Hellobee Boards Topic: If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:47:21 +0000 tlcbaby on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670909 Sat, 31 May 2014 22:04:43 +0000 tlcbaby 1670909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We do pretty well, but I usually have it on to watch some news in the morning so I have some connection to the outside world, but I try to keep it off after breakfast and turn music on. He has also seen a lot of Oklahoma State football and CrossFit Games. I have also decided it is important for him to see Jamie Oliver's 15 Minute Meals so he can learn how to cook. :) We have never actually turned the TV on to a kid's show for him to watch and he doesn't have much interest in it when it is on. Some days I do feel guilty because I thought it would be easier to do zero screen time, but I try not to worry about it since it is minimal. mediagirl on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670822 Sat, 31 May 2014 20:30:05 +0000 mediagirl 1670822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We do pretty good, I think! We may watch an episode of bubble guppies per weekend and that's pretty much it. We had a rough, sick weekend a couple weeks ago and I let her watch as much as she wanted. We only have the TV on in front of her when a sporting event is on that we want to see is on and that is very infrequent. When it is on, she watches very little of it. And we don't have a tablet so that's not a problem. Mrs. Jacks on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670488 Sat, 31 May 2014 13:40:41 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1670488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ M has never had any screen time, so she doesn't know what she's missing. We let our older daughter have an hour on non school nights only. sarac on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670474 Sat, 31 May 2014 13:25:13 +0000 sarac 1670474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm a stay at home mom, but we don't stay at home much. I always intended to be a 'low' screen time person, and it's gone well. Usually she watches 30 minutes to an hour of cartoons with daddy when she wakes up, and that's it. It was harder in the winter when we'd finish dinner and then still have hours before bedtime, but now we just go outside. And goodness, flights don't count. We just flew home from vacation on a different flight than my husband, and it was non-stop snacks and cartoons. Sometimes you just have to go with what works. californiadreams on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670277 Sat, 31 May 2014 09:12:35 +0000 californiadreams 1670277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i've become more relaxed about it in recent months. Especially since learning about what types of screentime is the worst and that an excessive amount is what is likely to have a negative impact. So with that in mind, i think we do quite well. LO never sits down and watches TV, but sometimes he gets hold of our iphones and we don't take it back right away. All he does is push the buttons and sometimes flips through pictures. I also don't count Skype as screen time - he skypes with his grandparents several times a week and with myself at lunchtime when i am at work. I have had to accept for a month and a half this summer that while my mom is watching him full time for us, she has the TV on the background sometimes. I can't argue with her about it when she is doing us such a huge favor. He doesn't sit and watch it though and it is not on all day long. Long road trips are a definite exception to my screen rule, but even them he doesn't watch something for 6 hpurs straight, i just use my iphone as a distraction. LittleFox on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670201 Sat, 31 May 2014 07:47:14 +0000 LittleFox 1670201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Going well! LO is almost 18 months. We never watch TV around him, but it's been on in the background at other people's houses a few times. I feel rude asking for the TV to be turned off if it's not my house, so I only comment if it's something inappropriate or I gently nudge ("can we turn this down so I can hear you better while we talk?" sometimes gets the TV turned off-- and I really am asking so I can hear the conversation better). Other than that, he's had maybe 1-5 minutes a few times per week of looking at photos on my phone or playing a slow paced toddler game when he's freaking out for a diaper change. Ree723 on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670197 Sat, 31 May 2014 07:43:05 +0000 Ree723 1670197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're pretty good with it. I'm a SAHM so we're home a lot during the day but we just don't really have the tv on much other than first thing in the morning and early evening to catch up on the news. I prefer to have audiobooks on when we're home (we're working our way through Harry Potter) but even when I do have the tv on, DD1 still shows no interest at 23 months old. I won't lie, I was trying to get her into watching a program or two in preparation for our long, long flights from Australia to the US, hoping she would watch something on the iPad whilst on the plane, but she just has zero interest in watching anything. We do use the iPad on occasion for an interactive game or two, but she only went through a brief phase of being into it and now she's over the iPad too. She prefers reading books to any other activity....who am I complain?! Andrea on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670138 Sat, 31 May 2014 04:54:09 +0000 Andrea 1670138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It is going well. We are outside most of the day and do a lot of activities so there isn't time for it anyway. jedeve on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670097 Fri, 30 May 2014 23:26:56 +0000 jedeve 1670097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @allison: same here! We try to avoid it, which isn't that hard since our tv is in the basement. But occasionally I just wanted him to SIT this winter - especially when I was in my first tri and he had croup and RSV. So we would try tv shows. Didn't work too well. But he will watch animal shows a little better, like Jack Hanna or the Dog Whisperer. To be fair, we FaceTime with family almost once a day. Mrs. Twine on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670091 Fri, 30 May 2014 23:19:39 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1670091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're going good. Lorelei turned two in March, and has had a grand total of about an hour? Probably less. It's all been live stuff, pretty much exclusively animals, and after age two. It's just one of my things. I'm totally the girl who never tried pot because she was scared to kill brain cells ;) Clearly, all our kids will be just fine. Mine just may end up more neurotic. yerpie110 on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1670027 Fri, 30 May 2014 22:08:26 +0000 yerpie110 1670027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO only gets screentime when we are at restaurants and she gets too out of control/occasionally in the car to avoid car naps (even a 5 minute nap can ruin her sleep for the rest of the day). Both of those happen maybe 4-5 times/ month, usually for 20-30 minutes. She's at home with the nanny during the day, but in and out for classes, parks, play groups, etc. and gets no screentime. I think we are doing pretty good (LO is 16 months). lizzywiz on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669978 Fri, 30 May 2014 21:30:41 +0000 lizzywiz 1669978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Um. Blush. 1/2 hour to hour on weekdays and 2 hours on weekend. I use the time to get ready and cook meals. My lo does not play alone at all. I need to work on that but can't figure out how, lol. blackbird on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669929 Fri, 30 May 2014 20:52:31 +0000 blackbird 1669929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's on at daycare sometimes (Fridays in the afternoon) but she still isn't very interested in it! She will watch a teeny bit of baseball but then she's interested in other things. I keep trying to get her a LITTLE interested for our upcoming flight to Mexico! Gah. mrsjyw on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669864 Fri, 30 May 2014 20:11:35 +0000 mrsjyw 1669864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ds is 18 mths n watches dabiel tiger and nursery rhynes on yt every other day? Sometimes more sometimes less for 20 min? Dh somestimes plays baby tv on Sunday ams. Greentea on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669853 Fri, 30 May 2014 20:01:42 +0000 Greentea 1669853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have no tv and it's great! lawbee11 on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669848 Fri, 30 May 2014 19:54:09 +0000 lawbee11 1669848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is in daycare during the week which makes it really easy. So no tv during the week and on the weekend we're usually busy running errands or going to the park/museum/etc. We almost always have the tv off unless she's napping or asleep for the night. She does love watching videos of herself on my iPhone, though :silly: She doesn't realize it's her and laughs hysterically at the baby on the screen. Sparkler on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669846 Fri, 30 May 2014 19:51:41 +0000 Sparkler 1669846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My 3 year old gets 1 show when he wakes up and 1 show after nap ( so a little less than an hour). Not sure if that's a lot or a little, but it's what works for us. My 14 month old will sometimes watch then, but not for the whole show. The only time I ever specifically put on a show for my young toddler was during illnesses. fancyfunction on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669842 Fri, 30 May 2014 19:50:26 +0000 fancyfunction 1669842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ M will only sit and watch TV for about 10 minutes - I let her watch Sesame Street. But after a few minutes, she's ready to do other things which is absolutely fine with me. I do have the TV on sometimes during the day but she doesn't really pay attention to it and it's mostly when she's falling asleep to go down to nap anyway - it's my little bit of entertainment time ;) immabeetoo on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669543 Fri, 30 May 2014 16:08:28 +0000 immabeetoo 1669543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @rattles: I think kids have had lots of practice if they are sitting still that long! Blows my mind too. Going strong at 18m. We watched 3 minutes of a frozen music video on my phone this week when I had the stomach flu and it was so nice for the snuggles. Makes me excited for curling up and watching a movie when he is older! rattles on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669477 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:44:27 +0000 rattles 1669477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @allison: Mine will watch about 10 minutes. If I leave it on in the background for a full episode, she'll come back to it periodically in between toys, but that's it. I have no idea how some kids her age have seen all of Frozen! allison on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669463 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:35:38 +0000 allison 1669463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are definitely in the low screentime camp, philisophically. But I can't get this kid to watch a show for the life of me! I'm in my first tri of my second pregnancy, my LO is 16 months old, and sometimes mama just needs a break to lie on the couch and snooze. Maybe I haven't found the right show (we've only tried Daniel Tiger and Dinosaur Train), but he will only watch for 5 minutes. Which, I mean, I'm happy about, I guess. But also sad. Ha. rattles on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669443 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:25:51 +0000 rattles 1669443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Sketchbook: I, personally, really don't feel badly at all about 30-45 minutes a week at 18 months! It'd be less, but her dad likes that she'll snuggle in with him to watch, and I can't say I blame him! I say pat yourself on the back for a job well done in making it that long :wink: Bookish on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669440 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:25:12 +0000 Bookish 1669440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Well... we are so/so. She's in daycare all day so no TV then, and we've only actually sat her down in front of the TV a couple times (when we were both sick and miserable), so I mean, she doesn't actually *watch* TV, but it's definitely on a LOT on the weekend as background noise. Mrs. Sketchbook on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669432 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:22:18 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1669432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @rattles: I found it was pretty easy until LO got to that age as well. That's right about when he dropped his second nap so I didn't have near as much alone time to get stuff done around the house. Plus that was in the winter too! That's also when I got preg. aegie on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669428 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:19:52 +0000 aegie 1669428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ generally, she only watches in the morning while we're trying to get ready for work. Otherwise, after daycare, it's play time, dinner time, bath time and bed. The weekends are usually pretty jam packed so she doesn't get too much screen time unless it's an unusually slow weekend. But if at any point, one of us is sick, has a huge work load or needs "an extra pair of hands" .... we whip out the ipad. rattles on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669389 Fri, 30 May 2014 15:03:26 +0000 rattles 1669389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm a SAHM, and she made it until 16 months when I had horrendous morning sickness. For a couple of days, she got some screen time to cope. Once I was out of the hospital-level sickness, we went back to no screen time. Now at almost 18 months, I let her watch an episode of Daniel Tiger once or twice a week, and she sometimes watched soccer with DH on weekend mornings. I get my own tv fix during naps or after she's in bed. It was really hard to keep her busy this winter though! Elderberrygin on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669371 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:55:49 +0000 Elderberrygin 1669371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Doing well, but like others have said, it's not hard when you WOH. All bets are off with the 14 hour flight we have coming up, though. Freckles on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669365 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:53:50 +0000 Freckles 1669365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It depends on what you consider low? We limit it to 20 minutes/day (she's 2 years old), even on the weekends. She knows she only gets two short episodes or 1 long episode and can't have both. Our winters are long where i live, so she got more screen time back then. Now that it's summer we're always out so she doesn't ask for it. It's also easier in our house because the tv is in the basement so anything she watches is from our laptop. I think when you're a SAHM, it's harder to limit screen time. I wouldn't feel too guilty about it, but i really would consider a babysitter of some kind if you're also having to work/study. autumnlove on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669364 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:53:23 +0000 autumnlove 1669364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Really great but the kids go to daycare and don't watch TV there or at home during the week. LO 1 is two and watches maybe 15-30 minutes every weekend. We also let her watch Frozen (it took a few days to finish) on our recent vacation week. Screen time rules will be on hold during the World Cup! looch on "If you are on the "low/no screentime" plan....how's it going?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-are-on-the-lowno-screentime-planhows-it-going#post-1669359 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:51:04 +0000 looch 1669359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We are doing much better now that the weather is warm and we can be outside. This winter we were snowed in so much and it was just too cold to be outside that we watched a lot of movies