My 20 month old will only watch Bluey, I've tried putting other shows on so she has a variety, but she just keeps asking for Bluey! Do i need to add more shows??

Please comment on ways to get her to watch new shows!!

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No. Babies/toddlers like repetition & to be fair, it'll help with their learning if they see/hear the same story's all of the time.

We only watch peppa pig and puffin rock on repeat. I only put on puffin rock because I was bored of peppa and now it's nice to offer her a choice between the two.

My 3 yr old loves paw patrol and will only ask for paw patrol and frozen. You try to get her to watch something else and sometimes it will end in tears. If they enjoy it, no reason to change it 😊

Bluey is amazing, you don't need anything else

A lot of toddlers do this, I think they’re starting to build patterns which is amazing and should be supported 10000% I only get concerned if they’re watching something that’s bad for them, I think she’s alright

Ours is peppa pig on repeat. I think they just like what they like!

Bluey is probably the least annoying thing your baby could watch, so I wouldn't be worried about her having variety if that's what she likes.

Sarah & Duck is vastly underrated

What I do with my two toddlers is we take it in turns to choose a show (the three of us) so it looks fair and then there’s a variety and even though they get upset sometimes when it’s someone else’s turn I just reiterate you’ll get your turn afterwards. Also if you go on YouTube kids you can see the thumbnails of different things and different pictures MIGHT interest her as well loool

Mine likes the wiggles, bounce patrol, Ms Rachel, but he can be dead fussy so I put dancing fruits on and he usually watches that x

Kids don’t need any tv… so no you dont need to add more shows. It’s developmentally normal for this age to like repetition - they are learning!
My daughter will have a days where she wants to read the same book over and over.

To be honest, I wish Bluey was all my little boy watched. It used to be Ms Rachel & Cocomelon when he was a lot younger, which were both very annoying. Although he did learn a lot from Ms Rachel. Now it is Blippi, Bing, Bluey, Thomas the Tank Engine, Gecko's Garage, Tractor Ted or Ms Moni, who is the Australian version of Ms Rachel and a lot less annoying to listen to.

I love Gecko’s Garage and Tractor Ted!! Haha and Blippi’s quite good too.

Try the bluey/ bingo and someone else videos on YouTube theres a dancing 1 it's cute

My son always asks for Bumble Nums 😅

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