Please don’t judge me

Honestly probably yes just because they’re more low stimulation - IG and TT are both geared towards quick fix content and you’re constantly moving to the next thing. Ms Rachel is very slow, repetitive (in a good way) with very few cuts. Don’t beat yourself up xx

When I was pregnant my toddler used to sit in my bed scrolling instagram reels when he woke at 5am whilst I got some more sleep. He learnt how to scroll and everything. I would block stuff that wasn't appropriate though. His favourite videos were of dogs and eating dinners and mixing paint so my algorithm was full of these.
I then created a YouTube kids account for him and he watches that a lot now after baby has been born. The videos on these are much more suited to him and I go through and block videos I think are too overstimulating. He does still spend a lot of time outside as well so isn't always watching a screen.
He didn't really have any screen time before 2 though.
I used to feel guilty but sometimes you've just got to do what you've got to do to get through the days.

My little one had been completely screen free until I got pregnant with my second and then he pretty much lived off screen until I hit 20 weeks and finally stopped vomiting
Don’t feel guilty at all pregnancy is so so hard it’s okay to just survive it as best you can

I do think though you might be better with TV over a phone
1- because it’s less engaging, I find if I give my kid a phone/laptop he’ll sit and watch for hours but if it’s a TV he’ll get yo and dance to the songs or even wander off and read/ play other things when he gets bored - there’s also less meltdowns when I turn off the TV vs taking away the phone

2- I know a lot of people may disagree with this but they can actually learn a lot from shows, mine could only say Mama and Dadda for a full year, as soon as we started allowing ms Rachel he finally started copying other words she would say on the show (even our midwife recommended ms Rachel as a first step when he couldn’t talk at 18 months)