People of kids under 18 months hermione, does C atcutally sit and watch it or is she up and playing while its on? DD would never sit still to watch a show, she will play and glance at it every once in a while
C watches every second of the shows I listed - anything else and she walks away to play.
This is probably flameful, but 18 months? It started with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He would stare at the tv, silently watching and he would wail if you turned it off. Then it moved to Pocoyo then Peppa Pig and now at 3 years old he's in a Thomas phase.
He likes Yo Gabba Gabba ... he likes the songs and the weird characters dancing. I don't get it either, but if it'll keep him busy while I get lunch ready, then I give no fucks about it! Have at it!
this .. around 18 months MMC ... then onto Caillou (cringe) and at just 5 she's totally into Sofia the First and Sheriff Callie's Wild West
I think DS was around 22 months when I broke down and turned on the TV for a break.
There are a few cartoons that I can stand watching. When DS was younger he didn't really show a preference, so I put on ones that didn't drive me bananas like Little Einsteins, Octonauts, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Now he watches them occasionally, but he likes Paw Patrol and Team Umi Zoomi. He goes through phases of which ones he likes best.
I've never watched Yo Gabba Gabba and don't have a desire too. I find any show with actually people to be way too cheesy for my taste.
Post by kittycatlove on Aug 7, 2014 13:40:04 GMT -5
DS was around 18 months when he first started to be a bit interested in tv, but we picked the shows at that point. I think around 2.5 he started dictating what he wanted to watch.
He would get hooked (as still does, actually) on one show for a while and then switch to another after a few weeks of watching the same thing over and over again.
The first shows he watched were Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (still runs a favorite), Doc McStuffins and Yo Gabba Gabba (which I've now banned, I really don't like that show).
At 3 he's still watching MMC, Doc, but also like Ocotnauts, Bubble Guppies, Peppa Pig, and Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
We started allowing "real" TV shows a few months ago... probably around 18-19 months? Before that, we'd only done a few YouTube videos here and there. Anyway, we tried a few PBS shows and E was enraptured... for the theme song. Then he would just say "more? more?" until we replayed the song. That applied to several PBS shows. After pugz said something about how much G likes Daniel Tiger, I decided to give that a shot. It was an immediate hit. So, my answer is ~20 months for us.
He watches probably three episodes a week. Usually one each weekend morning, and one on one weekday evening when he's just in a mood. The favorite is "Prince Wednesday Goes Potty." "If you have to go potty, STOP! and go right away..."
DD watches Sesame Street until it's a non-Elmo part. Then she loses interest.
Is there an Elmo-only version?
The last 20 minutes is always Elmo. I used to turn on episodes from On Demand and just fast forward to Elmo's World. I would also read the descriptions and only turn on ones where the main story featured Elmo.
DD1 was solidly Elmo-obsessed by 18 months. DH started her on other PBS shows when he would bet up with her on Saturday mornings while I slept in -- Thomas and Dinosaur Train mostly. Around age 2 her Little Einsteins obsession started, and she refused to watch anything else for over a year (she also had the main character, Leo, as her imaginary friend for about two years -- it was a serious obsession).
I tried showing DD1 Yo Yo Gabba once, and she thought it was awful.
DD2 (13 months) will watch Elmo, but when DD1 watches Olivia she is mesmerized -- like, totally zoned out. It's weird.
Hmm DD is 17 months and I can not get her to watch tv! darn, when will they watch?? (flameful right?)
On sat mornings we watch cartoons, usually Do mcstuffins and sofia the first, jake and the neverland pirates.. DD pays attention for maybe 5 secs tops?
Her current favorite thing to watch is a Captain Morgan commercial that plays this song that goes, Uh OHHHH she sings it and dances to it everytime. it comes on everynight on ESPN at 5:45, so DH makes sure to have it on. haha
It sounds weird, but I think thosenshows are more aimed at preschoolers, not toddlers. My five year old really likes all that stuff on Disney Junior, but I don't think she would have at that age.
If you really want her to watch something, I'd try Elmo, Thomas, Barney, etc. More PBS kid's stuff. :-)
No flames from me! My younger DD has been in front of her sister's programs since birth.
Hmm DD is 17 months and I can not get her to watch tv! darn, when will they watch?? (flameful right?)
On sat mornings we watch cartoons, usually Do mcstuffins and sofia the first, jake and the neverland pirates.. DD pays attention for maybe 5 secs tops?
Her current favorite thing to watch is a Captain Morgan commercial that plays this song that goes, Uh OHHHH she sings it and dances to it everytime. it comes on everynight on ESPN at 5:45, so DH makes sure to have it on. haha
It sounds weird, but I think thosenshows are more aimed at preschoolers, not toddlers. My five year old really likes all that stuff on Disney Junior, but I don't think she would have at that age.
If you really want her to watch something, I'd try Elmo, Thomas, Barney, etc. More PBS kid's stuff. :-)
No flames from me! My younger DD has been in front of her sister's programs since birth.
I think you're right, haha I probably had those on because they were more interresting to ummm me! haha