tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397152497727409328.post733026811311297185..comments2014-02-23T15:01:11.281-05:00Comments on All in a Day!: Too much TV??Cerinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319665552009439303noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1397152497727409328.post-91194697109283387192011-04-06T10:29:29.981-04:002011-04-06T10:29:29.981-04:00hmmm.. good question! I'm really like you - pr...hmmm.. good question! I'm really like you - proud that my son doesn't really care for tv. However, we do put on a certain song dvd for him once a week (usually sunday afternoon). I sort of made a promise to myself that I would only allow it once a week for a half hour and no more... Ok now time for a confession: The other day, he was refusing to eat his dinner and it's really important that he eats since he's lost weight in his last checkup so I decided to try a distracting method, and my distraction was - the dvd. Let me tell you - it worked! he ate a great dinner! I'm not proud of this and by no means think this is a good idea and it only happened the one time. But I do foresee this happening again. I strongly believe that children should not be spending time in front of the tv but sometimes, it just works! and I guess this now goes back to your question on how to limit the amount? my son is younger than yours so I find that I can usually distract him with another toy or book but I'm not sure if that would still work with a 3 year old. Maybe it's not so bad that he's spending time watching tv now especially since you have an infant to take care of... have you considered maybe signing him up for afternoon activities? some kind of a toddler music/gym class? <br />Oh and one last thing about the "brain" issue with watching tv at a young age. I'm not sure what it does to the child's development but I do know that tv can end up wiring up the brain so that it makes it harder to fall asleep... <br />To make a long story short - keep us updated on what you decide to do. I'm sure it'll be worthwhile info for all moms...mina barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452029932102581510noreply@blogger.com