TV shows for 17 month old on a plane

[Anonymous]

Cocomelon
Daniel Tiger
Peppa Pig
Blippi

Videos and pics of themselves

Look into interactive apps like Petting Zoo, Crayola, etc.,

More than screens (which, depending on your kid, may or may not work. We lucked out for a period where Lufthansa had a one or two minute ad which was cats on a plane, that we must have repeated no less than 1000 times), just bring things for busy work. Vinyl stickers, finger puppets, many things that are wrapped, and so, so many snacks. He’s little, but some fidgets he can play with under your supervision, like stress balls or a Rubik’s cube.

[Anonymous]

We travelled long distance at that age; screens were constant but they sure helped to give short bursts of distractions. Favorites were

Disney shorts:
Lava
Bao
For the Birds
Lifted

Prime:
Stick Man
The Snowman

Netflix:
Robin Robin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We travelled long distance at that age; screens were constant but they sure helped to give short bursts of distractions. Favorites were

Disney shorts:
Lava
Bao
For the Birds
Lifted

Prime:
Stick Man
The Snowman

Netflix:
Robin Robin

*weren't constant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was enthralled by a virtual Christmas card on repeat around two. And a 30-second video of my sister's dog. I honestly think something short watched on repeat (analogous to wanting the same book to be read approximately 15000 times in a row) is what you want. Fortunately headphones exist.

I also think you have to remember that toddlers like things that are familiar and repeated. I'd look at little videos with him at home, and figure out what he likes, and plan on watching that on the plane.

I also would not introduce the idea that videos have sound. Watch it with the sound off from the beginning, becuase keeping headphones on a 17 month old is not going to happen.

My oldest at that age LOVED to watch the videos of himself that I had on my cellphone. We got a good hour + on a plane ride with those.

Was just coming here to say this: my DD absolutely loved watching videos/looking at pictures of herself at that age (and still does at 4, actually - nothing snaps her out of a tantrum faster than talking about what she did as a baby and showing her a picture)! She also liked watching not just cartoons but videos of other kids, or animals, doing things when a selfie-video wasn't available. I am not a fan of those "Diana" YouTube videos but she loved them.

And yes to short/repeated things. No need to take a lot of different recordings (at least not in my experience).

Re: headphones, we had some success with those kind that are built into a headband, though I agree that no headphones is probably the way to go. I was always worried about them being too loud in her ears.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid was enthralled by a virtual Christmas card on repeat around two. And a 30-second video of my sister's dog. I honestly think something short watched on repeat (analogous to wanting the same book to be read approximately 15000 times in a row) is what you want. Fortunately headphones exist.

I also think you have to remember that toddlers like things that are familiar and repeated. I'd look at little videos with him at home, and figure out what he likes, and plan on watching that on the plane.

I also would not introduce the idea that videos have sound. Watch it with the sound off from the beginning, becuase keeping headphones on a 17 month old is not going to happen.

My oldest at that age LOVED to watch the videos of himself that I had on my cellphone. We got a good hour + on a plane ride with those.

Was just coming here to say this: my DD absolutely loved watching videos/looking at pictures of herself at that age (and still does at 4, actually - nothing snaps her out of a tantrum faster than talking about what she did as a baby and showing her a picture)! She also liked watching not just cartoons but videos of other kids, or animals, doing things when a selfie-video wasn't available. I am not a fan of those "Diana" YouTube videos but she loved them.

And yes to short/repeated things. No need to take a lot of different recordings (at least not in my experience).

Re: headphones, we had some success with those kind that are built into a headband, though I agree that no headphones is probably the way to go. I was always worried about them being too loud in her ears.

THis, plus videos of our dog (if you have a pet) and cousins/ family members were a hit at that age. Over and over and over

[Anonymous]

DS took his first plane trip around this age and he watched Disney's Cars and Planes. I don't think another movie held his attention until he was closer to 3, but Cars and/or Planes would do the trick.

[Anonymous]

Photos and videos from your camera roll.
Peppa Pig
The theme song of Bluey


Don’t worry, it’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Yup pics and videos of themselves + pics of people kiddo is familiar with. My kid loves to look at himself and both sets of grandparents and pics of his similarly aged cousin.

[Anonymous]

Downloaded a few episodes of cocomelon on my Netflix app for a plane ride with our 16m old. Brought some of his favorite toys including books with flaps and animal noises.

[Anonymous]

So this is really dated but we did a long plane trip with my “screen free” toddler and the only thing she really wanted to watch—which she watched on repeat the whole flight—was a dvd of Elmo’s world focused on pets. There was a 20 minute episode that was just Elmo and puppies that was like toddler crack. They scientifically designed Elmo to be attractive to toddlers. I’m sure it’s still available on pbs kids and/or YouTube.

[Anonymous]

Puffin Rock
Daniel Tiger

[Anonymous]

Little Baby bum

[Anonymous]

load up on garbage toys from dollar store, stickers, magnetic drawing board, quiet book

[Anonymous]

Puffin Rock and Bluey are the two least offensive cartoons IMO. I genuinely like both, and they’re very gentle.

And definitely agree with the suggestion to just show them videos of themselves.

Also, alllllllll the snacks. That has always kept us moving on road trips.

[Anonymous]

The Baby Einstein videos are bs as far as educational value but they are extremely mesmerizing for young kids, esp. ones that have songs they are familiar with.