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Yes! More for my sanity than anything. I don't think I would actually get anything done around the house if it wasn't for the TV 🙈
Yes! Dancing fruits literally saves my sanity.
I’m a SAHM so the tv is always just on, he sometimes watches but often just plays with his toys. If he’s being grumpy and I’ve tried everything else I’ll stick ‘Bluey’ or ‘Bear in the Big Blue House’ on and he’s happy😂 x
Yes dancing fruit! He’s been watching it since he was a couple months old when I have to do something around the house or when I want to get a shower etc.
Looks like I'm bringing balance to the force Obi Wan! We avoid screentime where possible around our son as well as being on our phones unless we need to. Seen too many staring blank faces from kids in front of screens and also told about virtual autism being an issue later on. One toy at a time over here - he's a happy man and learning skills to manage frustration too. 😊 Edit: for background noise we have the radio on instead.
I think those who snub or judge mothers or parents who use a little screen time to get things done have no idea what it’s like for solo parents who are doing it all alone. It’s a privilege mothers like myself will never get! That’s why I hate posts like this because it makes mum guilt even worse 🚫
@Drei I don’t think posts like this makes mum guilt worse.. going by the majority of the responses a lot of us do let our little ones watch some tv in order to get stuff done and tbh it makes me feel less guilty for it!
@Drei absolutely, moderation is key, plus the reason why too. Are you doing it for their benefit in the long run, like needing to do something and keep them safely entertained for a moment, or to simply keep them quiet? We did give dancing fruits a whirl when our son was in the trenches of some awful teething, and it helped distract for a bit. Totally different though what we're talking about compared to a case I saw recently where a couple just put their girl in front of tiktok reels while they had a meal and pint. Girl had none of her food, the parents showed no interest in what she stared at, nor was a word spoken at their table. Quite sad. 😔 Well done to your girl too, that's good going! Medicine is damn hard. 👏🏻 Screen time has sadly gotten more immersive and addictive though in her lifetime.
He only has it because my 3yo watches it, but even then we limit screen time, mainly only has it on weekends!
@Sophia sorry I deleted my message because I didn’t want to sound like I was targeting you and thank you! ❤️
@Drei no worries, totally understand and zero judgement! Kind of you to say this though ❤️ tbh I'm all for advocating informed choices whatever they be 😊
Yes the occasional TV for my sanity, she loves to watch Ms Rachel. We all need breaks sometimes and if this gives us a bit of a breather it’s absolutely fine
I use dancing fruits to cut his nails and to distract him if he's getting upset in the car. Occasionally I'll use it in the house if I need to get something done and he's being fussy.
I avoided it for as long as possible, but we now do put it on occasionally if I need to quickly eat, we're at a medical appointment, or travelling etc. It's on only for 10 minutes max and only low stimulating shows. Occasionally we'll have the TV on in the background while baby is around, but generally speaking we try to limit it as much as possible and involve LO in whatever we're doing
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@Julia same as us. Puffin rock is our fav and it’s low stimulation 😁
I personally don’t, no.
I don't put children's TV programmes on for him. But it will often be on in the background, mostly in a morning and it's just morning news, or some sort of quiz show will be on in the evening. Mostly just background for me. He doesn't really pay attention to it at all unless there's some sort of music playing on an Intro or Advert. I've put Miss Rachel on the TV a handful of times but only ever for about 5 minutes at a time. He's honestly not really interested. He seems to have a short attention span, gets bored easily and won't sit still anyway😂
I sometimes have the tv on for something I want to watch but generally I try to have music on instead. Once a day in the afternoon I’ll pop miss apple on for a rest and he loves her
No baby tv at all in our house. Most she’s watched is a Disney film when we’ve put one on to watch ourselves and an episode or two of the old 90s series of Beatrix potter. It meant to be quite bad for their development (a lot of people will disagree) but the studies are there. Babies learn best from watching real life around them. My baby at 8 months is trying her best to walk, can say: hiya, dad, daddy, dog, ooh yeah, baba and sounds out chhh ssss and fff noises. No miss rachel needed 🥰
I am personally using tv time as a background noise, however I'm using it as a sneaky way to educate. I'm trilingual, and the only speaker in my household. So it promotes me to speak to my daughter in the other languages. I don't want to raise a child who cannot speak to me privately in front of people. However I also put on old 90's teletubbies - it's calm and educational. She watches it for approx 10 mins per day but gets distracted within 3-4 minutes.
My tv is always on but I don’t put on baby shows just the occasional Disney movie. He watches maybe 5 minutes of it.
Yes! My little boy was born with a cataract and after the removal surgery the specialist actually said things like the baby sensory dancing fruit was good to help him focus and develop the sight back in his effected eye. Its really helped him🥰 x