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@tinyperson: ditto. if i were SAH they would be getting a lot more screen time.
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Not on the weekdays because she's in preschool most of the day. But on the weekends about 1-2 hrs a day.
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Yep. I SAH, it's my sanity saver quite often.
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Not during the week, but we 100% make up for that loss on the weekends.
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Yup!
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No. DH feels really strongly about no TV until 2, and very limited other screen time. Basically just Skype with our families, and looking at pictures of herself and her baby cousins on the iPad. But we don't do those things every day, maybe 3-4 days out of the week. We probably won't do much screen time even after her birthday, though.
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Yep! My 2.5 year old gets 10-30 minutes/day during the week and 30 minutes - 1.5 hours (broken up throughout the day) on the weekend.
Unfortunately that means my 10 month old often gets that much TV too... though not intentionally...
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No, I SAH with my almost 3 and 1.5 year old. They go to daycare/preschool 3 mornings a week. They may get a show or two a week if they're giving me a hard time during witching hour/dinner prep. The 3 year old will zombie out so I don't like to give in too much. The 1.5 year old doesn't really care about TV, a minute or two and she's back to bugging me. I will probably loosen up after his third birthday with some learning apps but he gets upset when I turn the TV off so the tantrum almost isn't worth the semi downtime I get.
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Presently NONE! When behavior goes south, all electronics are taken away. She was without for about 3 weeks in September. On 10/1 she got exactly one show and about 20 minutes of tablet time before she lost it all for October.
She's given up asking and spends a lot of time with her papers, pencils, crayons, etc.
She is also in school all day. Weekends are tough, sometimes Momma needs a break.
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@MamaG: that's like our house too. She gets about 20 min of screen time during the week but once she throws a tantrum or doesn't listen, she knows she doesn't get the "privilege" of watching tv the next day. Haha I feel like it's punishment for the parents when we don't give them screen time!
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Yes and no. At almost 18 mo my LO has never watched a kid's show (I tried once, she had no interest). I'm in no hurry to introduce it to her. But at the same time, because she "doesn't care" about the TV, I tend to binge watch netflix while we are playing a lot. So she is exposed to the screen but she tends to only look at it or pay it any attention at all during the song at the beginning or end of a show.
That being said, just this week she has started handing me the remote and pointing to the tv lol. I figured out she wants me to put on a show so she can dance to the opening music. Then she goes about her playing. But the fact that she has noticed now enough to request it means I'm going to be cutting back on the tv I watch (sob).
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No, not really during the work week. I think if I was a SAHM/WAHM though, I would!
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@yoursilverlining: Same! If anything, the kids shows has taught them quite a few things.
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Yup, she gets one show after daycare/work while I prepare dinner and do quick chores. More on weekends but we try and limit it.
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Yep, and I don't feel guilty for it. She watches a few minutes in the morning if she "does good" getting dressed/brushing teeth/ect. in the mornings. and then she gets a show in the evenings, otherwise she's running around like a wild woman and not calming down for bed.
Weekends, maybe too much but we do what works for us.
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@MamaG: omg I am with you! Sounds like my DS - he loses electronics (TV, Kindle, computer) all the time and in the end I feel like I am punishing myself because it would be soo nice to have 30 mins of quiet time while they are watching TV!
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@Freckles: Punishment for parents... this is exactly what one of my friends with older kids said when I told him I took it all away for nearly 3 weeks. He said I'd cave, that it would be hard for me not to have the time for myself. It strengthened my resolve, I don't like to be told I can't do something
It has been hard. But it's been really fun having time to read each night too and bedtime is significantly less of a battle without the tv.
I'm no saint, I wish we could let her watch tv, but we've proven that our life is overall smoother without it for her. November is right around the corner, she'll get another chance.
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Yes. I'm not cavalier about it, I don't think it's ideal, but as pp have said, it's about preserving sanity sometimes!
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Most days. Occasionally, we stay busy and I realize we went all day without screen time, and I feel awesome, haha. But most days she watches a good amount of TV.
I have tried to cut out screen time in the morning to help with her behavior so usually 4 out of 5 weekdays she doesn't
watch TV until after her nap. We don't have cable so I will turn on her favorite show and she usually gets to watch 2 episodes.Only other screentime is playing one color sorting game on my phone. That's not a daily thing.
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I try to make myself feel better by only letting her watch shows that are "educational" (Dora? BubbleGuppies? No?
) But really I don't see it having a negative effect so I'm okay with it. We have the TV on the majority of the time but she plays and stuff while she watches. I was super anti TV until LO2 was born and survival set in...I wonder how moms pre-TV survived
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No. Not that much during the week.
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Not right now. I don't know where the time goes, but we get home, eat dinner, play a little, and then it's bedtime! Maybe it's because I can't get DS in the house until 7:30
I have a long list of things I'd love to watch with him by now... maybe we'll get to them in the winter.
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Yep, at least one show before lunch, usually some in the afternoon while I'm getting dinner ready or tidying or nursing. We used to let her watch a show first thing in the morning but found she would get super cranky after and wouldn't want to turn it off.
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Yes, it varies from day to day depending on our schedules. I have no problem with using screen time in any capacity to keep our sanity and get things done.
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