The TV is always on in my house. I find the lack of 'conversation' hard, being home with 2 under 2, and have it on most of the day. DS1 watched a DVD or CBeebies for about 30mins, then it's GMTV, news, Loose Women and all manner of rubbish that i don't actually care if i see or not TBH.
My head was swimming, the kids were noisy, i was reading DS1 a book he'd asked for, but he kept turning to the TV...
So, off it went. DS1 was chatting more, once he'd got over the fact it wasn't on. We read 3 books without interuption. I could think straight. I felt less tetchy because there was less noise going on, where as i was thinking the TV was doing me a favour.
Probably not a revelation to you parents who never let your toddlers watch TV, but it was to me!
I'm having a TV-less afternoon and putting some Ska music on instead. Join me why don't you?! (Ska music optional!)
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I turned the TV off yesterday, and i'm going to do it today too...
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FasterPussyCatGrrrl · 01/04/2008 07:02
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