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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Does your LO watch tv?
If so when did they start paying attention to tv? My sister, my brother and a friend of mine all think it's weird that my boys don't watch tv. Since these are my first I have no idea if this is unusual or not. We always have the tv on in our living/playroom but so far they only take notice when there is a cat, dog or baby on the screen and even then they only pay attention for about 10 seconds. Just curious.
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Re: Does your LO watch tv?
Yes, my DD is obsessed and will watch anything animated for huge lengths of time. For better or worse, her concentration is actually impressive. And quite handy, honestly, when I'm not feeling well or she's sick.
DS, OTOH, has only recently become interested enough to sit for any length of time. And he still prefers to play, color, or do other things while watching. He's just not as interested. We tried to take him to his first movie last summer at 3.5 (Cars 2) and he wanted to leave after about 20 minutes. I suspect we will take DD to a movie and she'll do well very soon.
Kids are all different!
Emerson sat on the sofa and watched the movie "Up" for 2.5 hours at 13 or 14 months. She was so content. I'll never forget it.
The babies (20 months) watch 10 seconds of Sesame Street and are done. Though, they dig Dora's theme song, too....
Oh, heavens no. The AAP strictly states that there should be NO TV watching until 2, if even that young. What kind of mother do you think I am.
:::clutches pearls::::
HAHAH. Kidding. DS will watch bits and pieces of things. He'll bring me a DVD (we don't have cable) and want me to pop it in and then he'll run off and play with trains. lol. Attention span? He doesn't haz it.
It really depends on the show. They'll sit and watch episodes of Thomas, Super Why! or the Wiggles, anything else is hit or miss. But like a PP said, they love theme music (which is probably why they like the Wiggles, lots of music). They'll stop what they're doing and watch theme songs, then go back to whatever they're doing. Usually it's not necessary though, they play well together so I can generally get small tasks done while they're awake.
He only likes certain shows (Yo Gabba Gabba, Fresh Beat Band, Sid the Science Kid - yuck, Curious George, and The Cat in the Hat), and he can sit and watch for about 10 minutes before he runs off to do something else. If there's music and dancing on the tv show, he'll run back over to the tv and join in the dancing though.
Oh, and he'll also watch English Premier League soccer with DH on Saturday mornings, but I think his attention span for that is fed mainly by DH being loud - it gives DS a chance to be loud too!
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)
Ditto this almost exactly. If we put on a kid show, she only pays attention when there's a song. She effing loves the Thomas and Pajanimals songs.
She's totally uninterested in normal, adult TV. Although the other day my dad had on Modern Marvels or some crap about milk and there were cows on screen and she flipped her shiit. I take her to a local farm every now and then and she loves the cows.
From now on when people give me a weird look about the boys not watching tv I'm totally telling them "It's a twin thing!" They'll believe it!
Yes, she pays attention to adult TV (most often my husband's talking heads shows) unless I do something else to distract her. I have never shown her a kids' TV show because I don't want her watching them yet, but judging from her reaction when "The Simpsons" comes on, I am assuming she would be rapt.