In-laws letting Baby watch tv

I also didn’t want my baby watching telly so would face him away at other peoples houses if they had it on. You can’t control what they do in their own home but you could invite them to your house instead and if you have to visit at their house, make sure baby is turned away. If they’re reasonable people, explain to them why screen time is bad at such a young age.

@Wellshellsbells, you think it's fine to give a 14 week old baby not old enough to be weaned yet milkybars every day? Ok...

It's not something I would worry about personally. It's sounds and shapes to them. It would be different if they were letting the baby constantly hold a screen as soon as they were able. Dd1 barely saw a TV on for months, dd2 was exposed to Twirlywoos and Peppa Pig from birth as tv made looking after two much easier!

Screen time is also nothing new. When my grandparents bought a TV in the 50s my grandma would plonk baby mum in front of the testcard as it entertained her!

Were you allowed to watch TV and did it damage your vocabulary?

My baby is 5 months old and had loves CBeebies and has since a similar age, its for babies and entertains him while I cook dinner or sort the older ones out.
It's not doing any harm and he can be heard chuckling away so I know he's happy.
He also likes moon and me and in the garden before bed which is again for babies.

Totally agree with this. Unless you are there 5 days a week it's not really an issue.

Just face baby on you/in bouncer/on playmat with their back to it.

yes but there’s a difference between antiques road trip being on in the background and a 3 week old being placed in front of peppa pig for 7 hours a day

But how often are you actually at their house? I think pick your battles and this isn’t one of them.

Are you not at the 3 class parties a week phase. How do you police the party buffet 😕

The WHO recommendations for no screen time for under 2s is pretty clear. I don’t think YABU at all. Each to their own but I do think people tend to get pretty defensive about screen time for kids.

I will hold my hands up and say my two watched tv from babies, used to have baby tv on from a few weeks, then onto cbeebies pretty much on all day. They would watch it, wander round, play, watch before bed as their routine. It hasn't rotted their brains.

Both doing well academically and as teenagers don't watch tv at all now. Maybe a bit of Netflix for a film or series.

My DD was on a steady diet of CBeebies well before 14 weeks - she had raging colic and The Shiny Show was the only thing that could distract her.

20 years later she's halfway through her degree at a Russell Group uni and on the path to becoming a human rights barrister.

I don't think a little TV will do him any harm tbh!

Yes you are being absolutely ridiculous.

In fairness, I’d not be happy about people giving DD anything made by Nestle.

He can't even see the tv at that age! It'll just be blurry moving shapes.

Mine watched The Wizard of Oz while I slept at about 4 weeks because DH worked away and she had me awake most of the night. Health visitor did suggest it may have been “a bit stimulating” but needs must.

She went on to play Dorothy in the school production at age 8 so no harm done.

This is so ridiculous. He's way to young to even see the TV or comprehend it.

Incidentally, my DD watched TV as a baby and learnt to count to 10 at a year old from cbeebies (ahead of all her peers of a similar age). She is naturally quite clever, but tbh I credit kids TV as I never counted with her at that age, assuming she was too young, and she picked it up from numberblocks.

One of my siblings also spent their whole childhood in front of the TV and is exceptionally bright. Top marks throughout school and won an award for graduating with the highest mark in their subject at Oxford uni for the past 10 years.

Kindly, OP, you're being ridiculous. It won't affect their brain development whatsoever

Oh no!!! Milkybars!!! The horror!how is your life now with this ill reared degenerate???

Yes you're being ridiculous

You're being ridiculous.
I spent my maternity leave watch the hotel inspector with DS 😂😂

You're not unreasonable - the evidence is clear about screen time for children as are the guidelines for children under two. If it's only a few visits here and there I'd try not to stress, but if you are round there weekly that would be harder to let go.

"am I being ridiculous?"

Kindly, yes, you are

Your baby is looking at the colours and shapes at this age

Calm down

Haha. My eldest is 6 and this is spot on!!

(I jest though. My kids are very lucky to have one set of GPs who love them to bits and want to spoil them. )

Jesus my toddler has amazing speech and can write her name down all her alphabet etc I spent a lot of mat leave breastfeeding her with keeping up with the kardashians on in the background I can guarantee it’s not damaged her language development 😂😂

Who are you to tell OP.she is" being daft"? She has a different view on parenting from you but that doesn't make her daft..
Especially when expert opinion is on OP's side as regards the detrimental effects of tv for young children.