You've got a very "easy" toddler, KatieRabbit. Not all children "don't need entertaining". I have a very demanding child and he does need me to play with him and entertain him. He asks me to read to him, play this with him, sing to him, be with him, hold him... and he also asks to help me cook and clean. He never explored the world himself, not without me with him.

I've done TV days before, when I've been ill. TV can be a godsend! But we have days when it's not on at all. DS can get a bit mesmerised and I'd rather he interact than stand and stare. I would say that the children I've seen who have grown up with constant TV do have problems... but that's probably because their parents plonk them in front of the TV and do little interaction with them. This is just what I have seen - I do know this doesn't have to be the case, it just is in the few cases I know of IRL. I know DS has a lot more fun and is a lot more fun when we don't bother with TV. Plus I get sick of him nagging for The Incredibles or Thomas the tank engine.