Charlie gets about an hour, usually when we're tired on the weekends and need a break. It ensures he'll sit there quietly for the duration of an episode. We're also been letting him play educational games for 30 min or so each week.
He's almost 3.
What about your LO?
coconut / 8299 posts
My son gets around 2 hours a week. We let him watch one episode of Mickey while I prepare dinner. Sometimes if he's sick, we'll let him watch more.
pomelo / 5866 posts
Total..probably 6 hours....we have a really active schedule though so I feel like it balances out. Originally I was going for no tv under two so I'm surprised how far I swung to the other side of the continuum.
pineapple / 12234 posts
Too much. When he wakes up at 5am, I let him watch tv until I get up at 6...so one hour per day? Ugh. We really should limit it. I would prefer to have a movie night once a week. He's 3.5.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Zero. She's 15 months old and has no interest in tv yet.
pomelo / 5093 posts
None for her. I usually put on the evening news, and sometimes the morning news. She doesn't really watch it. If one of us is sick then I might put on sesame street for her once in a blue moon.
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
She still hasn't watched TV yet, I have pulled up a sesame street video on my Ipad for her and she liked it a lot. So we'll play that song for her from time to time. I'm really hoping she won't watch TV until she turns 2 at least.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
Maybe 15-30 minutes? I admit to using screen time as a reward, though.
pear / 1837 posts
Maybe 20 minutes of real devoted screen time? I'll throw Peekaboo Barn or a Sesame Street video at him if I'm trying to clip his toenails, or if there's some other reason he's freaking out and I need him to sit still.
Then when he's at my parents' house, they often have golf or the weather or something (that I find) equally boring on the TV in the background, but he barely notices.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
She usually gets to watch one 20 min cartoon per day. She is 2.5 y.o.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
None at this point. She's only 5 months, though. She tries to see what's on if we have the TV on when she's done with a meal but, it's not often that the TV is on when she's in the room these days.
honeydew / 7488 posts
DD gets two 30 min shows a day, 1 AM, 1 PM. This has been reduced from a few weeks ago and we are working to reduce down to 1 show a day. She is 4. I struggle to find things to occupy her in the AM while I am getting ready. I would let her play in her room upstairs, but I need her to "babysit" the 1 yr old as well. The baby will watch if it's on but not intently.
pomegranate / 3314 posts
I don't let her watch children's programming, but since we're both home all day there's no way she's not going to be in the room ever when the TV is on. That's just not realistic for me.
blogger / nectarine / 2687 posts
Maybe 3 hours a week? Some days he doesn't watch any, and other days, he might watch 2 shows if mommy and daddy are being lazy 
his current favorites are chugging ton and Daniel tiger's neighborhood. The latter is super cute and a spin off mister Rogers' neighborhood. It has very applicable lessons, so I don't mind CB watching!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
My DD is only 10 weeks but baby einstein calms her, bad habit I know. Not really sure how many hours a week...
pomelo / 5093 posts
@HeatherlovesKenny: If my child got up at 5 I would let her watch sesame street while eating fruit loops if it made her happy. 5 am awake baby is about survival, imho.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Too much lately. Gonna have to cut it down to 5 mins a day tops. On average she gets maybe 30 mins a day
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