In-laws letting Baby watch tv

[Gwjb2024]

I have a 14wk old. I try not to have the TV on around him as I’m worried how it will impact his brain development while he’s so little. That’s not to say he’ll never be aloud to watch TV. I’m very much looking forward to snuggly movie nights when he’s older but for now I don’t like him looking at it. We’re currently at the in-laws - who are well aware of my stance- and they keep putting him in front of the tv. We were playing in the lounge and he was sat watching so I turned the tv off - no one was watching it. MIL stated ‘ you just need to accept that the tv will be on when he comes to grandma and grandads’
i wasn’t sure what to say so I laughed awkwardly. Am I being ridiculous? How would you approach this or do I just accept that he might be stuck infront of it more than I would like while we’re here?

Not ideal for them to have the TV on but that is their decision in their home. If they are actually putting the baby in front of the TV so they can watch it, I would remove the baby, as that is your decision to make. Their attitude would probably make me visit less.

You were there, with your child, so if he was "watching" the TV, that was entirely down to you. You could have turned him round so he couldn't see it, played a more interesting game with him, taken him out of the room, lots of things. What you should not have done is taken it upon yourself to decide that the telly should not be on and turned it off. It's not your telly and it's not your house. Not having your child exposed to TV is your choice and you must do the work to avoid it.

That might be a point if it was constant. But on the occasional visit to someone else's house it won't be an issue

They didn’t place him in front of the tv, they just happened to be on

The OP has only written one post which you haven't bothered to read properly. She said:

'We’re currently at the in-laws - who are well aware of my stance- and they keep putting him in front of the tv.'