https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 13:57:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1173293 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:52:46 +0000 T-Mom 1173293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: yeah find an insert that comes with a train.. You get the "Thomas the train 2013 collection" paper.. My DS sits at the dinner table and memorizes it while he eats, haha. And we point and say.. Show me where Spencer is.. Where is "butch"? Etc.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1173260 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:45:36 +0000 winniebee 1173260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well he's whiny to begin with so it's hard to say, but I don't like him pointing at the TV whining "babbababab" (bubble guppies) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1173226 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:38:09 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1173226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we've recently had some issues with tantrums when he asks to watch a shows and we say no. He will continually ask over and over and over. It's awful! I wish I could just remove him from the situation but our TV is in our livingroom and we live in a small apartment. I wish we had a separate play space for him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1173150 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:22:57 +0000 IcebergMom 1173150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: yep! Whiny! I let her watch a few one day and thought, "hmm cute little 4 min episodes." And then whammo! She's addicted and wants to talk about it all the time even though she hasn't watched an episode in my house for 3-4 months. I think her nanny is sneaking some episodes in. Haha. She's only 2 and 3 months. How can she remember!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1173109 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:14:55 +0000 banana 1173109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Oh good idea! He's always asking me "who's that? who's that?" in all of his books and I have no clue. I only know Thomas and Percy??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172991 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:47:48 +0000 Andrea 1172991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: crazy!</p> <p>@banana: aww, that is tough for you! So far the girls are pretty good together. DD will take stuff away from the baby but then give it back when I tell her. And I haven't shown DD any movies so she doesn't know any of those characters either, but it hasn't been an issue with school friends so far! </p> <p>@IcebergMom: someone told me that Caillou was very whiny so I haven't put it on! Is that true? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172838 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:13:53 +0000 T-Mom 1172838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: my DS loves Thomas even without watching the show... He learned all the characters by memorizing the names from this insert that came with his first Thomas train... So if you want him to know Thomas you could still do that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172829 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:10:10 +0000 banana 1172829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: The only downside is that whenever his friends at school pretend they're a character, my son has no idea who they're talking about. My son has never seen an episode of Thomas but all of his friends talk about Thomas all day long. DS comes home asking me who these characters are all the time. He's never seen a movie, so he doesn't know the Cars characters or Toy Story characters. I feel like he's kind of missing out! I try to buy the books instead but it doesn't seem the same, especially when the other kids are reciting lines from the movies. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172823 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:08:48 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1172823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I notice that Lala has a harder time falling asleep on evenings where she's watched a video. I really don't like it, and that's the sole reason why we've cut down Sesame Street to only nights where she doesn't have school the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172808 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:05:15 +0000 T-Mom 1172808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everyone above. Behavior was much improved after we cut out tv... Less whining for sure! More independent play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172800 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:03:02 +0000 IcebergMom 1172800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not bad behaviour but I had I pull the plug on caillou because:</p> <p>1. She imitates the Leo character and runs away shouting "you can't catch me!"</p> <p>2. She talks about scary monsters in her room after caillou does in his room. Grr</p> <p>3. She talks about a scary dragon coming into her room. It has to be caillou but I haven't figured out the episode!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172792 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:02:03 +0000 banana 1172792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Ummm not really. lol. He gets really possessive with his stuff. If she tries to steal something away from him, he'll look frantically around the room for something to give her so that she goes away. He has moments when he plays with her (peekaboo) and he likes to feed her food. But other than that, he doesn't really treat her like a playmate. Do your DD's play well together? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172791 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:01:57 +0000 mrbee 1172791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: same thing here!! It's not subtle either... Charlie is a monster when he's watched videos!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172785 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Andrea 1172785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: does he play well with his sister? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172781 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:58:25 +0000 banana 1172781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I know!! I'm hoping solo parenting will be easier once he learns to play independently without me around 24/7! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172777 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:57:05 +0000 Andrea 1172777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: @banana: @Mrs. High Heels: yay! and I thought throwing on a tv show was making my life easier. I think it could be the opposite! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172758 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:51:42 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1172758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I've noticed the same!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172757 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:51:31 +0000 banana 1172757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YESSSS!!! We cut out all screen time starting last week and it's been so much better. Less whining and he can entertain himself for much longer periods. He used to watch 1 or 2 episodes of Disney Jr every night (or 1 episode plus 15 mins of iphone). It's been a week of zero screen time and it's made such a huge difference. I'm going to try to continue this for as long as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172754 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:50:58 +0000 chopsuey 1172754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Behavior isn't much different, BUT! Today I noticed that she ate better and didn't get up at all during meal time.<br /> Will see how tomorrow goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-noticed-any-bad-behavior-caused-by-tv-watching#post-1172747 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:49:32 +0000 Andrea 1172747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think DD is crazier and whinier if she gets TV time so I've cut it out. I think her behavior has drastically improved! </p>