My one year wants to watch tv, but doesn't like anything

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She throws herself at the tv dramatically, wailing and looks for the the remotes. So I put on something and she looks disgusted and goes to find the remote again to hand to me. I say what would you like and she makes a crying noise. I change it to something else. She makes a face, Mumma she says and points at the TV . I have no idea. I ask would you like Bus, nothing. Ahhhhhhh.

Tried nursery rhymes on YouTube/ Peppa Pig / Sarah & Duck she hates everything. I hide the remotes, wailing clinging to the tv unit starts ... No one can say I'm not trying. She watches only 15 seconds of anything before crying.

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I hope you find something soon that she can watch. I would hate to think she was missing out on staring at a screen at her age.

My 2 year old is the same and just keeps passing the remote to anyone in the house, he loves buses so will sit and watch videos of London buses on Youtube for around 30 minutes. There are hundreds of transport videos on YouTube.

He still loves to watch Blippi now and again Cocomelon, just wish he would watch Postman Pat or Thomas.

The only ones I could handle were Yo Gabba Gabba and Bubble Guppies.

Never ever find Caillou on YouTube. I'd murder that little Canadian arsehole with my bare hands if I could.

It sounds to me like your little girl saw something at one point that totally enthralled her and has been trying to get you to switch on that thing ever since. I think this because I remember my children doing this as toddlers - and me failing to locate what they wanted based on non-verbal gestures and crying, but randomly hitting on what it was unintentionally way down the line and the penny dropping "Oh, that's what you were on about when you were pointing at the TV and shouting dog/girl/man etc" The YouTube channel Cocomelon is fab by the way.

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The only ones I could handle were Yo Gabba Gabba and Bubble Guppies.

Never ever find Caillou on YouTube. I'd murder that little Canadian arsehole with my bare hands if I could.

Don't knock Caillou. Yes, he can be a whiny little boll*x, but I read somewhere that watching Caillou had same effect on brain as colouring in - there is definitely a place for that very basic, non-hyper narrative style of programme for young children. Just a pity they had to make him so whiny.

Maybe she likes the picture constantly changing and actually wants you to show her what the buttons do rather than watch tv.

Mine loved teletubbies at that age. It was like hypnosis to them.

At that age my daughter loved Singing Hands, lots on YouTube, I ended up buying the DVDs too.

My daughter loved singing hands (on youtube) and hey duggee (bbc iplayer) and still loves duggee more than ever a year later... twirlywoos, teletubbies and baby club were popular too

DipDap and Morph on YouTube
Little Baby Bum semi-infinite song loops on you tube
In the night garden on CBeebies
Alphablocks on YouTube (not to teach reading at this age!)

try the walking dead or sons of anarchy, all old but classic!

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Maybe it is just the buttons and sounds she likes. You can get play remote controls that make all the annoying noises that these things do but babies seem to love.

Try the fishtanks on Youtube.

I second the Baby Einstein DVDs. They had DD mesmerised. She still likes them now (age 9) when she's ill and needs something comforting and calming.

At one year she also started to enjoy the Wiggles (Rock A Bye Bear on a constant loop) and a few animated nursery rhymes on YouTube. There's a Twinkle Twinkle Little Star one with an owl that she found particularly poignant. Hickory Dickory Dock where the elephant ends up smashing the clock to bits, and a very trippy version of The Wheels On The Bus featuring a purple dancing bus and a cast of highly colourful creatures. Not for the faint-hearted, that one.

My DS loved Bruno Mars, Zumba and Psy Gangnam Style at this age, so if you have a smart TV try some music videos and dance along too...

Cocomelon, and videos of herself haha.

If it's causing you stress then I'd just not let her watch anything though. How old is she? I stopped my 13 month old watching TV while we ate because it was becoming too stressful. It only took a day or two for her to adjust to not having it. Not to say she never watches screens but I decided to get rid of the screen time that was more trouble than it was worth.

HearMeSnore we had that Wheels on the Bus dvd. It was quite hypnotic.
(Apparently it's award winning and there are sequels).

My one year old loves Disney songs, Super Simple songs, Bing, Teletubbies, Tee & Mo, Hey Duggee, and anything with Justin Fletcher.