TV Watching and sick kiddos ?

Cheekers2010

G has a nasty virus.  Fever and cough.  I'm letting him watch tv because he feels too punky to do anything else.  Poor baby.  All he wants to watch is Cars.  He watched it once yesterday and he's on his 2nd viewing today.  This doesn't bother me.  I figure it's just comforting to him when he feels so bad.  It bothers my DH, though.  We wouldn't have a tv if it was up to him.  But, particularly he's concerned about G getting obsessed with one show.  So, my question:  would you let your kid watch the same movie again while sick or would you insist they watch something else?  Is it normal for them to want to watch the same thing over and over?  Just to be clear, I totally think it is.  My DH is concerned that G may inherit his obsessive tendencies.   

enjoylife

Poor G sorry he's sick!
Totally normal for kiddos to watch a movie over and over. My sister and I used to watch the disney movies back to back viewings of the same show and we are normal.
I do the same if LO or myself is sick TV goes on and

Cheekers2010

I didn't even know there was a sequel!  I'll download it now.  Thanks!

jillybean800

Alexander has watched Wall-e almost every day for the past month.

All kids have their obsessions, and it's normal for a toddler to watch the same thing or read the same thing, or play with the same thing over and over. 

Alexander isn't

keags5496

Totally normal!! Evans current kick is Cars and Thomas but that'll prob change by next month. He goes through phases like this alllll the time. Plus, when they're sick the normal rules don't apply. Whatever you can do to keep them happy and comfy.

stephy1221

Ditto PP - this age group loves repetition. When they are sick I think the best thing is to keep them calm and comfortable so our Tv rules get suspended.

Cheekers2010

Hopefully this will be comforting to my DH.  Thanks ladies!  

G loves Wall-E, too, but  he's in Cars mode lately. 

bosha711

Another vote for normal. The first show DS ever got hooked on was Super Why, around 17 months old. Then he moved on to Fireman Sam for a few months & then it was Thomas. That's where we're at now. He gets obsessed for what seems like forever, but e

lrn327

Sorry G is sick!!  I wouldn't feel bad about the tv while he's sick.  C won't really sit still to watch too much anyway, and I kind of wish he would when he's sick!  Totally normal to want watch the same thing over and over.  C does li

Cheekers2010

bosha711:

Another vote for normal. The first show DS ever got hooked on was Super Why, around 17 months old. Then he moved on

Cheekers2010

lrn327:

Sorry G is sick!!  I wouldn't feel bad about the tv while he's sick.  C won't really sit still to watch too

xxbabycakesxx

When G first found out about Cars he watched it a million times over and over again.  Same thing when he found out about Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rio and Beauty and the Beast.  I think its pretty normal.  After the billionth ti

neenann

Not that you need anymore reassurance but I agree with everyone here and say it is totally normal.

My DD goes through phases were she becomes obsessed with a character or a movie/show and wants to watch it constantly. Like others said, at this a

Sonadora

I think it's totally normal for kids to be obsessed with the same show/movie sick or not.

I still can't stand ET because growing up we only had one tv and as the youngest my brother always "won" what to watch. He would virtually watch ET on re

DeMom510

i would let him but i do try to get him to watch something else but more for my sanity. if it's cars he wants, i try to switch it between cars 1 and 2 and the mater tales. blues clues is DS favorite show- especially when he's sick- so he watches t

Coltsdad

Repetitive watching isn't limited to 2 year olds.  I remember one year my sister getting the VHS copy of Lady and the Tramp (I want to say she was 4) and we had to watch the movie 5 times in 2 days.  When I was little, I would watch the same

missmuffin87

Like everyone said, it's totally normal. Hazel watches brave little toaster like it's her job. 

lilmgirl

Kamikaze is sick too and whenever he does get up and play, his temp spikes.  So we're doing what we can to keep it down.  If we only wanted to watch Cars, that's what we would do.  Fortunately he likes variety <img src="https://community.the