Does your baby like Zoom?

[ThatsNotMyCherry]

As we are relying on video conferencing more just wondering what your babies make of it? I have a 12 month old. He’s been on some group calls recently. Baby classes that we signed up for before the lockdown and family calls but he seems uninterested and eventually gets irritable l. If I ever put the tv on when he’s around to check the news he’s super interested. Wondering if the group calls get less interest because we normally have grid view on with loads of different people. We have had 1-2 individual calls with grandparents and he seems to prefer those. Wondering what others experiences are?

My baby hates it, which is a bit sad when it's the grandparents' only way of seeing them. I'm sending lots of videos of baby being happy to compensate.

My 17 month old isn't keen either. He will give them a wave then try to leave the room. We have taken to recording videos instead throughout the day and sending those and grandparents have been doing the same back. My 3 year old much prefers this too.

Group call baby classes seem a bit weird. We do a couple but it's just the instructor talking to camera, you can't see the other members, and DD will sit and watch for a bit if there are songs or visual stuff going on but will sometimes wander off and then come back, etc. She also will look at Facetime for a couple of minutes but again then just wander away and come back as she pleases.

Aw. Do they take an interest in screens otherwise?

Not keen, he likes one-to-one chats better.

I have not tried group calls but my 6 month old loves facetime with his grandparents. He tries to bop their noses on the screen for a reaction. It is very cute.

I haven’t continued with the baby classes because they just don’t seem to work. Hope it’s just a video call thing and not him losing the ability to socialise paranoid mum

My daughter is 1 and much prefers 1:1 calls, not done any baby groups but we did a group call with friends and she was pretty disinterested, she was super happy at the end when my friends little boy who she adores stayed on to talk to her! Could you connect your tv to your device and show the baby classes on the TV? That’s my plan if I ever get round to signing up!

My DS1 is 23 months, he will sit and watch am entire episode of Bing or Moon and Me without blinking but the second we try and video chat with some family he's off, he blows a kiss to the video then says "Tata" and goes to get some toys out of his box.
DS2 is almost 4 months and tends to fall asleep whenever we try and chat to someone.

It seems like 1-1 calls are generally better! I had a feeling my little one was more interested in those so will try to do more 1-1 calls rather than group chats. As an adult I think it’s also easier.

I haven't continued any classes online, usually I try to limit screen time as much as possible so would rather save video calls for family. DS is 17 months and tends to wave say bye bye and then wander off to play or climb something, unless he can see himself on the screen and then he's very interested. He also likes seeing his cousins they were dancing together on Sunday. I think he just finds adults talking on a screen boring, having said that he is generally disinterested when it comes to the TV.

Yeah we try to limit screen time too so when he does occasionally see the tv go on he’s quite fascinated but the groups calls with the family and baby group don’t seem to have the same effect. It’s probably a bit confusing seeing so many small boxes etc

No - he gets immediately restless and wants my undivided attention again!