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Screentime for 12 weeks old

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Butterscotchbaby · 13/01/2023 18:16

At the moment he watches a hey bear sensory video on you tube each day - he loves it, follows the screen im guessing more the light rather than the actual images - my question is am i doing him harm? Will it cause lasting damage? He also sits in his bouncer chair and plays with the dangling toys but also the tv in on in the room and he will look at that too!

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Coffeecreme · 15/01/2023 08:44

i remember being criticised for going outside to have a smoke and leaving my lo, i could see him through the window, looking at his shoes

Paq · 15/01/2023 08:47

3 month old babies don't need screens. Moving 3D objects will entertain them and be better for their vision and brain development.

BCBird · 15/01/2023 08:47

I would say no screen time at all,but then I am not a mother juggling a hime and an infant. Wouldn't some music better?

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Kanaloa · 15/01/2023 08:50

liveforsummer · 15/01/2023 07:31

It’s bloody hard being a mum/dad being at home all day trying to entertain a small child, keep them fed, changed, while looking after yourself, and your house 7 days a week. With a 12 week old you are also limited to what you can do with them, it’s not like they are going to play bloody hide and seek round the house is it!

This makes absolutely no sense at all. Generations and generations of people have managed just fine and still do, because let's face it those putting 12 week old in front of the tv are still in the minority. It's not one of those things that people have just had to manage without until it came along and revolutionised parenting.

You do realise infant mortality was much higher ‘generations and generations ago?’ Where it was extremely common to send your baby to be ‘farmed out’ because you couldn’t care for them? Where preschoolers would babysit infants? I mean, it was not uncommon for unattended infants to die after rolling into the fire. So I don’t know why you’re rolling out that as a bit gotcha as if back then women devoted every waking moment to interacting in an educationally thoughtful way with their child. That just wasn’t the case.

Mamma367 · 15/01/2023 08:51

I really wouldn't - you'd be surprised how easily it escalates and suddenly you can't ever get them off.

Mine used to love watching the washing machine. They've fascinated by all kinds of stuff so I wouldn't normalise it under 1y, and would actually leave it as long as I could.

Kanaloa · 15/01/2023 08:58

I mean ‘generations ago’ it was considered entirely appropriate to leave a baby to cry itself to sleep, or to refuse to comfort the baby so as not to spoil it. So I don’t think they’re winning the parenting medal. Maybe they didn’t need the 15 minutes of quiet because they managed a rest when they were leaving the baby outside the shop in the pram, or letting slightly older kids take the baby for a walk, or slinging the baby in the cot and leaving it to bawl until it fell asleep.

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