what age did you start letting your baby have screen time?

I let my baby watch learning shows ( mostly animals and puppets included ) but for like half an hour or less only if I’m busy. I’d recommend just giving them a time limit cause some children can get addicted and I isolate themselves. My sister they let her have a phone very young and she was always glued to it, till I started taking it away and playing with her or giving her other activities/chores. She was so addicted that she’d throw fits.l even in public. Now she’s older and she’s a teen but sorta still addicted ( she mostly FaceTimes her friends and listens to music ) but will set it down when she is with me cause she knows my rules 😅❤️. And PLEASE make sure to watch over what she is watching there are “kid” shows that will teach them very bad habits and they speak of very mature things. Especially on YouTube! They get “recreated”.

Soon as he got here😭

Correction…while in the womb🤣

Screen time is a life saver 😀

Started at 7 months - we only watch miss Rachel.

I studied maths and stats in uni (that’s what my degree was in) and I’ve looked at the research about screen time in depth because I was so afraid I would be a bad mum by letting her watch.

From what I can see, there are way too many variables to be able to conclude that screen time is the culprit to any speech delays or inattentive issues. You can’t be certain that parents were doing all of the things that needed to be done and it was this ONE thing that led to the kid having issues. I’d argue that the more screen time these kids in the studies had, the closer we were getting to neglect - it wasn’t just screen time that led to issues.

There was also no differentiation between what type of screen time they were getting, the type of schools they ended up going to, the face to face time they got with their parents, the socialising they did with other children their age, etc.

I think it’s just like the drinking whilst pregnant advice. They’ve seen that some is likely safe, but they don’t know the threshold so they give the blanket “no drinking” advice.

Screen time probably does lead to issues if the parents aren’t also socialising with their kid, getting them to be social with other kids, paying attention to their development, etc. But they’ll never be able to conduct a conclusive study because there are way too many variables involved - ergo blanket advice - no screen time

my thoughts exactly, I don’t think the screen time is really a problem in itself, the problem is when people just put baby in front of the tv and don’t interact with them and if you say that screen time is safe some people will start doing way too much.

My girl had a bit a screen time within a few weeks of being born, usually nursery rythmes in French or English or the dancing fruits.
I try to turn her back to the tv, but sometimes if she gets very fussy or I need her to be distracted for a moment, but I also sing along with it and play with her, it’s about balance

Not yet. She is 11m old. I’m STHM so I will try to avoid it for as long as possible. I definitely can teach her myself whatever a video could teach. And I know it’s not healthy for their developing eyes as well (bad vision in family history). I do understand parents in a different situation that need a moment to do something or to relax. I think I will introduce some screen time after she is 2yrs old. We also try to avoid any tv in the background to not tempt/distract her but it’s because we never really watch it anyways. Other than Netflix but who has time for that now 😓

My bubs is still young so I'm following this thread to read too. :) right now I use Spotify instead to play miss Rachel and I do the dances for my baby. He finds it hilarious 😂 when I need some alone time (eg to pump or rest), I set him next to me with a toy gym instead. I figured they'll be able to pick it up super quickly no matter what age they get into using tech, so no real rush IMO?

I gave her screen time since 5-6 months old because of my mental health. I have no village to support and my husband was pro screen time. I gave in and since then when I have things to do or need a break ms Rachel is the only saviour . I still play with her when I’m free and make sure tv is not the only thing she sees

Haven’t yet

Around 10.5 months. I tried to put it off as much as possible but I am a work from home mom and once he started crawling my days just got even harder. So I need to keep him busy while I have meetings or phone calls. But I do limit him to only one hour of screen time a day.

9 months to a year