How much screentime?

Question

I'm a sahm and my March toddler is with me 24/7- no school yet or other care takers except Dad a few hours a day. No naptime anymore. 
Just curious how much screentime everyone else is REALLY doing with their kid? Everything- tv, tablet in the car, screens while pottying, screens while eating, and whatever else... 
We have about 2 hours of "official" screentime throughout the day, but she might also watch the tablet in the car and with one thing and another it all adds up.  
I'm just wondering what other people are ACTUALLY doing and if I'm beating myself up trying to meet some AAP standard that no one else can meet either?

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Keeping a count on screen time stresses me out. Some days I don’t turn on the tv at all and other days my baby is fussy and sleep regressing so my toddler watches tv almost non stop. But I only let her have screen time on the tv or in restaurants. So none during meal times, on the potty, in her room, while outside, in the car, etc. and when Netflix pops the screen up asking if anyone is still watching I turn the tv off 😂 I know we’ve been watching too much at that point

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I do an hour in the morning, about 30 minutes before or after nap. Not always, but most of the time just because it seems to make transitions nicer....And then sometimes while I'm cooking dinner if I need to use it. Good ole technology. Idk how women did it in the past without it. 🤣

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My tele on from min my son gets up to min he goes to bed. Not saying he watches it all that time since he at school half days Mon-fri then when he home he either playing r summit however by god u dare turn the tele over cuz world war 3 breaks out lol

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All day everyday. It’s not as “bad” as everyone makes it out to be. It’s very educational and teaches alot depends on what you allow them to watch. Vocabulary grows with it also. But hey that’s my opinion. I’m not gonna stress myself out about keeping track of his screen time. He continues to play while it’s on. I guess he uses it as background noise most of the time. But 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m just a mom living in his world 😂😂😂

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Oh man, this stresses me out too. I don’t count the time but try to be cognizant. My mom does daycare in her home and that’s where he is everyday. The TV is on for background noise but they rarely sit and watch it. He no longer naps, though, so gets to spend nap time with the big kids which is usually a movie and quiet activity (puzzles, game, etc). He is currently obsessed with Dino ranch and we watch 2-3 of the ten minute episodes every night before bed. My mom has a tablet and he gets to play games at the end of the day. We generally don’t do tablet or phone in restaurants, etc but the other day we we went to lunch with family really late and they took forever and he was starving and I caved on an episode of Dino ranch while we waited for food. I’m sure it all adds up to more than I’d like… Also, though, we flew from Phoenix to Alaska yesterday. Two flights, 2.5 and 3.5 hours, starting at 7am and both planes had TVs with free movies and shows. And he actually watched things. I’ve never been so happy in my life. This is the first flight I’ve taken in three years where it wasn’t a constant dog and pony show of providing entertainment. I feel zero guilt.

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Honestly our TV is on most of the day if we're home, solely because I like background noise. They don't necessarily just sit and watch - usually playing around, stopping to catch the odd things on the screen. Ours is typically showing songs from Simple Songs or the like or Disney songs to sing - not so much actual shows. We don't do tablets yet for anything (car, restaurants, rooms). For quiet time, we put a Bluetooth speaker in her room and play a Playlist for her from our phones (also keeps me off my phone which is a bonus). 
I dont count the hours I just make sure we aren't camped in front of the TV for too long.

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We try to keep it a minimum because we notice a difference in her behavior when she has a lot of screen time. It's obviously addicting to her and she'll go nuts if she's denied it.
But I'm very pregnant expecting my second any day, so there has been a lot of screen time lately 😂
We watch cartoons in the morning. Anything from 20 minutes to an hour depending on when she gets up.
She has 20 minutes when she gets home from daycare. And then sometimes half an hour or worst case an hour before dinner.
We have on purpose avoided any screen time in the car and after dinner. 
And we are gonna try cut down the TV before dinner, but it's really very helpful and the same with the morning 😅

How much screentime?

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