We were quite strict on no screen time til she was closer to 2, maybe some mr tumble now and again. She goes to my parents one day a week and my in laws one day so very lucky. But being in their 60s they understandably need a break and she watches tv there. I didnt mind maybe 20 mins per day, I would let her watch after daycare here to unwind and honestly it helped me a lot with my pregnancy. But now she is asking to watch tv all day every day, its the first thing she says when we get downstairs and I want to cry tbh! Today we did a no tv day at all and it was ROUGH! You would think she usually watches it for hours by how many times she cried over me saying no. We go out in nature every day and do crafts etc but I just cant stand the whining ‘watch tv now’ from dawn til dusk!!! But now she will be at my in laws tomorrow. I dont know what to do xx
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We've gone back and forth to watching too much TV to no TV a number of times for various reasons. When we want to reduce it, we usually just go cold turkey and just find other things to do. I've found it a bit similar to taking the dummy away, in a sense that it does get better after 2-3 days.
I totally get you, but don't be too hard on yourself. We're all just doing our best out here.