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LO has absolutely no interest in TV (confession: I wish she did!!!) She's almost 8 months.

After bath to get his diaper on, we pull out my nook and play him a few Sesame Street songs. It is THE only way he will sit still for 2 minutes while we get his diaper and lotion on!

LO is almost 15 months and she watches her Baby Genius DVD probably 2-3x a week for about 30 minutes. Usually on nights when DH works late and I need to make dinner.

I think a extremely clingy toddler grabbing on to my leg while I'm cooking is dangerous. So I'd rather plop her DVD in for her than risk her getting splattered with oil!

But she loves those DVDs because it's all music; she gets excited and starts dancing. Usually after 15 or so she'll go back to playing while it's on.

She has seen a few minutes of Bubble Guppies when she was panicking in the car and we couldn't stop at that moment. We have never really felt the need to let her watch shows at home, she doesn't have much interest anyways.

I REALLY like this idea of not letting them watch TV until they're 2 and then only 30 minutes a day. I love that she doesn't really know what is out there yet so she's not "asking" for it. I'd like to delay that as much as possible.

Never, its not on if he is awake or in the room and won't be until at least 2. DH watchs golf too but only during naps :)FWIW one of my nieces watched a ton of tv while tiny and is smart as a whip and reading flawlessly at 2.5. I can't imagine having morning sickness and a baby though eek!

So I'll go ahead and admit that my LO gets screen time everyday. He is limited to PBS shows, and he has learned a lot from the programs. I myself grew up watching PBS, and I would be a hypocrite to not allow him to be exposed to it. We apply a lot of the lessons he learns from watching shows like Daniel Tiger in everyday life.

Almost every day... neither of them really sit still to watch it long enough though. Occasionally my older child will watch part of a movie. I don't really feel all that bad about it though because they are both very smart and well adjusted. Me and my oldest are watching Finding Memo as I type this.

@brownie: just curious ; why not on Nemo and Up?

Was planning on no screen time until 2, but DD had a bad ear infection, cold, and thrush last Friday and had no interest in playing. So we watched part of an episode of Sesame Street until she fell asleep in my arms. Don't plan on her watching it again, but I'll never say never.

@MamaChin: our tv is usually on all day for background noise but unless it's on a showed geared to babies he mostly ignores it. i will let him watch about a half hour of baby tv (nick jr) every 1-2 days. he is 10.5 months old.

@brownie: haha I didn't know if there was some deep subliminal message I missed. Makes sense.

Ds is 11 months and had zero screen time.

we watch the baby channel every day for about 5/10 minutes. she enjoys it and i clip her fingernails that way lol, because otherwise she is too fidgety.

@yin: @cyndistar3: @brownie: @yoursilverlining: Another mama ready to say that LO watches TV at least every other day Well, not TV because all we have is computer, but the same idea. She watches Ebee and Sesame Street.
We weren't too worried about screen time but even so she didn't start watching shows until about a year. That is when I could no longer trust her to not get into mischief when I needed to leave her to go to the bathroom or get ready.

@yoursilverlining: This morning Lala woke up saying that she had a "wish fairy in her head" and she needed to go outside to let her out. I was starting to think she's had a little too high of a dose of Abby's Flying Fairy School! (It's seriously her favorite thing on Sesame Street!)

My son is about 16 months- I wish he had the attention span to watch a 1/2 hour show sometimes :). He doesn't really have any interest in anything besides "Sesame Street". I put it on during lunch to distract him while eating- otherwise he eats 2 pieces of food and then says "All done!" My husband has gotten him into Teletubbies on YouTube- we watch a few minutes of that before bed to calm him down if he's being bonkers.

@Mrs. Jacks: Abby's Flying Fairy School is so popular! E loves the opening theme song the best; the rest at this point she sometimes watches, often doesn't. Man though, as soon as the music starts she is DANCING in her highchair!!!!

I can't believe Mr. Noodle is still on Sesame Street - that dude gives me the creeps!! I always try to fast forward thru him when he is on. lol

@yoursilverlining: It's funny, because I feel the same way... And yet it's Kevin Clash (Elmo) that all the allegations have come up against. Lala loves Elmo.

I will turn on the Today show in the mornings but he doesn't really watch any of it unless the weather comes on. On weekends we let him watch a couple PBS shows - he's a fan of Daniel Tiger and Super Why, but really only pays attention when songs come on. I'm also more of the "everything in moderation" mindset.