https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:11:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1244237 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:38:04 +0000 Bao 1244237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We watch TV over here :) A is almost 15 months and the only thing she actually watches more than 30 seconds of is Baby Einstein but I almost always have something on in the background, for my own sanity ;) Hey...I like Disney movies too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1244222 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:33:31 +0000 lemondrop 1244222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have PBS on in the mornings during breakfast and getting ready for the day and when I'm cooking dinner in the late afternoon/evening. We also have sports on in the weekends/evenings- he's a hockey nut! Most of the time he watches a few minutes here and there in between playing, but doesn't pay much attention otherwise. If he ever starts acting out or being a couch zombie then we'll re-evaluate. </p> <p>@Greentea: Yes- my son too, every time the song comes on he says Roar about every 5 seconds!! We were driving with my MIL and he starts saying roar, she couldn't figure out why he was saying it until I turned up the radio and explained that it is his song ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243931 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:20:29 +0000 Greentea 1243931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD loves the Katy Perry roar video! I let her watch it on my tablet phone when she has teething pain. I tell her about all the animals :) and she knows them from the zoo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243853 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:50:37 +0000 MsMamaBear 1243853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: That's why I don't have a problem with it, they do learn depending on what it is they watch or use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243832 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:46:17 +0000 MsMamaBear 1243832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, she watches, mostly Disney Jr, Sesame Street and Bubble Guppies. I have no problem with it and she's perfectly fine at age 2. The only behavior problem I have seen has come from the kids at daycare. She copies everything some of them do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243590 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:25:42 +0000 winniebee 1243590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He usually gets an episode a day while I try to make dinner. More if we are traveling. He is obsessed with bubble guppies, also likes yo gabba and Daniel tiger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243569 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:22:16 +0000 Alivoo01 1243569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummmm. DS is 4 months and when I tell DH to watch him so I can take care of some stuff (laundry, go shower, etc.) he puts DS on his lap and they both watch football!!! DS doesn't understand TV but the changing bright lights no the TV definitely capture his attention. When we nurse in the living room and DH turns on the tv, DS will stop nursing and crank his neck to see the TV!!!! *Face palm*</p> <p>I'm not against it, but he's only 4 months old. I didn't want to start THAT early.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243302 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 04:27:43 +0000 erinpye 1243302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 19 month old watches some TV every day. Usually Doc McStuffins or Sesame Street. She's also really into iPad games, so we have some educational ones for her like Endless Alphabet. I don't count- some days she has no screen time, other days it could be an hour or two added up over the course of the day. She's been able to identify and say all the letters in the alphabet for a few months now, counts to 10, counts items correctly, knows her colors, listens to and follows complex directions, and talks up a storm. I know for a fact that some of that educational screen time has helped her learn these things, so I'm all for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1243243 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 01:10:16 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1243243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just like lovehoneybee I need dvds tobbabysit my son or I won't be able to eat my own breakfast or wash dishes or the like sometimes. We love elmo baby signing time yo gabba abd baby einstein. I think the biggest drawbacks occur when people use tv to compensate for independent play and interactive play. I make sure that Tor and I go on walks, play with blocks or explore new ideas. He has puzzles and I show him new ways to play. I think it's just important to make sure our kids are not learning everything from staring at a screen. I'd say DVDs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1242068 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:36:12 +0000 sunny 1242068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try to use it as a last resort when nothing else gets her to stop crying or to eat her meals. We put together a YouTube playlist of Sesame Street songs and she loves it. Her fave is Cookie Monster singing "Share it Maybe" (aka Call me maybe) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1242040 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:29:05 +0000 Sapphiresun 1242040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: That's hilarious about Conan. Mine is oddly entranced by "The Blacklist", which is so inappropriate for children.</p> <p>Mine's only 4 months, so I never even really considered it giving *her* screentime when the TV's on, but we have a teeny apartment, so if anybody's watching you can pretty much see the TV from anywhere in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241834 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:38:45 +0000 HLK208 1241834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E watches probably 30-60 minutes of tv a day at 18 months (okay, except on Sunday when DH has football on). B use to watch more but his behavior started to change around 2-3 with too much screen time. I mean, there was a huge difference when he would go a week without tv. Instead, he had more independent play and started liking play dough and art. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241795 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:31:25 +0000 sarac 1241795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not especially at that age, but by about 18 months she was watching an episode of Curious George some days. I needed it when she started wanting to talk to me every waking second - which EXHAUSTED me as an introvert. Right now we're watching Sesame Street (one per day) and I'm chilling out. </p> <p>I've also been letting her watch a little more lately because I've really ramped up my exercise. If we come in from biking for 15 miles, I for sure cannot jump into actively playing with her, so I just put on a Curious George or some Adventure Time. I wish that wasn't the case, but I figure that having me be really fit and healthy is worth a little more tv.</p> <p>Not having it on all the time is a ground rule, in our house. I would worry about that impacting her ability to entertain herself with imaginative play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241655 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:00:47 +0000 GrapeCrush 1241655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The tv is on, most of the time. I will have Disney jr or Disney on. He really only watched when it's doc mcstuffins and Sofia the first. Or music. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241594 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:50:21 +0000 LovelyPlum 1241594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: @autumnlove: lol, pretty sure this is going to be our house. But I have a feeling it will be more baseball and college basketball than anything. I also have a friend whose baby wouldn't calm down unless they put on hockey. He loved watching the players zoom by! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241490 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:21:05 +0000 lovehoneybee 1241490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually turn it on for him when I'm trying to fix dinner (otherwise he's yanking on my legs or trying to climb into the cat box). He'll watch the Elmo's Potty Time video, another SS episode (or part of one), Daniel Tiger or Dinosaur Train. He loves the Potty Time video, though. The others he'll get up and wander away after a few minutes but if Potty Time is on he'll sit and happily drink a bottle of milk and watch. </p> <p>I probably put it on for him twice a day, in the morning when I'm getting breakfast ready and in the evening when I'm getting dinner together. And sometimes randomly in the afternoon when I just need a break. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241443 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:09:06 +0000 kiddosc 1241443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most weekdays we're too busy to even have any TV time, but right before bed and on weekends he watches a little TV sometimes. He's only recently started to be interested at all. </p> <p>He could watch the first 3 minutes of Rio on repeat all day though. "birds, birds, birds" "momma, birds". That song gets stuck in my head all night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241415 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:02:20 +0000 regberadaisy 1241415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to turn it on only when I'm desperate. Which is usually when I'm trying to make dinner on DH's late nights. TBH these days it only holds her attention for 10-15 minutes max. Just enough to get the dangerous part of cooking done! LOL</p> <p>She likes the Baby Genius DVDs which are children songs and Daniel Tiger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents/page/2#post-1241357 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:51:18 +0000 photojane 1241357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: That is amazing! Wizard of Oz is my absolute favorite. I was just telling Dan that we need to let her watch it before she gets old enough to realize that the witch and monkeys are scary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241335 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:45:08 +0000 loveisstrange 1241335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: C is obsessed! lol. She really loves Judy Garland. She is absolutely transfixed by The Wizard of Oz and freaks out any time Dorothy sings.</p> <p>I think its because her daddy is a musician and we ALWAYS have music playing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241331 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:43:46 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1241331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She *just* got interested in the TV in the past month, and it has saved my sanity so many days when I have zero energy this pregnancy. If I notice that it's starting to affect her behavior, I'll cut back, but for now, it's sink or swim, so that means she gets to enjoy cartoons like I did :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241329 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:43:18 +0000 photojane 1241329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: Sadie too! She mostly pays no attention to whatever is on until a commercial with an up-beat song comes on, then she whips right around and starts dancing. There are a couple really annoying Target holiday commercials that she loves right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241321 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:41:54 +0000 yoursilverlining 1241321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO watches a show with her dinner, usually Sesame Street, but sometimes Daniel Tiger or Dinosaur Train (all PBS shows).</p> <p>I think technology and screen time is just another tool in my parenting toolbox. Everything in moderation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241318 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:41:19 +0000 loveisstrange 1241318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We watch a little bit a few times a week before bed. </p> <p>C loves anything with music or singing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241309 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:39:37 +0000 photojane 1241309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The TV is on most of the day, and Sadie watches when she wants, but is mostly too into her toys. Sometimes I'll put a show or movie on for her to watch while eating or playing, but she doesn't really have the attention span for it yet. I don't feel any guilt or regret... we do what we want. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241283 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:33:54 +0000 mrskc 1241283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, he's 13 months and he likes to watch Conan. He just likes the part in the beginning when he does his opening act. I don't know what it is, but he's smitten by Conan. And a couple of weeks ago, I downloaded some Fisher price app and he loves it. I regret doing that though because now he always wants my phone. When before he paid no attention to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241162 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:05:43 +0000 .twist. 1241162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't want to be, but it has been really helpful when I have just exhausted all other entertainment methods! Hahaha </p> <p>He is still pretty young so it just kind of entrances him, but it's a nice break where I don't have to think about anything. Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241152 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:03:24 +0000 plantains 1241152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has zero interest in TV, but she loves to watch Pardon the Interruption with DH and Jeopardy with me. Totally fine with me, I see no issue. She is in daycare most of the time doing craft, sports etc and she reads a ton of books at home so I think she gets lots of variety. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241142 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:00:54 +0000 mrs. wagon 1241142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lizzywiz: usually after an episode is over (we don't have cable so we use netflix and amazon prime) he will ask nicely for another episode. Sometimes he doesn't even want to watch anymore and will ask us to turn the TV off.</p> <p>Sometimes he will scream and demand the next episode, and if we hesitate (or take longer than a second to get to the remote) he breaks down into a tantrum. That's when TV time is over!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/screentime-parents#post-1241139 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:00:27 +0000 autumnlove 1241139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: HA, this is my toddler! She is more interested in pulling out her sister's bows and following me around the house. </p>