https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:10:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get/page/2#post-2536937 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:23:26 +0000 MK0180 2536937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We turn on Thomas the Tank Engine or Dinosaur Train - sometimes he'll watch, other times he'll watch five min of it and then go and play. The problem for us is that we have it in the living room - my MIL currently lives in the basement but once she moves out (soon!) we will have the TV downstairs so hopefully this will curb TV time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get/page/2#post-2536831 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:41:28 +0000 KT326 2536831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 4 and it varies by day. If he is up early he can watch a show before we leave for daycare as long as he is dressed and has eaten breakfast. Then he might get a show when he gets home or after bath time. On the weekends he gets a bit more, he has mostly dropped his nap at home so he might get a movie for quiet time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get/page/2#post-2536786 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:11:39 +0000 psw27 2536786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On weekdays, LO usually watches while I try to get ready for work or make lunches - I would say he actually focuses on it for maybe 20-45 minutes at most. On the weekends, he might get a bit more so that we can all hang out in bed since he is up at 5:30 lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get/page/2#post-2536781 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:08:03 +0000 DillonLion 2536781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She watches TV most evenings, and more on the weekends. But she's in daycare 11 hours a day and gets no screen time during those hours, so I'm not bothered by it at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536685 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:28:59 +0000 LuLu Mom 2536685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no clue, she usually watches 1/2 a show in the morning as we finish getting ready and a show while I cook dinner. She will either watch a show on her tablet before bed or watch TV with us. I'm not someone who is strict on TV time because she gets plenty of physical activity and is not a couch potato, she plays while watching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536679 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:25:14 +0000 snowjewelz 2536679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I totally agree with you about interactive screen time vs stare at screen zombie screen time! </p> <p>On days we drive over 20+ minutes (usually weekends), she definitely watches videos to/from destination; it's the only way she won't freak out. But it's always nursery rhymes and I sing along and do hand movements with her. </p> <p>At home also; if she has screen time it's usually music and we dance &amp; sing along together. Or I'm asking her what she's seeing on the screen.</p> <p>During the week, DH has has her solo and has to prepare dinner so he does put on TV for her, but she rarely just sits there and stares. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536671 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:20:30 +0000 LulaBee 2536671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3.5 and I voted less than 4 hours- she only gets to watch tv on Saturday and Sunday mornings, we usually let her watch 3 shows each day. She will occasionally get to look at animal videos on our phones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536662 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:06:37 +0000 runnerd 2536662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I have to get ready solo in the mornings, he gets 15-20min during that time (2-3x week); otherwise we try not to give him a show until after dinner; ranging 30-45min. Now that the weather is pretty, we spend a lot of time outside and don't always watch a show. so he probably averaging 30-45min per day 4x a week. During the winter it got pretty bad and was more like 1.5 hours more days than not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536658 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:01:28 +0000 Charm54 2536658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends. the days she's in daycare, and on weekends (because we are so busy) it's easy so she gets maybe 30 mins.</p> <p>But Monday's and Fridays she's home all day with me and the baby so it's hard. Especially during our long, cold winters. She probably gets 2 hours spread out throughout the day. I don't really stress about it though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536656 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:56:54 +0000 petitenoisette 2536656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted none because we have never put the TV on specifically for her and it is not on when she is awake. She's only 14 months though. </p> <p>The one exception to that is during football season the game for my husband's team will be on. Well and not sure what happens at grandmacare, she might be getting her fill of MSNBC there too :P</p> <p>ETA: I wasn't counting facetime which maybe she does for a half hour a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536654 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:50:39 +0000 Adira 2536654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is this question per day?</p> <p>The kids get 15-30 minutes during the week, and up to 3 hours on the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536634 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:23:13 +0000 hellobeeboston 2536634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably an hour on the iPad in the morning before school. And then another hour at night, sometimes less, sometimes more if we watch a movie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536591 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:54:35 +0000 erinbaderin 2536591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On weekdays, usually none - by the time we get home it's only an hour until dinner and he usually wants to go outside (although I confess that sometimes I ask him if he wants to watch tv hoping that we can all just sit on the couch). On weekends we usually have it on for an hour or two (or three, if we're moving slow) in the mornings while everybody is getting organized and ready. If you'd asked me this a month ago, when we had a newborn and snow on the ground, the answer would have been a lot higher. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536590 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:46:38 +0000 Hoots 2536590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, about 60ish minutes a day. Sometimes more. LO is 5 mos old. She watches veggie tales or Sesame Street with dad in the morning while he drinks a cup of coffee and I get things ready for the day. Then she facetimes with grandparents every night. The more depends on how many grandparents we talk to (4 separate sets). They all live across the country. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536588 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:43:39 +0000 MrsRcCar 2536588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: don't feel bad! I am a solo parent a huge amount of my week (95% or more)! TV is on way more then I care to admit. Between solo parenting and being sick with this pregnancy it's been bad. 😳 I tell myself at least it's educational and I watch with them so we can talk about the lessons. This all said they don't watch it all day long or really longer then 30 minutes at a time really it's on but they are busy with their books or other toys. I also make sure we get out of the house a couple times a week to really engage their whole bodies.<br /> Do what works for you. 😘 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536587 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:21:32 +0000 lamariniere 2536587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have a TV, but they get iPad videos from time to time. It's probably less than 2 hours per week because we don't let them use the iPad every day. Occasionally we'll let them watch a movie over the weekend, so obviously that adds to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536586 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 05:17:28 +0000 catomd00 2536586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: no shame! Glad there's someone else with me in the more than an hour category! it adds up fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536576 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 03:53:10 +0000 Cherrybee 2536576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Umm.... I dread to think! </p> <p>Weekdays, she gets an hour TV in the morning (in my bed), then, on nursery days, a further 45 mins on the tablet in the car. Then another 1.5 hours in the evening (we play, too, but its on in the background). </p> <p>Weekends, between the TV at home, the tablet in the car/at restaurants and my phone when she nabs it.... 6 hours, perhaps?! *hangs head in shame* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536574 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 03:42:33 +0000 Pumuckl 2536574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None on the TV.</p> <p>They do facetime their grandparents and aunts/uncles or one of us when we are travelling for business. Other than that my kiddos love looking at pictures so they do that. I don't count that as screentime though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536553 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:07:28 +0000 autumnlove 2536553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 1 &amp; 2 don't get any Monday-Thursday. I watch some of my shows when I am nursing LO 3 on preschool days for her sisters (2x a week) but she doesn't get any shows specifically for her.</p> <p>We usually watch a movie after dinner on Fri night and they can watch a show or two on Sat and Sunday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536548 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:54:21 +0000 Truth Bombs 2536548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3.5 year old gets about 30 minutes a day. I leave for work early so hubs has to get himself and both kids ready by himself so she gets tv while he's showering/dressing. The 5 month old gets nothing and won't until between 18 and 25 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536547 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:46:59 +0000 PawPrints 2536547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Zilch. Hoping to hold out until she's 2 (currently 13 months), but there may be a bit of football in the fall. I doubt the whole "make a blanket fort so LO can't see the TV" will work again next season. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536541 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:27:05 +0000 birdofafeather 2536541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it depends on the day. while later in pregnancy and early into DD2, she got a lot more. but lately, it's been 0-20 minutes. i don't mind it (Daniel Tiger has taught my kid more than me, i swear!) it's the time when i need her to turn it off that she turns into a monster, so that's why i limit it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536538 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:17:24 +0000 ALV91711 2536538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wasn't sure if the poll was daily/weekly. </p> <p>During the week maybe 30 minutes in the morning. On the weekends the tv will be on for at least a couple hours in the morning. But he doesn't watch much before playing and then doesn't really pay attention. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536514 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:44:42 +0000 sapphire 2536514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None but LO is only 13 months old. We don't watch TV until she is in bed. She hasn't been very interested thankfully she she's been in situations where the TV is on. I know it's going to change with time, but glad we've held out so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536513 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:44:14 +0000 QBbride 2536513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is almost three, and he watches 20-40 mins of TV with my husband before bed. </p> <p>My daughter is 9 1/2 months and she gets none. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536499 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:00:47 +0000 SweetiePie 2536499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It varies but I said less than 90 mins. He's 19 months.<br /> Some days we literally don't turn the tv on. Other days when it's rainy or he's sick it might be 90 mins or maybe 2 hours spread through the day. I generally let him watch one show at a time, not bingeing. So I figured 90 mins is a safe "real" answer. </p> <p>I don't feel awful about our screen time in general. He's awake 10 hours a day; if he's watching max 2 hours I'm ok with that. I do feel guilt that I'm not creative enough to come up with other options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536487 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:20:22 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2536487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 40 mins while I get ready every morning. About 20-30 after nap most days. Tv isn't on otherwise and he doesn't get our phones and we don't have a tablet.<br /> We were doing more because I was sick and pregnant and tired, but we cut down to 0 for a couple days then added back in the tv so I can get ready and the tv after nap some days.<br /> We did used to let him watch a DVD player in the car, but it broke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536483 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:16:08 +0000 Foodnerd81 2536483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before I got pregnant with my second it was a half hour every morning while I got ready, and maybe one or two other episodes throughout the day. Since I got pregnant, then had a baby... It's a lot more. And it's couch potato time, not interactive, for the most part. But I need a break sometimes, and I need to get the baby to sleep without her yelling for me, so I do what I have two. So probably at least an hour most days, sometimes two on bad days. She's 2.5. </p> <p>I don't count FaceTime because we live far from family so that's the only way she knows them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/honestly-how-much-screen-time-do-your-los-get#post-2536478 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:11:35 +0000 Kemma 2536478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a SAHM and we don't turn the TV on till DH gets home from work after 4pm (he has a couple of shows he likes to watch but the kids aren't really interested). </p>