I did! I watched A LOT of HGTV.
What did you watch a lot of?
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My LO is 12 days old and I have watched more HGTV than I have in years!
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Hell yes!
Watched all of parenthood! Gilmore girls. Etc!
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@regberadaisy: Yep. Mindless tv, like Friends reruns in the middle of the night on my phone while nursing!!!
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That's all we do
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Currently binge watching Friday Night Lights! I want to read more but I get way too sleepy!
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I watched a lot of tv during my second maternity leave! It was so relaxing.
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Yeah, it relaxed me!
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YES. We watched all of Dexter, Breaking Bad, HGTV...so much TV. I actually loved it because I could watch all the shows I missed out on! haha
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Yes... I wish I had subscribed to cable for the few weeks I was home. Network daytime TV is so bad.
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No, I've been watching so much less TV since LO was born. Our DVR gets completely filled.
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@Ms. RV: I insisted on Hulu for maternity leave #2. Money well spent.
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A ton of hgtv here too! I had actually bought some tv series on dvd in preparation, but still watched more hgtv since it took less energy to put on. Ha!
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No, I never watch TV, so it's been no different on maternity leave! Honestly we are almost never home!
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So much Vampire Diaries! Sometimes there's just nothing else to do when nursing a baby all day
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I don't think I turned on the tv even once. I read a lot though.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: don't worry, before you know it you won't be able to remember the last show you watched for your own pleasure! Lol.
I miss those days sometimes even thought it was such a crazy time. Before I had the baby I watched miss fisher's murder mysteries and a ton of old school cooking shows on kqed. Afterwards I watched Sherlock and the entire series of
Greys anatomy from the beginning. Something else but I can't remember. Some of the cute early videos I have of my son are ruined by dramatic medical talk in the background. -
Not me. I have read tons of stuff on my phone, but I can't remember the last time I watched TV. We only have Netflix, but I just don't have time to even watch bits and pieces of shows.
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None. That was my rule - I just didn't want to sit infront of the TV all day. So I surfed the internet when nursing and otherwise stayed busy by going places or later on by working when LO was sleeping (I'm in Germany and we have 12m of parental leave with the option to work part time. I took that option and worked 16h a week starting after 12w).
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LO2 is 5 weeks now and I haven't watched any so far. I've been out and about! She is only happy in the sling, but doesn't like it when I stop moving so, when we are at home, I either do housework or dance!
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Sooooooo much tv. I watched like 17 seasons of the Kardashians, and 5 seasons of the Good Wife. This time around I'm rewatching Grey's Anatomy.
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@Mrs. Champagne: omg post childbirth hormones + Parenthood = bawl fest.
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No, I tried to watch Call the Midwife since it was a show my DH wouldn't be particularly interested in but I suck at watching TV
My husband is in charge of all tv watching, keeping track of what we're watching and when stuff is available on demand, etc. and I rarely watch anything on my own. I spent plenty of time on the internet though!
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I did! Free prime for 3 months after the baby was awesome. And I watched tons of Olympics right before the baby came.
This time we don't do screens for our toddler, so I'm sure it will be minimal. We might break that rule for the Olympics again though.
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Yup! I was spending so many hours per day nursing, I watched a ton of TV. I read a bunch too, but that requires at least 1 hand, which I didn't always have. TV and movies from the library were a life saver. I watched Orange is the New Black, Sherlock and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
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With my first I watched tons of tv while nursing. She was a slow nurser and big on comfort nursing. I wanted the entire series of Parenthood that way. Sometimes she would only nap on the boob so I'd watch two full episodes. That lasted until she started noticing and turning to look at it.
With my second the only thing we watch is Daniel tiger.
(I sah so no "maternity leave" but just referring to the first few months).
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Yes! So many things, a lot of Korean/Taiwanese drama haha! I'm sad I won't have that this time around!
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I barely watched any tv during my maternity leave. I guess I watched some for the first month or so during the day (never at night) but as soon as she started noticing the screen and wanting to stare at it we quit having it on around her.
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@brownepiano: hahaha I'm the same way! We don't have the tv on when DD is awake but I'm already planning to make an exception for the Olympics, it's only every 2 years!
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@brownepiano: The Olympics were on when my first son was brand new and it was AWESOME! I'm up at 3am nursing - look, ski jumping is on! I watched so much middle of the night Olympics.
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@erinbaderin: @alphagam84: My first came right after the Olympics. But he was almost two weeks late so I spent those miserable days waiting watching figure skating all day!
This one is coming in June but I am looking forward to spending the hot August days inside with AC and Olympics.
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@regberadaisy: OMG I cried every episode!!! And decided I must have 4 kids. Hahaha
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Yep - Gilmore Girls! LO was a comfort nurser and would only nap well when held for the first few weeks, so I spent a lot of time with Netflix.
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Ummm sooo much.
LO1: i watched all of Mad Men on Netflix plus more.
LO2: HGTV was on constantly plus Friends on Netflix.
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No, but I did read a lot of mindless books on my Nook! That may change whenever we get around to having #2 though - mindless TV is my outlet since having DD.
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I watched every single episode of Friends and Orange is the New Black. I got through about 1/2 of Gilmore Girls. So....yeah. LOADS of tv.
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I watched more with my first mat leave - I liked watching Gilmore Girls & Parks/Rec, & Mad About You. This time around I recovered a little quicker and am trying to get things done around the house more and walk outside. We also get less channels now - since we cut cable.
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@Cherrybee: I watched tv/ate dinner bouncing on the exercise ball with son in the sling! Every night! It was his fussy time and DH was working evening shift at the time.
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I think I watched all of Friday Night Lights while nursing... So much time sitting and nursing or sitting and pumping!
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YES - probably more so because I was on maternity leave both times in the middle of winter --- watched a lot of HGTV, Food Network & Bravo!
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