60 inch tv in nursery?

[Rwoolley]

Not sure if IABU with this or if it's a hill to die on.

Currently our spare room has a big TV on the wall for guests to use when staying over. This room is slowly being turned into our nursery and DH says we should keep the TV on the wall.

Imo it's such a waste of wall space when we might need to use it for bookshelves, or even might need to put the cot on that wall (due to how other furniture fits in) *at least he agrees having a cot under the TV is a no no

He says it will be good for us to use if we need to sleep in the room and doesn't want to take it down.

AIBU for thinking this is ridiculous?

Nursery or playroom? We have a tv in our playroom but no TVs in any bedrooms.

Sell or move to spare room/office.

In all seriousness the room will need to be restful for your child and parent so a big screen is just going to be an intrusion it's going to be bright and probably noisey and if you're adopting you will need the nursery as a place to bond not watch telly.

I'd probably leave it, and the double bed. And make a baby nest with lovely comfy pillows. And snacks and an extra long charger lead and an Amazon fire stick.

Op I think the tv sounds too big to be in a room you want as a nursery. Put it in the wee guest/spare room. I think you will need wall
Space as baby gets bigger and acquires more toys and stuff!

@CrimeCantCrackItself

"We are adopting so it will be occupied immediately after placement"

That changes things slightly. In which case, yes, I'd probably remove it.

Well, depending on the age of the child who joins your family is anyway.

Congratulations on your new arrival to be OP.

Move it.

Screens are like crack to kids, plenty of time for them to become glued to one.

How old is the little one going to be? If they are old enough to work a tv or know what one is then you may wish to move it or just remove the remote if not old enough I'd leave it for the time being

We are adopting so it will be occupied immediately after placement

Congratulations, that's an amazing thing to do.

I think the adopting scenario does change things, it does seem as though you as a family place a lot of "value" on watching tv. I don't think it will actually make a difference to the process but it does look as though you have odd priorities.

Good luck with the adoption, I hope you have your new little one with you soon.

Why don't you make the smaller room a nursery and then transition the child to a bigger room in a couple of years.

I'm also very much in the no-TV-in-kid's-bedroom camp.

Congratulations on the baby

God no, a TV in a nursery is horrific, it wont be a baby forever, you'll have a 3yr old with a 60inch tv in their room in no time who'll be glued to the thing.

Bloody hell, why are people asking ridiculous questions like why did they buy a new tv, that's not what this post is about. I think people are bored and like to jump on a thread and pick it to pieces.

OP I would just move the into the smaller guest room. Maybe your DH just be arsed to make good to the wall once the tv is taken down :)

@viques

I think the adopting scenario does change things, it does seem as though you as a family place a lot of "value" on watching tv. I don't think it will actually make a difference to the process but it does look as though you have odd priorities.

Good luck with the adoption, I hope you have your new little one with you soon.

Hardly odd priorities

We didn't want the tv to go to waste when replacing it

What would you do with it if you take it down ? I'd rather leave it there unused than throw it out. Why did you buy a 60inTV for the guest room?!

@Alloverthegrapevine

What would you do with it if you take it down ? I'd rather leave it there unused than throw it out. Why did you buy a 60inTV for the guest room?!

I'm in the camp of putting it into our smallest room and using that as a spare room, as it a currently an office

DH is a bit on the fence as we are not sure how long we will be working from home for and might need the office for longer

Ffs people. read the thread. They bought a new tv and so put the old one in the spare room so as to not waste it. It's not rocket science.

Op good luck with the adoption, exciting times ahead!! :)

People saying you won't watch TV while settling a baby, I actually did on the lowest light setting with subtitles. Kept me sane when she was up for hours.

Take it down. You need to prioritise your baby. Not the huge TV. He or she does not need a huge TV in their room. This applies whether or not you are adopting.

I think the adopting scenario does change things, it does seem as though you as a family place a lot of "value" on watching tv. I don't think it will actually make a difference to the process but it does look as though you have odd priorities.

What an odd thing to say...??

Our second bedroom is the office cum spare room. Smallest room was the nursery. Can you put your nursery in the smallest room?

I slept in spare room if I needed co sleep with Dd.

I'd be annoyed if baby was asleep and he was sat there with a massive bright tv on. That's not good sleep hygiene for a baby.

@Rwoolley but the tv didn’t need replacing if you brought the same size one. Why did you buy a new one?