Tv, radio, or just the sound of your own increasingly hysterical voice and their screams....?!

[PeelingmyselfofftheCeiling]

Just wondering what those at home with a baby do to fill the silence. Obviously i like to chat to my Dts, but they're not great conversationalists, being 6 months, and I can't keep it up for 12 hours until dh is home.
I did used to have the tv or laptop on for feeds, but they're very aware of it now so feel I should limit that quite strictly. Am now experimenting with radio, but irrationally wondering if the disembodied voices are confusing to them!

I read somewhere that if you have the radio on you have to "make it clear" to the babies that your are listening to it for content! This may be parenting above my level. But it does suggest that at least one person feels there may be an issue. Music?

Good so I'm not the only nutter to worry about this stuff!

Love the phrase 'parenting above my lecel' btw, I might steal that

In our house, Radio 4 is on in at least one room constantly because I can't stand total silence and I find the content interesting. It was on in the labour suite when I gave birth... DS arrived just after 'I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue'. I even used to switch on the World Service when doing night feeds. If he found it confusing ever (and he's now 11) I think he'd have said. :)

I listen to Radio 6 Music in the morning and radio 4 there after, it's on whenever we are at home or in the car. i don't think DD has been confused by it as such. I also listen to audiobooks and CD's depending on my mood.

I had the TV on a lot during the sleep-deprived, bf-filled early days when I felt like I was in shock. Since dd was about 5mo I stopped this as I'm trying to rolemodel to her, we have radio 4 in the car but not at home. It took some getting used to, but I find I talk to her, sing, generally fill the silence now and it's ok.

It depends what mood I'm in/they're in. I generally don't like a lot of background noise, but if the baby is particularly fractious and I'm getting a bit wound up by it, I find it really helps to have something on in the background that my 'brain' can listen to/half watch (like Homes under the hammer) so that I'm not entirely focussed on the crying/whinging - I then find it easier to do things that are repetitive but amuse the baby. When the older ones are around though I prefer not to have anything on as the noise level is already high enough!

AtTheEndOfTheDay - you have plenty of time to 'role model' - save your sanity first

TheSurgeonsMate - at least one person will have an issue with absolutely anything - it sounds like a load of BS to me

Attheendoftheday I know what you mean, I always feel that somehow having cbeebies on is less piss poor parenting than Jeremy Kyle loose women Homes under the Hammer E4, even though I could probably put Call of Duty on and theyd just think 'ooh, flashy blinking lights!'