educational tv programmes

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i have a 6 month old ds and other mums at bf support let their lo's watch tv, what programmes are suitable - i got sidetracked and didn't ask them.

do you let your lo watch tv?

lol they don't really make a distinction at 6 motnhs ! Like white noise rather than educational as such . How about Baby Einstein et al if it makes you feel better ! Otherwise CBeebies isn't harmful.

thanks - i'm a bit of a worrier, i think cos he was prem he is going to be behind everyone else, and thought if their lo's are watching tv so should mine be!

At 6mo they don't need tv, much better to put some music on imho. But if you do want to then as Lizs says cbeebies is ok, or the baby einstein/brainy baby dvds

My dd adored Baby Einstein at that age (and still does at 2)

Yeah but there was a study that found Baby Einstein was worse than normal TV for child development. Even Oprah is better apparently.

Not that it really matters that much one way or another..... But personally I wouldn't bother till DC is about 18 months and then teach them to watch it a bit in case of illness.

Both DS1 and DS2 scream in terror if I put Baby Mozart on. Don't know why. I think it's the terrifying mock elephant/bear/some-soft-toy-version-of-some-fierce-creature.

after posting on here i also read the research that baby einstein is not best for development, i'll just buy him some new books.

has anyone tried baby signing?