how much TV (cebeebies) does your 15m old watch?

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Very curious to compare if DD is a telly addict- please be honest

xx

too much. really. (too to say)

wasn't interested at 15m

at nearly 2 - can occupy her for up to 2 hours

only discovered that the other day when i was poorly and desperate though

oh crikey you are worse than me SDCC lol!!!

come on you lot

DD usually watches one programme from C Beebies in the morning, and one in the afternoon. Don't usually have it on at any other time unless one of us is ill.

DS (13mo) just watches ten minutes of In The Night Garden before bed. He is far too fidgety to pay attention for any longer than that.

Oh, and I sometimes have Deal Or No Deal on in the afternoon but he ignores it apart from waving at Noel occasionally.

None.
From what I've read, it's having it in the background that can reduced their focused play and learning, rather than sitting down to watch something with mum (dad/ sister/neighbour, before anyone thinks I'm judging).
I can see the temptation, but having read about it, just no way am I taking that risk.

17 months, around 30-40 mins a day (bedtime hour). Although to be honest the CM might park him in front of it and how would we know...? She claims not to.

He sometimes picks up the remote and shouts 'BEEBIES' during the day.

Oh, 15months. And I have some suspicions about childminder too

Still, I was raised on a diet of unfettered access to Teddy Edward, Pipkins and Crown Court while munching on Findus Crispy Pancakes. Hasn't done me any harm.

i take it back

dd1 is off sick and is parked under a duvet in front of beebies

dd2 is more than happy to join her

i am not going to contemplate how long they are going to stay there

DS is 16mo. He watches 1 episode each (5 mins) of Thomas and the Magic Roundabout (both videos) a day. He also quite often points at the computer, meaning that he wants to play a game of In the Night Garden (Cbeebies website) - but again, we only do that once a day (max).

We are still in the 19th century and don't have DVD or Cbeebies. Whilst I'd quite like to get them, I suspect it would be a temptation for both of us to watch too much TV!

DH didn't have a TV when he was a child, and my mother made me feel that wanting to watch anything on ITV was "bad"! . Poor DS!

thanks all - DD watches about 2 hours a day so I am feeling a bit but I've got to eat and wash-up damn it !!! LOL

If you're feeling embarrassed about the amount she watches, that should tell you that it's probably too much. Can the two of you not eat together during the day?

No - I have to concentrate on feeding her properly then I eat.

To be honest, I don't feel at all anymore. I do what I can, we are out at groups every day, just come back from one now in fact. I think it is more to do with this awful weather and our rotten colds that we have been a bit goggle eyed. I don't have it on as background. She really enjoys her little programmes. What the heck.

None. [smug emoticon]
I have a couple of dvds - Thomas and Night Garden that we watch when ds is feeling poorly, and sometimes we watch videos of fire engines and diggers on YouTube.
We bought a tv cabinet when ds started to crawl to protect it from him (and vice-versa) and it was the best thing we've done. He's 2.2 now and not very interested.
I don't think a bit of tv is a bad thing, it just caused so much grief in my house when I was little and my dh is a complete addict - you can't have a conversation with him when he's watching, and he'll watch anything AND flick through the channels constantly . I don't want to go down that road!

Another "None" here.

We had it and then the telly broke. Never got around to buying a new one...been about 2 years now. Don't miss it at all. If DS wants to watch one of his DVDs he can use the laptop, though it only really entertains him for about 10mins and then he is off again.

We eat together as much as possible and he just plays around the place while I do housework.

I should say though that he is a remarkably chilled out little kid. He is almost 4 now.