Baking 101 and the question of too much TV

My son and I were bored yesterday morning. Staying at home is a rare thing for us. We are normally out and about every morning and every afternoon. I have decided that Will needs to become accustomed to hanging at home a bit more as I am pregnant and we are likely to stay at home a bit more when the baby is born. Anyway, I digress. We were bored. I decided that a baking session was a good idea. We made some Milo cookies and had such a good time.



This experiment got me thinking about something that I forever feel guilty about. Do I let Will watch too much television? Should we be doing more activites instead of watching ABC Kids? I don't use the TV as a babysitter, but we do have it on quite a bit in the mornings. I am not one of those people that thinks that the TV will eat his brain but something about it makes me feel like a less-than-perfect parent (don't worry, I am not under any illusion that I am a perfect parent - there is no such thing). Do other parents get their activity boxes out on a daily basis, leaving the idiot box for rare occasions, or are they like me and just bung it on as a matter or course?