I've nc as I'm embarrassed things have got this bad am looking for some advice on how to get ds to watch less tv.
I was determined there would be no tv til 2 but over the last few months its crept in and he now watches an hour in the morning - every morning, and it's always Peppa Pig, then half an hour at lunch time, and then an hour at bedtime, so that's 2.5 hrs of TV a day!
He goes to nursery three morning a week (in which case there no tv at lunchtime) and the rest of time he's with me, we'll be out everyday, the two full day he's with me we'll do 2 a actuvities a day (Gymboree, soft play, music classes, swimming etc) one in the AM and one in the PM. The days are very structured so when he's not watching tv (at the times i said) we are always doing something interactive.
He's bright (I think) can count independently to 10 at 20 months, can count backwards from 5 at 21 months, has just started reciting the planets in order (gets some wrong but still impressive I think) and started talking in sentences from 17 months.
This isn't stealth boasting I just want to give you all the full facts.
Do you think 2 - 2.5 hrs of TV a day is too much? When he gets hysterical peppa pig is the only thing can bribe him with and will calm him down. He talks about peppa constantly as well.
I honestly don't know what to do, and it seems like everyone else's toddler doesn't watch tv. I feel a bit like a shit mum. What am I doing wrong? Honestly t just crept up on me, it started off with one episode and now he's obsessed! He loves his peppa pig toy and when we're out in the street I feel like other mums are secretly judging me.