too much tv

my son knows nearly the whole story line of shrek... yeah i sometimes think he watches too much tv and like jake they run areound and play while it is on and i do wonder if they are picking up more than they should. i try and have it off during the day... so will turn on in the morning (depending on what time we get up) and turn off when the kids programs finish or flick to either the maori channel for their kids show or good morning. then i try not to let them watch anything till 3 when the go show is on - unless they are too busy having fun and playing then i wont tell them. gabriel goes DOH! when the simpsons comes on which surprises me cause we dont watch that as a rule.

I haven't got Hannah onto tv, just to movies. Then I can pre-watch them (usually I'll just watch it with her the first time - especially looking out for "scary" bits), and there are no ads. Although the rule is "one movie per day" we have just introduced her to an educational game on the computer and that gets a lot of time and attention. I was thinking of limiting her time based on her age, just not sure yet whether it will be 1/2 hour per year of age or 1 hour. And that's split up over morning/afternoon. Tempting as it is, I don't like to use the computer as a babysitter.

Go Harvery Norman, GO!!!!

Sometimes I have the TV on in the mornings but she doesnt actually sit still long enough to watch anything anymore. Does really like the zoo tho and trents big cat advernture (or whatever its called).

Charlotte still runs around in her undies going "undies undies... togs!". Hehe :o)

We let her watch one Hi-5 or little einstein DVD each morning, they are about 40 minutes. I think they say anything over an hour and it can start to have negative effects eg- increased risk for ADD/ADHD, obesity etc.