Tv time?

Do what you feel is best, as long as your little one is watching age appropriate shows you shouldn’t be too worried about it. We’re humans at the end of the day and we need a break, can’t entertain a toddler 24/7. Take it easy on yourself hun x

Honestly in my opinion do what works best for you. I let my daughter watch tv when I have to get stuff done. I try to put educational stuff or anything that isn’t super stimulating for her to watch.

My restrictions around the tv come from watching my sons mood. If the tv is on before 12 then the evenings (the time I’m alone with him while his dad is at work) is often harder. But if it’s a case of me needing half an hour to wake up (I agree - pregnancy is rough) and then I can take him for a walk that seems to work too. Also using it as background noise with occasional watching vs staring at the tv for six hours is very different.

I’m 11 weeks pregnant and there was a week or two where I relied on the tv a lot 😅 nausea and exhaustion this pregnancy is kicking my butt. Sometimes you just have days where you’re trying to survive and that’s okay!

We do some TV time but try to limit it as much as possible. My neighbours were telling me that their 5yr old grandchildren will just refuse to go outside in the garden because they're just glued to the screens and I find that really sad. Me and my daughter currently love being outside and I really hope I can keep that going for her whole life! But she's only 17months, the outside world is more interesting that screens at the moment...

We’ve made it two years with minimal to no tv time. I’ve only just started letting my daughter watch short episodes of slow paced shows since I’ve had my son in February. She watched a bit while I was pregnant but I was very mindful of setting boundaries around screen time. Previously she would get to look at nature/animal content on YouTube and some music. We’ve been on vacation since last Friday and we haven’t turned on the tv once. We did a 5+ hour train ride and totally screen free activities the entire journey. She likes to read and do activities so that’s what she usually requests. It’s definitely habitual. There was a short period while I was pregnant where she started asking for tv more because she was watching it almost daily and her emotions were definitely affected by it. So I backtracked and cut it down. Did not enjoy the way it was affecting her mood. I’ve been prepping more activities for her to do during the day, to have something ready for her when she needs it.