Guilt over screen time?

Does anyone else feel guilty if they let their 6 month old watch TV? Sometimes I just need a moment...the only thing I put on is either "Dorys Reef Adventure" which is just white noise with the Nemo characters swimming around, or Miss Rachel. But everytime I put on the TV, I feel guilty and hear my pediatrician going "no screen time until 18 months!". Mind you, I only let her watch for 20/30 min MAX. But I still feel guilty, like I'm failing her somehow.....pic for attention, this is her chewing on part of my dress 😅

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Don’t feel guilty at all. I do the same thing. Baby is fed and happy that’s all that matters. I let my 9 year old do the same and he turned out just fine. You are doing great mama

I used to but then I remember growing up on tv and I hope I’m okay. Lol
Also most of the studies regard screen time as bad due to the fact that you’re not interacting with your child and parking them in front of a tv all day. If you’re giving your child attention the other times. Yeah it’s okay to let ms.Rachel take the wheel.
Mine gets to watch ms. Rachel from 5-6 everyday. It’s how I can cook and get some things done. Plus she LOVES her. She screams and tries to talk back. I’m more concerned with her loving ms.Rachel more than me 😆
Don’t feel bad. We all need help and screen time isn’t going to hurt your baby unless it’s excessive or like a horror movie. Saw alien when I was little and I was scared of it for YEARS. Hahaha

I feel the same way. My son gets all giddy and smiles when she comes on. I swear he loves her more 😂

legit hurts my feelings sometimes. I’ve learned all her songs and everything! I’m just gonna out and get the damn headband and be done with it. 😆

don’t forget the overalls lol I sing all the songs to him too.

Glad you’re not putting on coco melon. A friend of a friend baby would constantly be watching that. He was pretty far behind learning things

I feel this guilt sometimes, but it is nice in the morning for Ellie to watch My Little Pony before the rest of the house gets up. She ends up sleeping a little more at some point :)

Thanks everyone. Glad I'm not alone 😅

No, I had endless amounts of tv when I was a kid and I’m fine.

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I'm struggling. Have been for a while. I've had one break from parenting my daughter, that was for 3 hours in December when I left her with her dad.

She's 14 months old and I'm just tired. I've done every night by myself. He's out of bed at 4am and doesn't get home until 7-9pm. He drives for work, very physically tiring.
On the weekends he was doing 6 days, one weekend day off, but now has both off.

He doesn't sit on the floor and play with her, he doesn't read to her because he says she doesn't have the patience.
He will pick her up and hold her whilst he's cooking.

Recently I've been "snappy" with him.
He got back from the mechanic last weekend, she was getting onto the sofa and he put his headphones on and started to watch Netflix on his phone.
The same day I told him I was going to run her bath and to watch her whilst she was still eating, he fell asleep on the sofa.

Today he went to football after going shopping, so was out 1-3 and then from 4-8.
He got back and I was snappy.

"I don't get why you're so snappy with me"

I said - Probably because I haven't had a break since December.

"Do you think I don't know you haven't had a break. I haven't had a break", "I just won't go to work, I'll sit at home all day".

Then "do you think I like not having a connection to my child"... But that's on him? He never sits to play with her. He "doesn't see the point". He's stated that this age is boring to him.

Since she's been born, he has been to a friend's once a month. Football - He stopped going for 7months, but has been the last two weekends.

Are these not breaks?

He does do the washing/washing up/cooking/vacuuming when I haven't had a chance to; but I'm the one in charge of feeding her, naps/bedtime, teeth brushing, hair brushing, baths, dressing her, making sure she has the right shoes, appointments etc. Everything falls on me.

If your partner works ridiculously long hours, how much do they look after your child? Do you ever get a break?

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