To be jealous of this ?

[twirlywoo12]

Every time I see a mum of a toddler say on social media " film day" " chilling film day" with their toddler ( pic of toddler sat there chilling enjoying the movie ) I just think what am I doing wrong ?

My toddler never sits still . He will be 2 in a few months and doesn't stop moving from the moment he wakes until bed . He will just about sit still for a meal that's it .

They are probably going to give the child a life long habit,of sitting in front of screens, instead of doing something more active and interesting at home with them.

Neither of my boys would sit through a tv programme let alone a film until they were about 3.5, definitely not at 2. You're not doing anything wrong! People post all sorts of bollocks on social media but some kids are also more placid, don't worry about it.

Thomas the tank engine was my saviour.
I had a tape of a film that my boys would watch before bed to ensure they didn't fall asleep and got them through the witching hour before my husband came through the door.
They were train mad.
That tape saved my sanity on many a day.
It was the only time they slowed down and were peaceful.
😁

I have 2 boys. One loves a cuddle and will sit watching a film any day of the week but it involves a full conversation around every single scene. Even so he wouldn't have sat for an hour before he was about 2.5.
My littlest is not yet a year but is wild. He actively pulls away from a cuddle and just wants to explore and be up to mischief. He certainly wont sit for even 10 seconds!

LOL you aren't doing anything wrong. I think mst toddlers struggle to sit through an entire film. Never mind an entire day of it!

It’s not social media lies that some toddlers will sit still and of course you can be jealous. I don’t think small children watching whole films is something to be proud of, some will do it and some won’t but i spend time sitting on the sofa with a blanket reading with my 20 month old at some point every day and it’s peaceful and nice, though doesn’t get mentioned on social media as I wouldn’t expect anyone else to care.

There are toddlers who are quiet in front of a video, but your toddler sounds very healthy. I think you should be proud that you have such an active child, albeit that it must be exhausting

On SM it's very easy, very easy indeed for parents to make out their kids are little saints and their lives are perfect. You only live with your own child.
Let's be honest its rarely if ever that you see posts saying. "Oh little Timmy-Joe was a little shit today" No one posts about the negatives do they.
Im calling bull shit that any toddler would and could sit for what 90 minutes throughout a film. My DD certainly never did. Shed watch it then potter round and come back to it and so on.

I would think it's rarer to have a kid that young that will actually sit through a film in its entirety quietly. I would from the age of 2/3 but don't think that's normal to be honest.

Social media is just a picture. You didn't see the mum wrestling with the child, the chasing, the screaming, and then the superglue being put into the floor to get them to stay.

my 2 year old wouldnt watch a film for more than 2 minutes, to be honest most others dont as well so most of those posts are lies what they mean is they have put a film on and the toddler will watch abit whilst playing with something else or screaming at you

My nearly 5 year old will still not sit through a film (unless it’s frozen). Whereas my nearly 6 year old is happy with a movie night. I wanted to show the kids all of the old Disney films (Mary poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks etc.), but found that unless something really exciting happened in the first 5 mins they were not interested, and some of those films take a while to get going.

Mine turns 2 in a few months and while it’s an arse to parent, I’m quite pleased that DC is always active.

My dd and then my dgd always got totally absorbed in television, films, videos. It's not a virtue, just different types of people.

I didn't have a tv when my dd was young, so I thought it was because of that, but my dgd has had too much screen since she was born and is exactly the same.

Non of mine would ever sit down for a full movie, at that age. Even now, they’re 8 & 5, they usually pause the movie several times and do other things before going back to it!

When my ds was that age he didn't sit still for more than twenty seconds...literally. My niece is the same. My dd could concentrate on tasks and sit still from toddlerhood. I think my dd was the more unusual for that.

My kids are just turned 3 and 4, only once have they sat through a film, Frozen 2 the first tine they saw it. I got 15 minutes of Tangled with the 3 year olds today and was chuffed with that. Then they went off and played and I watched it!

It's not necessarily fake as some suggest as my boy does sit still for a full film BUT it's not actually something I show offf about as I'm more embarrassed that I've resorted to tv so I wouldn't be broadcasting it on social media anyways

At 2 mine did not want to sit and watch. Only playgroups kept me sane as I could chat with other parents there.

Social media is a depression trigger tbh. Real life is not a still image, and if it was, it would not be what people post.

I think it's much healthier for children to be active curious and on the go

They’re lying !

Ime a child approaching 2 doesn't have the attention span to watch a whole film, so to use donalds trump's phrase its fake news!
Its social media not real life