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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
How much TV time do you let DC watch?
curious, if any
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Re: How much TV time do you let DC watch?
I really don't understand all the hoopla about no TV time. As long as you monitor it and don't let DC watch it every waking moment, what's the big deal?
To answer your ?, the TV is on from when he wakes up to when I bring him to daycare, which is about an hour. AT daycare there's Sesame STreet until he moves to his one year old room. There's no TV in there.
On the weekends, the TV is always on, either on his channels or something DH and I are watching. Just because the TV is on doesn't mean he's watching it. He probably watches a total of 20 min. the whole day because he plays with his toys which are around the TV.
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DD watches the Elmo part of Sesame Street each morning. She can't make it through a whole episode so we just do that segment. That's about it.
On the weekends the TV is on but she'd rather just play so she doesn't really watch it.
Our TV is almost always on. If it's not on something specifically geared towards her, DD doesn't pay attention to it unless she hears music (she loves the theme that plays during the J&K+8 commercials).
On weekend mornings I'll turn on Sesame Street or Barney and she'll watch that on and off.
Really, none.
I don't have a problem turning the TV on when DS is in the room playing. But, I do not turn the TV on specifically for DS to watch it. First, I really cant stand cartoons. (I know, that's almost un-American of me). And second, it never occurs to me. I've heard all the studies about not letting your child watch TV until he's 2, and that Baby Einstein videos do not make your child smarter, etc. But, like most of the "controversies" out there I make my own decision based on my personality, upbringing and values and based on DS's personality, etc. If starts asking for TV or I find that it gives him some downtime he'll probably get to watch it.
Mrs Saxy--The AAP recommends no tv before the age of two. I'm not sure exactly why, but I think it has to do with encouraging interaction with your babies and/or giving them an opportunity to learn to play on their own.
But I'm like you, I think moderation is the key. And no tv is just unrealistic in my house.
I watch about an hour in the afternoon and she sometimes looks at the tv but mostly plays. We have some Baby Einstein dvds that she loves and she'll watch those a few times a week.
I have a friend who we both were pregnant at teh same time. She said she would not let her dd watch tv untill she was at the age of 2yrs old. She did alot of reading and research and said she didn't want her child to be delayed in speech/talking .
Anyways my friend got really sick when her dd was like 7 months and was sick alot of the time after her dd was born. Had no family and her dh had to go to work so she would put the t.v on alot .
She admitted to me that her dd watches t.v more than she had wanted like a hour in the morning and 30 min during lunch time and in the afternoon a hour or so.
But funny thing is that her dd started talking at the age of 13 months, she is now 16months and uses 3 to 4 words in a mini sentences. She thinks it was the t.v because her daughter would repeat alot of the stuff she would see on the shows, Baby einstein, dora, kai lan ( sp?) .
Now for my ds he watches tv sesame street in the morning, and in the evening he watches maybe one or two shows, sometimes it's the backyardigans or the sprout channel. HEre and there we will pop in a video when we take a long drive to visit my parents out to the city, if he is super fussy.
I usually turn it on for about a 1/2 to an hour a day for him...He loved the Micky Mouse Clubhouse on Disney and will start dancing when the theme song comes on.
Sometimes I have something on in the background while he is playing, but he doesn't really pay attention to it unless it is music. When a song plays, he will stop what he is playing and clap when it is over.
My DS pays no attention to TV. He watches the Barney and friends opening music for about 2 seconds, but that's pretty much it. The TV might as well not even be there.
That being said, if your DC finds something that interests them on the TV that is educational, I think it's fine to let them watch. When I was 1 1/2 years old I saw my older siblings watching Star Wars and loved it and begged constantly to watch it. My Mom was pregnant and had horrible morning sickness so she'd let me watch it a lot. Now, I have my dream job as an engineer at NASA, so even at that young age kids can find their passion. If something strikes your DC as interesting, there is probably a reason.
My girls watch The Wiggles and Jack's Big Music Show. The amount of time varies dramatically. Like, yesterday, Alice was throwing up, so we watched a 1 hour long Wiggles show and she just laid on my chest and watched it. Other times, we might put on a 20 minute one in the afternoon when they get fussy. Some days, they never watch it.
I'd say that it varies from 0 to an hour per day. Never more than an hour, though, and the hour would usually be split up between one show in the morning and one in the afternoon.
NONE. WAYYYYYY too early.
She does however dance with Ellen everyday at 11am.
About 20 minutes of the Wiggles while I'm cooking dinner. Not every night though, but probably 3-4 times a week.
And I agree it's all in moderation. I think the AAP recommends 0 because that's easier for most people to understand then saying 30 minutes 3 times a week is ok, or whatever. I'm not going to let it get out of hand and I have plenty of interaction with her so I don't have a problem with a little bit of TV.
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