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Yep. Lots of days it's on often, other days maybe not at all. I'm pretty relaxed about screen time in general.

I usually try not to have it on. I'm extremely influenced by 'expert ' opinions . So once I read that under two they shouldn't be watching I stopped watching with E around. After 6weeks though she would stop and stare when it was on , so if she'd ignored it I may not have worried.

I'm home 4 days a week, when we first got home all I did.was have the tv on. Then I read an article that compared passive screen time to second hand smoke and I freaked out and stopped having it on. My anxiety got terrible and I was yelling at my DH because he would have the tv on while I wasn't home. I've started to rwlize how crazy that is, so now I let DH do whatever and I listen to audiobooks, podcasts, and NPR. Occasionally I'll watch youtube clips. But my mommy guilt is terrible I have a rough time with everything.

No, I'm really opposed to tv as background noise. We watch our allotted shows in the morning before breakfast, and then a little more at night, and that's it. I don't want my child to rely on it for entertainment. I need background noise, though, so we usually have music playing.

Until he was about 8 weeks I had it on constantly. I was soooo bored and I liked to have it on, especially during naps.
Now he's just shy of 6 months. I started noticing (I forget when) that if I had it on he zoned me and everything else out and watched so I stopped leaving it on constantly. I'm not Anti-screen time, but I figured that it's better for him to "talk" to me. Bette for me too.
I started noticing that he would be fussing for attention or boredom and I'd be zoned into something on TV instead of him. I'm not good at leaving it on for background noise, if it's on I'm watching. So I guess he gets it from me

BUT, it is a godsend when I need to get something done, usually in 10-20 minute increments. This morning I put it on when I desperately needed the bathroom and he was screaming when I left the room. Bob the Builder went on and he was mesmerized. I also recently started to use it in the evening when he tends to be clingiest but I need both hands to get his bath and bedtime set up. Put him in his bouncer and put on Barney or Mickey and he's happy.

So, I don't leave it on all day, but I ain't afraid to use it if I need it!

Nope. It mostly has to do with the configuration of our house. We spend most of our time in the kitchen and the playroom (connected to each other thru a doorway) and you can't see the TV from the kitchen so I never have it on because I can't see it! And I don't want to turn it up loud to listen to it. We spend 90% of our mornings from breakfast to lunch out of the house anyways and then I get my fill during her nap time. But prior to LO if I was at home I would have it on all the time! I love TV! I do really miss the Today Show in the morning.

We have the tv on all the time. I hate silence and like the background noise. We are far from anti screen time though.