To be mad at DH for sticking DD infront of TV for 2 hours

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2 solid hours of peppa pig. I was raging! DD is 2 and he gets limited 1:1 time with her due to work

Raging? Really?!

A couple of hours of TV is absolutely fine. It's not like he put her in front of an 18 cert film. It was Peppa Pig!

YABU to be raging, but I would be disappointed he wouldn't rather spend the time with her himself than use the electronic babysitter.

I let my DC watch tv because sometimes I need to do the grocery shop, write a letter, pay the bills, do the ironing - without him dive bombing head first off the sofa, falling down the stairs, eating a spider, turning the gas cooker on, opening the fridge and chucking the food out, etc. It’s not ideal but I can’t watch him every second of the day.

Bloody hell!

YABU.

I hope you never have any serious parenting clashes

Raging is a bit much, it's TV. Yes it would have been better for them to have 1:1 if it's not often but it's not the end of the world. I wonder what he was doing though...

She probably loved it.

To be honest, I wouldn’t be crazy happy about my 2yo (nearly 3) getting 2+ hours of TV, because she just doesn’t need it! But sometimes needs must. I would like to think I’d ask DH why before getting cross.

Unless there's a massive drip feed coming about him not wanting to spend time with her then I don't see the issue

Raging?!!!

It's only two hours and it's one occasion. Honestly, who cares? It's not going to kill her. It was probably a nice treat for her. Lighten up.

You're not the same woman who was ready to batter her husband because he once accidentally used an adult toothpaste on their toddler, are you?

The Peppa camp is quite divisive I see. I’d be raging too, tv is lazy parenting and creates lazy parents. He should have made more of an effort.

So all the folk who think TV is lazy parenting, don't you watch things like Blue Planet and The Life of Plants?

My DC loved David Attenborough documentaries from an early age and still do. Seems a real shame for kids to miss out those

Not great: 2 hours of tv
Much, much worse: 'raging' about it

I do kind of get you OP. I do majority of childcare for our children, so when my OH gets some time with them I kind of expect them to do something fun. More often than not he will stick them in front of TV/iPads and sit watching videos on his phone. It fills me with the rage as I am always expected to be the ‘fun’ parent who plays with them and organised activities etc. It’s draining!

Overreaction

I wouldn't have wanted mine to watch that much TV at that age but if there was an exceptional reason for it, it's not a big deal. If there wasn't, I do think 'raging' is a bit extreme, but I'd want a conversation where you agree what's OK and what's not with TV watching.

Loads of worse shows to watch than Peppa pig, Peppa pig actually has some good episodes; Rules of the playground; George and the smoothie for example.

Before you know it you will know all the songs like the bingo bong song, north star and recycle recycle recycle!

I yearn for the days my girl had Peppa on, now it's Victorious or icarly.

Did she actually sit there for 2 straight hours? Or was she pottering about playing at the same time.

Not that it's a massive deal, unless your point is you are disappointed he wasn't spending time with her. Where was he? Watching with her?

She watched TV for 2 hours aged 2. That's amazing. God I wish mine would have done that.
What's your issue really? Are you fed up because you don't let yourself be a TV watching parent? Peppa pig is a red herring

Not sure what the issue is really

I think you need to provide more context if you're going to convince people that was worth 'raging' over.

Did he sit on his arse for two hours? Or was he putting washing on, emptying the dishwasher etc?

Couldn't get worked up about it personally.

Seems long - but it’s only a bit longer than an average kids film really. I’d be more worried about your DH tbh - I’m not sure I could survive two full hours of Peppa Pig, it’s definitly more damaging to adults than to kids

I’ve never actually timed how long my child watches tv - sometimes we spend all day outside, other days we might spend the majority of the day in front of the tv. What harm do you seriously think it will do?

I'm not keen on raising children on tv. I have friends who have these childrens programmes on 24/7 its mind numbing. It hasn't done the kids any good ither, they are a nightmare,
A child should not be brought up by the television alone, it's ok now and then. I don't think 2 hours will kill her but not all day, everyday.
Why didn't he take her out for a long stimulating walk or to play in the park, softplay or anything interesting really if he doesn't see her that often?
Is he just passing time before he hands her back? Plonking her in front of a tv isn't exactly making memories is it?