a few minutes in the morning if she "does good" getting dressed/brushing teeth/ect. in the mornings. and then she gets a show in the evenings, otherwise she's running around like a wild woman and not calming down for bed.</p> <p>Weekends, maybe too much but we do what works for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335777 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:45:55 +0000 mamabolt 2335777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, she gets one show after daycare/work while I prepare dinner and do quick chores. More on weekends but we try and limit it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335769 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:40:35 +0000 Mamasig 2335769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: Same! If anything, the kids shows has taught them quite a few things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335754 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:32:08 +0000 mauxie 2335754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not really during the work week. I think if I was a SAHM/WAHM though, I would! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335752 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:30:23 +0000 Mae 2335752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and no. At almost 18 mo my LO has never watched a kid's show (I tried once, she had no interest). I'm in no hurry to introduce it to her. But at the same time, because she "doesn't care" about the TV, I tend to binge watch netflix while we are playing a lot. So she is exposed to the screen but she tends to only look at it or pay it any attention at all during the song at the beginning or end of a show. </p> <p>That being said, just this week she has started handing me the remote and pointing to the tv lol. I figured out she wants me to put on a show so she can dance to the opening music. Then she goes about her playing. But the fact that she has noticed now enough to request it means I'm going to be cutting back on the tv I watch (sob). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335744 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:25:30 +0000 Freckles 2335744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: that's like our house too. She gets about 20 min of screen time during the week but once she throws a tantrum or doesn't listen, she knows she doesn't get the "privilege" of watching tv the next day. Haha I feel like it's punishment for the parents when we don't give them screen time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335713 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:01:34 +0000 MamaG 2335713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Presently NONE! When behavior goes south, all electronics are taken away. She was without for about 3 weeks in September. On 10/1 she got exactly one show and about 20 minutes of tablet time before she lost it all for October. </p> <p>She's given up asking and spends a lot of time with her papers, pencils, crayons, etc.</p> <p>She is also in school all day. Weekends are tough, sometimes Momma needs a break. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335708 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:57:15 +0000 MamaChin 2335708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I SAH with my almost 3 and 1.5 year old. They go to daycare/preschool 3 mornings a week. They may get a show or two a week if they're giving me a hard time during witching hour/dinner prep. The 3 year old will zombie out so I don't like to give in too much. The 1.5 year old doesn't really care about TV, a minute or two and she's back to bugging me. I will probably loosen up after his third birthday with some learning apps but he gets upset when I turn the TV off so the tantrum almost isn't worth the semi downtime I get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335686 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:46:42 +0000 Adira 2335686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! My 2.5 year old gets 10-30 minutes/day during the week and 30 minutes - 1.5 hours (broken up throughout the day) on the weekend.</p> <p>Unfortunately that means my 10 month old often gets that much TV too... though not intentionally... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335658 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:26:11 +0000 PurplePeony 2335658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. DH feels really strongly about no TV until 2, and very limited other screen time. Basically just Skype with our families, and looking at pictures of herself and her baby cousins on the iPad. But we don't do those things every day, maybe 3-4 days out of the week. We probably won't do much screen time even after her birthday, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335655 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:22:29 +0000 pinkcupcake 2335655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335654 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:22:25 +0000 .twist. 2335654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not during the week, but we 100% make up for that loss on the weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335651 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:21:01 +0000 sorrycharlie 2335651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I SAH, it's my sanity saver quite often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335635 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:14:47 +0000 kodybear 2335635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not on the weekdays because she's in preschool most of the day. But on the weekends about 1-2 hrs a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis/page/2#post-2335630 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:11:47 +0000 edelweiss 2335630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: ditto. if i were SAH they would be getting a lot more screen time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis#post-2335624 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:09:56 +0000 yoursilverlining 2335624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and I have no guilt or issues with it. Doesn't affect her behavior and certainly hasn't slowed down her vocab development or other milestones at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis#post-2335619 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:08:06 +0000 lovehoneybee 2335619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really during the week. He might be playing in the room playing with trains while my mom watches the news and I'm cooking dinner, but that's pretty much it. There's really no down time for it during the week. I'm pretty lenient about it on the weekends, though, but he rarely pays much attention to it anyway. He might cuddle with me on the couch and watch something for a bit, but he'd rather be playing with trains or blocks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis#post-2335613 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:05:21 +0000 snowjewelz 2335613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost 11 mo so not much, but she does get prob combined like 10 min a day, usually when I have to change her (clothes/diaper) bc she refuses to lay down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis#post-2334922 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:37:33 +0000 gracecat 2334922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep 30 min at breakfast and around 45 min before dinner. Doesn't affect her behavior luckily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis#post-2334906 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:45:52 +0000 ALV91711 2334906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, pretty much every day. During the week we have cartoons on while we eat breakfast. Some days this is 5 minutes and others it is 30 minutes. On the weekends the tv is on most of the morning, but after about 30 minutes or so he is usually off playing and not really watching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-get-screen-time-on-a-daily-basis#post-2334905 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:42:28 +0000 autumnlove 2334905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They get some tv time on the weekend. </p>