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I see nothing wrong with a limited amount of Tv a day. All kids are different as you know, my oldest loved Scooby Doo at 2 years and has always liked TV. I now have to limit his TV and games or he would spend all day in front of it. My second son has never been into TV, he is 5 and still won't really watch much of anything. He likes Back at the Barnyard and backyardigans, but thats pretty much it. My dd is 16 months old and she shows no interest in TV at all yet. My bf's son just turned 2 and his favorite movie is Harry Potter, he waves his fingers like a wond and jabbers spells, its really cute. So I guess for most its around 2 years, but not every kid will enjoy it.

I think my ds1 was about 18 months old when the TV started really grabbing his attention. When he was your lo's age he had minimal attention span but would watch maybe 5-10 mins at a time. If I needed to cook dinner and it was a show he really liked then it worked. He liked dancing and songs...so any show geared towards that was a hit. His attention span just started getting longer and he also acquired a taste in shows. One month he really likes Bob the Builder and the next month it's Winnie the Pooh or Thomas & Friends. I always just keep a limit to how much TV he can watch. At almost 22 months I allow him to watch about 1.5hrs worth of TV. That's 3 30min shows. And during other times the music is on low in the background. He is really really really into Thomas & Friends at the moment.

My son got into tv around 16-18 months as well when we discovered Between the Lions. He LOVES that show. He also likes sesame street, but really only the Elmo's World part. We watch half of Between the Lions in the morning as he drinks some milk before daycare, and half at night while I make dinner or Elmo. Other than that, he doesn't watch. :D

thanks everyone.Seems like i may have another year to wait until i get a little break.She glances at it for a minute or 2 maybe (and thats if she's tired) but other then that nothing much.