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@mrsjazz: Caillou is supposedly one of the best shows for toddlers! WHAT kids watch matters as well as the amount of time they watch.
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@MamaChin: So DS never watched any TV until I was pregnant again. It was really bad. I had no energy to even wash the dishes or make dinner, let alone entertain my toddler all day. I don't think anyone really knows how hard it is until you're there, pregnant, miserably weak and need a break.
DS was 2.5 when I got pregnant but I still feel guilty for how much he watched during my first trimester. We've made up for it now because he gets about 30 minutes of screen time every 2-3 weeks
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None really.....but I do watch the morning news for about an hour each day though. LO shows zero interest in it (she's 13 months) and hardly ever looks up from whatever else she's doing, so I don't really count it. Other than that, we have the tv off until she goes to bed.
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Don't feel bad! It's easy to not have the TV on when you only have one child. But now that I have 2 and mainly solo parent, the TV goes on when I need it. Not because I am lazy, but because I have something to do like cook dinner. I feel zero guilt. I feel confident that some TV isn't going to ruin my kids for life.
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@Mrs. Jacks: I agree that WHAT they are doing on screen time matters too!
We recently found old seasons of Mr. Rogers neighborhood. Its so calming to have on!
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We only let her watch TV (on the ipad) when we're in the car, when she's sick, or for less than 30 minutes if we need to do some cooking or she's super cranky near bedtime. On the vast majority of days she doesn't have any TV. When she does, it's Yo Gabba Gabba, which is the only show she's interested in so far.
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My 3 year old gets around 30 minutes of TV time a day, sometimes more during the weekends. Usually when I"m preparing dinner or sometimes in the morning while I'm getting my DD ready or when I'm getting ready for work. Zero guilt. I think TV in moderation is ok. He watches educational ones so he learns from them. My DD is 12 months and gets almost zero TV. She catches glimpses of it here and there when my son watches but she's not that interested in it right now.
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You know what? I have to get a little more real with my response: My estimated times were right, but my reasons were a little....off.
I have been paying more attention to when I turn on Sesame Street for LO and I am just as likely to turn it on because I want to browse *cough, blush* Hellobee as I am to turn it on because I HAVE to get ready for work and need her occupied.
I am just not a mama who can engage ALL the time with LO and she is not great about playing very long on her own, yet.
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