Is it ok for 9 wk old to watch tv?

[chickpeamum]

I know this is a naff questions, but she seems to enjoy the motion. I just don't know if this is too much stimulation, bad for her etc.

[Jam77]

I know you're right, and when DH can feed while I take a bath It's great, but nothing in this world beats that closeness, at least I had it for a few days and will treasure it! I still keep DD on 3hrs at the moment, just about to move towards 4hrs - I get so paranoid that If DD drops a feed she'll start to wake at night again!

[cruisemum1]

jam - don't feel too sad, far better for dd to have a happy painfree mummy than a martyr to breastfeeding . I must admit, I do love bf but it was hard at first as ds was a voracious feeder for the first couple of weeks. Glad I stuck with it but longing for the four hour schedule which I haven't mastered yet... .

[Jam77]

Was breast, only for a few days - sadly I couldn't take the pain was blistered and bleeding as DD was a very hungry baby, I still feel very sad am missing out on the experience so now DD is bottle fed again

[cruisemum1]

oh my gosh! 14.5lbs! That's amazing - well done you! r u bottle or bf? mine is bf

[cruisemum1]

oops! i obviously meant the 10th not the 100th!

[Jam77]

We have two bonny babies!! DD was weighed on Tuesday and was 14lb 5....she is a right pudding It's lovely you have one of each - has taken me till 33 to have one!! Everyone is already asking me when I'm having the next one they look at me very oddly when I say we might just have the one.

[cruisemum1]

Hi jam - ds born on 7th sept. I was quite worried that he would arrive on 11th as his due date was 100th. Just had him weighed as he turned 12 weeks today and he is 13.13. what a whopper! My dd is 9 on 8th Jan. Fantastic big sister - just like a mini-mum!

[Jam77]

You're right cruise!!! What is your DS's b day as they are both 11 weeks? DD's is 11.09.06, no one can forget her birthday with that date - she arrived a week early so obviously wanted to make an impression How old is your other LO?

[cruisemum1]

jam - lol - I feel like I am always asking questions too and yet I have done it all before!. I always say that knowledge is power - so imagine how powerful you and I must be [gri]

[Jam77]

Good to know I ask sooooo many questions on here - just about to post another - other MN's will start to think F**k me not her again, lol

[cruisemum1]

jam - I'm a 2nd time mum and 41 yrs old and still suffer guilt and fear! You are not alone.

[Jam77]

Thanks cruise - new mum fear and guilt is unbelievable!!

[cruisemum1]

jam - I wouldnt' worry about it. It is part of life these days and the background noise of a tv will be there whosever houseyou are in so he may as well be used to it!

[Jam77]

New mum on guilt trip! My 11 week old DD is not interested in TV, apart from the occasional glance when being changed...but I have to say I do have it on all day pretty much, even when I'm not watching it and though DD isn't facing it, it is on.....and when DD dozes in her bouncey chair I will watch some trash ol' jeremy kyle has me glued! now I'm torn between guilt and embarrassment

[cruisemum1]

I have not had a chance to read all the posts but what an interesting topic! My ds (11 weeks) sometimes gets plonked in front of the TV for 10 - 15mins so that I can get on with getting dd ready for school without. Don't see aproblem with it if it relaxes lo and lest you have a moment to do something else. Sometimes we don't even put the sound on - he is fascinated with the pictures. God the last thing us mums need is another guilt trip!!!

[fortyplus]

Out tv has a timer - no arguments about when to switch off - it won't come on between 10am & 4pm!

[BudaBeast]

Possibly alibobble - I think some people are just more drawn to TV than others.

My Mum is a complete addict and it drives me crazy.

[alibobble]

budabeast: perhaps friend limits tv preciselt because they watch anythng that's on. I know I do myself so I have to be good and turn it off or I could lose an hour watching nothing! I have also found it liberating not having it on.

I was poorly when pregnant and could have chosen to sit infront of tv all day when I was off sick (for like 5 months!) but I decided to limit myself to one programe a day and pretty much still do. that's ususally in the evening now after dd has gone to bed.

[BudaBeast]

I remember putting DS in pushchair so he could see tv (MTV) when he was about 4/5/6 weeks as I ran to have the quickest showers in history!

Then we moved into a house so I use to bring him into bathroom in his car-seat.

I watched a lot of TV when feeding him.

He is now 5 and watches more than his friends do as I am fairly relaxed about TV viewing TBH. But his friends all have siblings and he doesn't. I tend to view the TV as "company" for him. It is on most of the time but he dips in and out of what he wants to watch.

Have a friend who is very strict about TV and hers (who are older than my DS) will sit mesmerised by anything on TV.

[nappyaddict]

i thought it was under 3's? my ds is 5 months old and i don't let him watch tv as such and by this i mean sit in front of cbeebies all day, but if i am watching tv and he is in the room lying on the floor i don't turn it off.

[fortyplus]

I'm far more concerned about people who park their 9 year olds in front of the telly for hours!
What's so magic about age 2? If you ask me then NO child should spend hours in front of the telly, but it won't harm a 9 week old for an occasional 20 or 30 mins at a time. Longer would be wrong.

[mumfor1standfinaltime]

LOL at this thread, thought that it was one of those typical joke ones like
'would you let your 2 year old eat a sausage roll and drink a fruit shoot whilst in the pushchair?'

Seriously, I don't see a problem with 10 mins infront of the tv, but would prefer baby to have a music box or a baby play gym with sounds etc. Ds would spend hours (well maybe not hours) in his play gym. He 'watched'baby bright from around 4 months old, which he loved and still does at age 22 months.
I am careful about what he watches, he generally watches teletubbies while we eat lunch and the koala brothers while I get tea ready!

I don't see how a 9 week old is going to watch tv for long anyway, ds would have fallen asleep or would have wanted to move around to look at something else!

[TwinkleInSantasEye]

Must say I would never have kids TV on for a baby - that really would mess with their head! I don't plan on him watching much of it when he's older either - so much c**p. But I can't see the harm in him looking at BBC Breakfast or the news, I have to say. My DS likes the washing machine as well BTW.