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how do I stop 2yo dd whining for cbeebies all the time?

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painfullyhonest · 29/01/2011 11:14

She wants it on all the time. She does play a bit while it's on but also does the glazed eyes look and no response when I talk to her....

Very annoying when there are lots of toys around. I have an entire kitchen to clean and she is currently plugged in again because I don't have time to sit on the floor for another 20 minutes building towers of blocks. Well I do have time but then the kitchen will continue to look disgusting (made a curry last night).

I've offered her kitchen bits, I've read her a story, I've done blocks. I just want to get on without having to keep the tv on.

I have such mixed feelings about telly. Surely she is going to grow up using computers/screens more than my generation does, she only watches educational stuff - but I know it's not good that she'd rather be entertained than entertain herself. She is very bright, very articulate and very lively. I don't want any of that to change!

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painfullyhonest · 03/02/2011 19:46

I've spent the last few days saying no a lot to the whine - and she is now being a bit less whingy about it. Am trying to limit it to the end of the day - when I am doing supper and just after. I am also reading more stories to her as a "filler" and also trying to be more organised about her meals so I know I much time I have for fannying about focussed play Grin

Having said that, I also ordered her 2 new dvds but they are good ones and are more for the weekend afternoons. Ahem. She doesn't know about them so can't bug me about them... yet.

thank goodness sun has been out a bit so playground time isn't so miserable! Today we were at the playground and she trundled over in a car and asked "Mummy, are you ok?" I said I was a bit cold and ready to go home... she didn't take the hint, sadly.

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