T.V. in living room with newborn, is this bad?

[hove131]

@zman0101 Yea at 3-4 months we dont normally have the tv on because he gets super distracted and stares at it, but we do allow 15 minutes of him with me watching hockey every few days

 

[stu80]

@hove131 My son loves watching hockey.

 

[daisy24]

@hove131 Hockey is the only TV we allow he usually makes it about 15 min before getting over stimulated anyways.

 

[zman0101]

@hove131 Hockey eh? I don’t know how she would feel about that lol! but I love hearing your experience!

 

[hove131]

@zman0101 Haha well I love hockey so it’s always on, so I don’t mind giving him a little tv time with it so maybe he grows up loving it! Obviously he has no idea whats going on but he seems interested! (But i’m sure if it was a picture of a tree he would stare at is just as much lol)

 

[henry123]

@hove131 We also don't allow TV unless there is a football (soccer) match on and she can watch with dad. Due to the time they play, it really doesn't happen often (I think she's 'watched' two or three soccer games since she's born). She loses interest after about 10 minutes and starts playing with her toys instead, lol, but doing it for the same reason - maybe she'll grow up to enjoy it and it can be her and dad's thing.

And yes, she will also stare at whatever is on the TV, even if it is just text, lol, which is why we've opted to just keeping it off.

 

[outofplace_christian]

@zman0101 We stopped watching the tv around our baby when we noticed she was really interested in the tv—maybe 10-12 weeks? She was fighting sleep because she wanted to watch tv with us!

 

[zman0101]

@outofplace_christian LOL. That makes me feel a little better lol! Our girl doesn’t do that, but she will veer off when eating or when I’m talking to her and look at the screen and so I turn the tv off… but then it’s so quiet lol. And it’s just her and I in the house…

 

[gembeldolar]

@zman0101 All things in moderation.

I have a 9 month old. The tv is on like 80% of the time. Rarely is it for her (maybe a few hours over the course of her life) and she rarely pays attention.

I’m not worried about ruining her with tv. It’s on but we’re playing with her and engaging.

 

[kentuckytim]

@zman0101 TV is over-stimulating for them. At 3 months, their vision still isn’t great at all so they likely can’t even see the tv clearly. It affects their sleep and doesn’t provide much benefit

 

[sunflowerbee]

@zman0101 Hubby and I have headphones to watch a little something on our phones when kiddo is asleep. She contact naps and we’re trapped anyways so might as well get some entertainment. If we watch Netflix on the big tv it’s muted so she doesn’t wake up. When she’s up that tv is off immediately.

 

[zman0101]

@sunflowerbee That’s a good idea right there!

 

[christianwomanljc]

@zman0101 No as long as you are not watching all day long and ignoring the baby

 

[zman0101]

@christianwomanljc Omg not at all.. I’m exhausted by playing with her.

 

[christianwomanljc]

@zman0101 Exactly. You can take a little break and she can listen or even watch for a little bit. it is fine ..

 

[txpete]

@zman0101 We watched Tv and movies for maybe the first 2-3 months after our son was born. We’d keep it quest and we would make sure he wasn’t looking at it. It wasn’t until he started realizing it was there and wanted to see it that we started to keep it off.

Pro tip: turn on some nice music if you need some noise in the background. We purchased a Tonies Box and a bunch of stories and our son likes to listen to them, especially “Remember Me” from the Coco story.

 

[lrscoggins]

@zman0101 I think the sounds and images emitted from TV are overstimulating and unnatural for a newborn. They are incredibly open and spongy— they don’t need any special “education” or entertainment… natural quiet life is hugely stimulating for them: a play of shadows from a curtain flowing in the breeze, a simple ball rolling near them, the way of a dog’s tail, the soft voice of a caregiver giving them careful attention, all this is all the stimulation a young baby needs. Tv is harmful in my opinion. I also come from the Waldorf and RIE backgrounds which have strong opinions on these matters. Family culture values always have to be arranged on a case to case basis.

 

[selam]

@zman0101 I started turning off the tv around 3 months because the baby was disengaged from me and was only looking at the screen

 

[loreec]

@zman0101 It’s not bad. Think about how many of us actually grew up watching tv on occasion and all of a sudden were fearing the mere proximity to one

 

[zman0101]

@loreec That’s how I feel too.. I am not messed up, and my
Mom did a wonderful job with us. I know it can’t be all the time… but we always have the tv on just for noise.