https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:21:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get/page/2#post-1773207 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:37:17 +0000 fairy 1773207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a SAHM too, DD watches 1 or 2 shows a day usually but sometimes no screen time. And maybe once a week for like 3 minutes I will let her look at pics/videos of herself on my phone or DH will let her move a spaceship in a game by touching the screen. She's 13.5 months old, and didn't really care about TV until she got sick about a month ago and all she wanted to do was sit on my lap &amp; watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Jeopardy lol. We have the TV on in the evenings sometimes but not with kid shows and she doesn't usually pay much attention to our shows. At first we were staunchly against screen time but we have lightened up on the issue and she enjoys dancing to the songs so I don't mind letting her watch a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1773187 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:20:46 +0000 JennyD 1773187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It ebbs and flows here. Like, Friday, we let her watch The Hobbit with us. Who knew a two year old could stay up until midnight!?!</p> <p>But usually we don't turn on the tv until she goes to bed. And I try to avoid and put off her requests for Big Bird and iPad. But sometimes a toddler just needs to watch tv so I can make some damn dinner!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1773182 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 22:17:16 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1773182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the tv on 2-3 times a day for a little while. He rarely sits to watch though unless he's sleepy. So I voted 30-60. We mostly watch Disney Jr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1773166 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:58:11 +0000 Running Elley 1773166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's 21 months and he usually gets one show a day so between 30 and 45 minutes depending on what he's watching. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772864 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:21:02 +0000 Greentea 1772864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: you inspired me and we got rid of our tv. So, LO doesn't get any! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772807 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:49:54 +0000 DillonLion 1772807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None or very little during the week, but that's only because there's not a screen time option at daycare and she doesn't like tv. If she did like it and I stayed home, she would get a lot more, I'm sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772767 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:28:16 +0000 mediagirl 1772767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really depends on the day. She gets an episode of Bubble guppies or Daniel Tiger only when she asks and that is a couple times a week. She is 25 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772765 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:23:39 +0000 travelgirl1 1772765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None on a regular day, but if it's a day where she comes to the clinic with me or to a doctor appointment then the iPad is hers until we're done, an hour, whatever. Screen time sure has its place! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772739 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:05:50 +0000 sandy 1772739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 20 months she had about 15-20 minutes once a week. And after she turned two she got some time on the iPad doing letter songs or endless alphabet/reader or counting apps - but not everyday. At a little over 2.5 years old I let her watch about 20-30 minutes every other day or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772718 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:51:39 +0000 Kemma 1772718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a SAHM and I don't generally have the tv on during the day but DH does put it on when he gets home from work at 1600. LO (21 months) isn't too interested in the TV unless an animal show is on and I don't put the TV on for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772715 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:48:40 +0000 littlecasita1122 1772715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was a full-time SAHM, I let him watch max of 60 minutes of TV each day, just because I needed the break. Now I'm working part-time 3 days a week so he won't watch anything on those days, average 30-60 minutes the other days. We also cancelled our cable so I'm not as tempted to turn it on since we just get basic channels now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772106 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:40:36 +0000 winniebee 1772106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I forgot most kids shows aren't quite 30 mins so I rounded up. Oops! Well, Sesame Street is basically an hour....</p> <p>I like the honesty of this thread :). Thanks for not making me feel like a tv junkie mom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772105 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:40:28 +0000 lawbee11 1772105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Same. LO will be 1 in a couple of weeks and doesn't get screen time. But turning on the tv doesn't really cross my mind. She's in daycare all week so I'm excited to play with her and read to her when we get home. On the weekends we run a lot of errands or go to the park/children's museum, so not a lot of time for tv then either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772096 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:37:31 +0000 bushelandapeck 1772096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the week, usually none. On the weekends he watches You Tube videos (mainly Wheels on the Bus songs) in the mornings, totaling 20-30 mins. Sometimes he asks to watch them during the week but we usually say no. We only use the i-pad because he's really only interested in the nursery rhyme videos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772095 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:37:16 +0000 immabeetoo 1772095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>None at 19m and I'm a SAHM. I wouldn't be opposed to it once brutal snow and ice hits this winter and I'm in my third tri. But we will see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772080 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:33:29 +0000 Anagram 1772080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well my LO is only 1 now, so she's still at basically never. I let her look at pictures and videos of herself on my phone sometimes but that's about twice a week for 2 minutes at a time. </p> <p>I honestly don't even think about turning on the tv during the day, and I guess she's pretty good about playing independently while I get ready or cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772072 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:31:36 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1772072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in the exact same boat as OP. T watched 30 mins on average a day but some days its more. Lately with pregnancy exhaustion its been about an hour or 90 mins a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772043 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:19:29 +0000 KT326 1772043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes in the morning if he wakes up early and I'm not ready yet I will turn a movie on for him and he gets about 30 minutes then. In the evening he might get 20 minutes before our bedtime routine starts to calm down.</p> <p>But this last week he was sick (ended up being roseola) and I was home with him alllll week. I now know every song in Frozen and could probably recite the entire Planes movie. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772034 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:17:47 +0000 Rubies 1772034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two bubble guppies episodes per day. Total is 40 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772022 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:14:23 +0000 skibobrown 1772022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is at daycare full days during the week, so she rarely gets any screen time on weekdays. Weekends she often gets up to 1 hour -- 1 Daniel Tiger in the morning and one in the afternoon. She would love to have way more screen time, and recently she has started crying when her Daniel Tiger episodes end. (Luckily the crying is typically brief!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1772021 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:12:57 +0000 LulaBee 1772021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD will be 2 August 1 and gets to watch an episode of Sesame Street on Saturdays and Sundays. She was watching an episode when my mom watches her on T/TH but I asked her to stop that. If she is sick, she can watch more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771989 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:04:50 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1771989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lorelei got none ever until she was 2. Now it's maybe 10 minutes/week, usually less.</p> <p>Ellie was 3.5 before she got any. Then Cinderella ate my life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771985 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:04:01 +0000 littlek 1771985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 2 and he gets about 1 hour screen time a day. 1 Mickey Mouse Club in the morning in mommy/daddy's bad and one at night so I can cook dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771980 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:02:41 +0000 Mrsjets 1771980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I SAH and have a 4 month old so it's usually 3 shows a day. First thing in the morning - usually 2 shows in a row and then sometimes one while I cook dinner if needs be. Each show is about 25 mins so I voted 60-90. I don't watch tv myself until the evening once he's in bed. I feel bad but I need that time in the morning - I'm a better mom because of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771978 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:02:23 +0000 Lindsay05 1771978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always have the tv on (usually on sports/news/etc. I usually give her a 30-60 minutes of cartoons in the morning, usually so I can just tidy up house for the day and enjoy a cup of coffee. Rainy/snowy days may get more. I can usually tell when she gets too much because she starts getting really antsy, like she has energy building up. That's when I say, ok, time to go play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771976 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:02:17 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1771976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that as a WOHM she gets a lot. Partially because I feel like she needs a bit of down time and because our routine is pretty tight and I need her distracted sometimes. </p> <p>Usually about 15-30 minutes in the morning while we get ready. Sometimes none, but if she wakes up early, it could be a full 30 minutes. </p> <p>When DH gets home with her, if she's tired and needs a break they will watch a show for like 30 minutes. But some times I come home and they have dinner started or are outside playing. </p> <p>And then sometimes before bed she gets a bit of TV. Lately she's been more into reading and she often will take us up on the offer for "more books" but no tv. </p> <p>She hardly plays games on the tablet/phones any more so thats not really counted in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771974 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:02:14 +0000 autumnlove 1771974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TV on the weekends since there isn't much time for it during the week. 15-30 minutes over the weekend during LO 2's naps.</p> <p>The TV was own more during the WC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771968 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:01:30 +0000 mrsjyw 1771968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a Daniel Tiger episode once or twice a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771958 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:00:33 +0000 Smurfette 1771958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the TV on most of the time she is starting to glance up at it, so I am trying to not have it on after work now. But I have it on in the morning, news, so she will watch it while she eats. Weekends she gets more but she never sits for more then 2 mins at time to watch, unless she is sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-screen-time-does-your-toddler-get#post-1771956 Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:00:12 +0000 Freckles 1771956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: DD definitely got more screen time during the World Cup...every time there was a goal, she'd always yell, "yay, daddy!" </p> <p>LO always wants tv as soon as we get home, so it doesn't give me an incentive to pick her up early from daycare! She usually gets 2 Curious George shows (22 minutes) and will play games on the ipad, but i now try to give her an option for one or the other. </p>