Hiya guys
I just wanted to post to say that we do have the TV on a fair bit in our house and that Ciara does watch it.
Sometimes she will choose to watch a whole programme (10-15 mins) of the wiggles, postman pat, barney or whatever. Othertimes she will ignore the TV and play with her toys, read books, sing with us or whatever. Othertimes she will play away and occasionally glance at the TV. She is just as happy and content playing with toys, playing outside, reading books, threading, drawing etc etc as she is watching a programme. She will sometimes ask if she can watch a dvd or programme and that is fine by me. She doesn't tanturm to have her programmes on and doesn't bat an eyelid if I have the news on.
In my opinion this is ok and I choose not to stop her watching TV. Having said that, I would NEVER allow her to sit staring at the TV all day. Ciara is almost 3, and I realise that this is different for small babies.
Anyway ... I just wanted to post our view, whilst being mindful of the advice/research above x