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How do you have quiet time?

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Heather041985 · 10/11/2019 08:46

So i recently found out that someone I know uses tablets on their child (18 month) to have quiet time, this alone is fine however its been first hand witnessed that it can be for several hours a day so my question is how long is too long to be cooped up in a highchair with a tablet watching nursery rhymes during the day as I have never given any of my kids tablets to watch until they were at least 2 and then it was purely when wide awake at 5am and I had beenup all night with another child
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Imicola · 10/11/2019 10:08

I personally wouldn't count watching things on a tablet as quiet time (although perhaps this is referring to quiet time for the parent?). This would be very stimulating for a baby, which is not really what quiet time is about I don't think! Mine is only 12 months, but she doesn't get any screen time, and I definitely wouldn't be leaving her with a tablet in a high chair. I would consider quiet time to be reading a book together, DD flipping through the pages of a board book on her own, or playing with a quiet toy (eg stacking rings and cups). Quiet time for me... Nap time and after bed time!

Bol87 · 10/11/2019 10:42

My daughter is 2.5 & to be honest, has a fair bit of screen time but not sat in a high chair, that seems very restricting! Fine for 30 mins or so while mum/dad is cooking but not for hours.. I think by quiet time, it’s quiet time for mum not child 😂 But equally, each to their own, it’s their kid! I wouldn’t worry about it. You parent your way & they’ll do theirs. I think so long as TV isn’t used literally all day in place of any other activities and interaction from adults, then the kid will ultimately be fine!

I find parenting with zero screen time a bit peculiar in 2019. Screens, TV shows & apps are not the devil.. they are all part of childhood just as much as painting, drawing, reading & playing. And goodness, don’t be a saint. Use Hey Duggee as a chance to have a break yourself!

I’d say for example, on my days at home with my DD, she’ll watch TV in the morning when she wakes up at the crack of dawn! Hmm Later on, we go out and do an activity every morning - softplay, toddlers, park, library, gymnastics, messy play.. when we get home, I pop something on her iPad in the kitchen while I make lunch for us. We have lunch & she naps. After lunch, we tend to stay in and play or do baking, painting etc .. some days she’s keen to do these things, some days the telly is on all afternoon. I don’t worry about it. I go with her mood. It often depends on how busy she’s been in the week! Again, sometimes she just needs a quiet afternoon flopped on the sofa just as we do as adults! I use the time for precious cuddles as usually she’s too busy for cuddles 😄

Caterina99 · 10/11/2019 17:35

My personal “quiet time” is when my 2 year old takes a nap. I make my 4 year old do his quiet time then, which is playing in his bedroom without me.

My kids watch tv too of course, probably more than they should, but that’s usually when I’m trying to get stuff done or they wake up at 5am. There are always days when I have no motivation or someone is sick and they end up in front of the tv, but mostly we are out and about a lot so I don’t think half an hour here and there of downtime does them any harm

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