i'm in my first trimester of pg #2. we've gone back and forth on the tv thing. dd watched none, aside from maybe a movie or two until probably a month before her second birthday. she got sick then, and so did i, and that was our intro to tv. since then, like i said, it has been back and forth. when she's under the weather, or the weather is AWFUL we have done tv. we went through a spurt in mid-summer when we watched a pbs kids show a couple afternoons a week when it was too stinkin' hot to be outside. dh and i both were uncomfortable with how attached she became to the tv, even with just 30 min. a day, so we decided to move the tv into our guest room for rare viewing only. we don't have cable.
nice plan, but now i'm pregnant and very sick. my last pregnancy was also challenging--i have days when i don't hold any food down all day. my mw has encouraged as much rest as possible, with the threat of bedrest, to keep me from the point i reached last time--losing 15 pounds, emotionally exhausted, dehydrated, etc.
so....dd is now watching about an hour each afternoon so i can rest. we go into the guest room, i close the door, we lay down, and she watches/i doze. she doesn't nap, so this is as close as i get to rest. i hate the tv part though, but she's too young to give me a chance to rest without this time. she usually watches a storybook-type dvd from the library or part of a musical. no tv shows. i try to avoid characters, but that is challenging. the only two we've had so far are arthur and curious george. absolutely nothing disney or nickelodion. she's pretty good with it--she knows that right now, while mommy isn't feeling well, that we watch/rest after lunch. she doesn't ask/cry for it at other times, like she did when it was in our living room and on at more sporadic times. i think it is out of sight/out of mind the rest of the day.
so, how hard is it going to be take it away when i'm feeling better? i'm hoping that when the sickness passes i'll be good without the rest, but if not, will 8 months of this really get her hooked/be damaging? i hate the situation...i don't have family in town nor do i have close enough friends to ask someone else to take over daily, and dh works full time and is in grad school full time. i just struggle with the taking care of myself/damaging dd mental argument. can anyone suggest programs on dvd that aren't too bad. we do have a few gaiam yoga kids videos/signing time for those crappy weather days, but they don't hold her attention enough for me to rest. sadly, i'm looking for something that will be entertaining for her, enough that i can close my eyes for at lest a half hour a day.
tia.
nice plan, but now i'm pregnant and very sick. my last pregnancy was also challenging--i have days when i don't hold any food down all day. my mw has encouraged as much rest as possible, with the threat of bedrest, to keep me from the point i reached last time--losing 15 pounds, emotionally exhausted, dehydrated, etc.
so....dd is now watching about an hour each afternoon so i can rest. we go into the guest room, i close the door, we lay down, and she watches/i doze. she doesn't nap, so this is as close as i get to rest. i hate the tv part though, but she's too young to give me a chance to rest without this time. she usually watches a storybook-type dvd from the library or part of a musical. no tv shows. i try to avoid characters, but that is challenging. the only two we've had so far are arthur and curious george. absolutely nothing disney or nickelodion. she's pretty good with it--she knows that right now, while mommy isn't feeling well, that we watch/rest after lunch. she doesn't ask/cry for it at other times, like she did when it was in our living room and on at more sporadic times. i think it is out of sight/out of mind the rest of the day.
so, how hard is it going to be take it away when i'm feeling better? i'm hoping that when the sickness passes i'll be good without the rest, but if not, will 8 months of this really get her hooked/be damaging? i hate the situation...i don't have family in town nor do i have close enough friends to ask someone else to take over daily, and dh works full time and is in grad school full time. i just struggle with the taking care of myself/damaging dd mental argument. can anyone suggest programs on dvd that aren't too bad. we do have a few gaiam yoga kids videos/signing time for those crappy weather days, but they don't hold her attention enough for me to rest. sadly, i'm looking for something that will be entertaining for her, enough that i can close my eyes for at lest a half hour a day.
tia.
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