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AIBU to give my daughter have baby crisps and put the tv on?

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RedRobyn2021 · 21/01/2022 12:14

For context DD is 11 months, I washed my hair this morning and needed to dry it so I brought all the bits downstairs and gave her some fruit and some Sainsburys baby crisps and put on some cartoons

She quite happily munched away and occasionally looked over at me to smile whilst I dried and straightened my hair

This is something I started doing sometimes maybe a week ago. I read online babies/toddlers shouldn't have crisps and shouldn't watch tv as it can effect them negatively in future with their speech and reading. do feel a bit guilty about it like I'm letting her down. Got me thinking about what are mums of multiples meant to do when they have a new baby? I barely get off the sofa in the early days feeding her

Would be interested to hear your thoughts. Please be kind.

YABU - you shouldn't be giving your daughter baby crisps, you shouldn't be letting her watch TV and certainly not at the same time.

YANBU - it's ok to do this occasionally

OP posts:
Christmas1988 · 21/01/2022 14:36

My lovely first born didn’t have any Tv only ate organic and homemade, second born used to sit in his Walker eating processed rubbish whilst watching CBeebies. I really wouldn’t worry.

KurtWilde · 21/01/2022 14:49

I still lived with my parents when DD1 was born, tv was on constantly and her vocabulary and interest in all kinds of things was brilliant - not just kids tv but sport, nature and wildlife, etc.. No delays in speech at all, and her conversation skills were fab.

When I moved out as a single parent I'd never have gotten anything done if I hadn't relied on some TV and a bag of crisps!

TV is generally on most of the time in my house when we're home. All DC have been quick with speech/good vocabulary and communication skills. I think it's an excellent medium for learning and really haven't had any experience of it being negative on their development.

Your DD will be fine OP, we all worry ourselves silly sometimes but before you know it they're doing things we swore we'd never succumb to Grin

DrCoconut · 21/01/2022 14:50

You should spend your child's every waking moment on educational activities in your own Montessori room where you will also serve the finest, home made organic snacks. Just kidding, Pom bears and in the night garden are fine. DS 2 (age 10) has a reading age of 14 on a diet of juice, cereal bars and YouTube (he until recently had a restrictive diet due to ASD before anyone pounces).

LuckySantangelo35 · 21/01/2022 15:35

@WTF475878237NC

It isn't recommended to let little ones under two watch TV passively unless the WHO have changed the guidance recently. So I suppose yes there is evidence it isn't good for your baby to sit them to watch TV and eat and if you were doing gold standard parenting you wouldn't do this, certainly not as often as you are. But I appreciate you're not super human so it's up to you to justify it to yourself if that makes sense.
How else could have OP have washed her hair (or done anything else she needed/wanted to do)?
Kanfuzed123 · 21/01/2022 17:25

@WTF475878237NC

It isn't recommended to let little ones under two watch TV passively unless the WHO have changed the guidance recently. So I suppose yes there is evidence it isn't good for your baby to sit them to watch TV and eat and if you were doing gold standard parenting you wouldn't do this, certainly not as often as you are. But I appreciate you're not super human so it's up to you to justify it to yourself if that makes sense.
What a twatty response
riotlady · 21/01/2022 17:32

YANBU, when I was at the end of my tether on mat leave I would sometimes order a lunchtime dominos and let DD chew on a crust while we lay on the sofa and watched daytime tv together.

Kanaloa · 21/01/2022 17:35

@WTF475878237NC

It isn't recommended to let little ones under two watch TV passively unless the WHO have changed the guidance recently. So I suppose yes there is evidence it isn't good for your baby to sit them to watch TV and eat and if you were doing gold standard parenting you wouldn't do this, certainly not as often as you are. But I appreciate you're not super human so it's up to you to justify it to yourself if that makes sense.
As opposed to active television watching? As in only Attenborough documentaries after which your child then reads the children’s safari encyclopaedia?

Nobody does ‘gold standard parenting.’ Half an hour watching telly while her mum gets a chance to have a wash and do her hair is utterly harmless.

ClariceQuiff · 21/01/2022 17:36

There are crisps made for babies ? Confused

Not saying anything is wrong with this, it just seems a strange thing to give a baby.

KurtWilde · 21/01/2022 17:52

@ClariceQuiff

There are crisps made for babies ? Confused

Not saying anything is wrong with this, it just seems a strange thing to give a baby.

Yep, I get them for 7 month old and he loves them. They're suitable for 6 months and up, some of them are like giant wotsits but fruit flavoured.
ClariceQuiff · 21/01/2022 18:02

Just googled them @KurtWilde - amazing the variety of food babies can have nowadays!

Meepthesheep · 23/01/2022 10:57

@riotlady that sounds like a bloody brilliant way to get through a tricky day... Lunchtime Domino's. Amazing!!

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