Do you use your phone whilst BF?

[Pennylapea]

Hi all, my MIL scolded me today for being on my phone whilst BF my 1 month old.

I'm nearly always on my phone using the Internet whilst I hold my LO and BF, never thought about radiation or potential risks. I guess sometimes my phone is close to their head, I don't consciously hold it far away from them.

Do most people limit phone use when holding their baby? I'm a FTM so sorry if this is a ridiculous question!

Yes especially to stay awake when feeding sitting up in bed at night. Eye contact is great a lot of the time but as a previous poster said sometimes that keeps them awake when you wabt them to ho to sleep or in an older baby can incourage messing about not feeding properly.

Of course I did.

When they're one month old and feeding for hours a day? Half the time with their eyes closed anyway?

I did plenty of eye contact but I didn't spend the entire time gazing at them.

I’m way past bfing these days but I am so glad that other people also occasionally dropped their phone on their baby’s head 😅😅

I used it loads, general phone use but mostly with the kindle app, I read so many books it was great. Much easier to read one handed with a phone than a normal book or kindle.

Also dropped the phone on the baby, then dropped it on my head to see how badly I’d hurt them (yes this was my first)!

Thanks so much! Feel so much better now!

@Wictc This sounds like something I would do!!

Tiny baby? Yup. They don't look up at me - mine have all either states straight ahead like they are concenrating hard or closed their eyes. From about 3 months+ they fed less often and were more alert, soI stopped using my phone at those times.

Currently on phone while tring to coerce 2 month old to sleep by feeding her to sleep on the bed..... hope she conks out soon!

No, and I bf Dd for 16 months! In the day/evening I’d have the tv on for some background noise/distraction so I wouldn’t say I was 100% focused on her but I think tv takes less concentration than scrolling a phone? 🤷‍♀️. Night feeds I just used to gaze at her 😀

Yep, used the BorrowBox and Libby apps on my phone to read a lot of books in those many many hours of BF. Or did the shopping. Or listened to audiobooks. Or messaged the mums groups on WA to keep me sane.

Only after she fell asleep. I usually sang nursery rhymes to her when she was awake and feeding.