Wow! How sad! LOL!!

I think all kids must be this way. My grandchildren used to sit on the floor about a foot from the television set, transfixed. I don't think there's too much harm in them watching tv, as I think it's a learning process for them. They watch how other people behave, and relate to it. It gives them character, but do limit the watching to the children's programmes, then give him a break, by taking him out in the garden for a run-around, or for a short walk. They love to get outside as well... another learning curve. They love to watch birds, butterflies and are always most excited by squirrels... I wonder why??? lol. They also like to watch aeroplanes and buses, stuff like that... and the glory is, the fresh air and all the watching tires them and often they fall asleep for a couple of hours. You say it's sad that you have to watch all those kids' tv shows but when I minded a little girl in the village, from the age of seven months, as she grew, and learned to walk, we had to watch Teletubbies in the mornings. Not satisfied with watching, she used to have me doing all the dancing about and laying on the floor kicking my legs. Goodness knows what the guy though who was doing the garden! I can't look him in the eye any more. I bribed him with cups of coffee. ha ha ha ha ha. Thank you for this discussion. It brought back some wonderful and humorous moments! Brightest Blessings!

so whats sad in it? and why should anyone add LOL to something that's supposed to be sad? your post is full of paradoxes!

my baby is the same way as soon as she sees the tv she just stares at it. If I move her she just turns so that she can see it

QUITE ADVENTUROUS NARRATION. WHAT DOES LOL MEANS?

LOL! I don think its sad, your are now a typical parent. When my daughter was that small it was Mr. Roger's Neighborhood's entrance (Want to be your Neighbor) song I used to sing to her delight and the Seseme Street title song (Come and PLay) and the Numbers song (1-2-3) as well. I sang these to her own children when they began watching children's TV (LOL- pitiful).

I let my kids watch tv anytime...I especially love Dora...The backyardigans, blues clues,etc.I sing their song to my kids and we sometimes talk about what they did...I know most of the songs from the tv shows my kids watch..even though I'm busy..

Oh I totally understand what you mean! When I was pregnant I was like "no tv!" but now he has a few shows he watches everyday especially like you said on Nick Jr and PBS. He's 2 now so he's really starting to pick up on what he watches and most of the shows on those channels are good. And yeah, "wonder pets wonder pets we're on our way..." LOL

TV should just not be ALL your child does. I have not heard of a restriction under two. I can tell that your child is learning, and what is even better, the television shows are giving you a point to communicate with. It is adorable, and sounds pretty healthy to me.

ya shudnt try to switch off the tv when hes awake

That's nice.

My nephew's almost a year old, and he's been watching television since he was able to crawl. Everyone in our household and my sisters household (his mom) know the songs to Dora, Backyardigans, Go Diego Go, Blues Clues..lol..and then some. ;D I sing those songs to him aswell because it usually keeps him quiet and it puts him to sleep eventually. I don't see anything wrong with letting your kid watch tv.. We do it because if we don't, he gets in to EVERYTHING. So, we let him watch television, it keeps him calm and quiet.

It is a definite thing in this kind of situation so v need to avoid watching television in front of kids when they go to school or anywhere outside then it is time to watch or give them time to watch television for a scheduled time then they ll know some discipline.

generally they make these songs so they are very catchy, this means that you are probably not the only one that seems to know all the words to programs they dont usually watch lol.

yes, i agree, you can let them watch cartoon

Aww, that sounds like what happened to me when my little one was 2. She is 5 now, but I had the Wiggles theme song, Bear in the Big Blue House, Cailou, and Dora known by heart :-).

Well I think it is a good thing that you show him that you are picking up things from the programming you have him watch. Look at it like this, he is learning to sing from these shows. From that age they learn my imitation, so he sees you immitate the shows and he is more likely to immitate from that.

well you can let him watch cartoons (educational) i think he can learn from them too and its okay to let them watch.

well my daughter likes tv also! not the cartoon, she doesn't like them at all! there is a belgium group named K3, they have movies, songs, a tvprogramm, and a lot more(cookies, stickers etc) so everytime we sit in the car, she says: mama K3! and now she starts singing by herself so adorable! and ofcourse i know the songs too!(also other songs from tv) and it is not sad, it is fun!

well, i wud suggst u that u adjust toe brightness n contrast of tv screen so as to minimize the stress on the kids's eyes. thts the way to reduce the risk.

They are advantages and disadvanategs of being glued to the TV. From your story, the shows that you're letting your son watch are educational. I for one, I love Barney, I sing the finale song (I love you, you love me...) with my children when I'm tucking them in bed. I usually interact with them whenever they are watching these educational shows because it is a way of developing their vocabularies and using instances in the show to cite good values. Enjoy watching with your son, it will not be like that forever, by the time that he grows up, you can never know if he will still like to watch TV with you. So, enjoy it will it last.