Letting DS watch so much tv

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Previously , the TV would occasionally be on at home but we never put on childrens tv so
ds 19 months never paid the Tv attention .

4 weeks ago I started maternity leave and I started putting on In the night garden on the days DS wasn’t at nursery .

DS goes to nursery 3 long days . On his 4 days off , he plays in the garden , goes out for a walk for at least an hour , loves to read books and he plays happily with his cars. Often nanny cokes
over and takes him for walks and we take him
to a library story session Each week .

The issues is he will now happily watch the tv for 30 mins at a time and he is doing this 3 times a day on his days at home
( morning , afternoon and before bed)

He now points to the tv ! I feel so guilty. I explain no we only have it on when mummy says and he is fine with that but I hate I have got him
into watching TV ! I feel so bad for letting him have 90 mins a day . A month ago he’d never watched tv!

Im 39 weeks pregnant and I just haven’t the energy I used to have. I know when baby gets here it will be tiring For a while but I know I’ll get my grove back and be out and busy .

Ahhhhh!
AIBU ? Am I starting a slippery slope of tv?

Honestly, it’s fine. DD had about that much at that age. She’s now 5 and watches 10 minutes in the morning and maybe 20 minutes before bed. At the weekends more like half an hour in the morning. And that’s her choice, she’s really not bothered, I think because I never really made a big deal of it. I don’t let her watch crap – we only have CBeebies or Disney+ – but otherwise I’ve always been pretty relaxed and as a result she is too.

TV is not the enemy it’s made out to be. And you’ll have to relax about it when there’s a new baby added to the mix!

Please be kind to yourself ❤️ these last few weeks are so tough and a bit of tv really won’t hurt! Take the weight off and give yourself a break!

Oh goodness please don't worry!! Looking after wee ones is hard enough without heaping on the guilt. It sounds like your boy has a very full and happy life, a couple of hours tv a day is honestly fine :) also, put your feet up and give yourself a break, being pregnant is HARD!

I really would not worry. You are doing lots of other things with him too - I honestly think I would only be damaging if he was watching TV all the time, and never going out or doing other things.....

My daughter watched at least this much TV if not more at this age - it's something I was always pretty relaxed about - and she is an extremely healthy, high-achieving (as much as they can be at that age), delightful 11 year old now, with lots of hobbies and friends etc.

And yes she does still like TV! But is in no way worryingly obsessed with it.

All things in moderation are fine. Well most things anyway.

Honestly you will look back on this when they’re older and laugh at yourself. tv is fine if he’s active and doing loads of other stuff. My kids are 5 and 3 and after a long day of school and nursery and clubs all they want to do is flop in front of the telly. Love a film on a winter weekend. TV isn’t evil- don’t feel bad.

Do people genuinely get themselves wound up about this? I don't see the problem?

It’s the sort of thing you only think about with your first! When you have another kid you’ll find they watch loads more simply because the older one is watching it/can work the remote and if they’re both watching TV you can drink coffee in peace so you no longer care what’s happening