no screen mums!!

I did no screen until 18 months. Between 18 months and 2 years old it was occasionally (when he was sick, or us burned out). After 2 he was having a little but more but it's not a daily part of our lives. Except now that I m pregnant and so sick, he is having much more. But I definitely plan to regulate this once we are stable with our new born. It's not a black and white answer 😊

It’s up to you. But what I used to do was put her in the bathroom with me whilst I showered. Either strapped in to the baby chair when she was little, then in a travel cot with toys once she got bigger.

We do no screens 99% of the time until age 2. My oldest is 4 and he does have daily screen time now (with boundaries and limits, of course) and I’m glad we waited until he was 2. My youngest just turned 1 and we are waiting until she’s 2 as well.

Exceptions were a road trip when my oldest was 18 months. And we will show a 3 minute song to clip their nails once it becomes a safety issue and other distractions don’t work.

I always just showered when babies were sleeping.

In our house it's no tablets/phones. Tv is ok as long as it's low stim shows my son is 2.5 we did tv at 1 years old

My 4yr old is allowed some TV before school and weekends
My 10yr old is allowed morning TV also and then a games consoles at weekends
(We are usually out at the weekend so this is NOT all day)
I wouldn't give a 6 month old a screen to watch- would put them in a bouncy chair in the bathroom with me and just be quick with the shower if you have to shower when noone else is around.
Maybe a Tonie box would be of interest? We don't have one but they look cute and can grow with the child. Although these are just ideas to avoid screens- no judgement whatever you do- just think about what's easiest for you and do that.

We did no screens til 18 months and then slowly introduced even now she’s over 2 and has tops an hour a day (but usually only 3 days a week), I guess I’ve got used to not sat watching telly as much either! Only screen is tv x

No screens for our daughter. If I have to shower while alone with her I just set up her Yoto player and give her all the cards, she’ll listen to her favourite nursery rhymes on repeat or a story or just change the cards around every 10 seconds. It’ll give me anywhere between 10 to 20 minutes. When she was younger I knew the words to a couple of her books off by heart and would narrate them out loud with silly voices and it kept her calm for a bit.

Haven’t had my baby yet but we are planning no screens through toddlerhood, with the exception of some movies & low stimulation shows, but these will be put on with a purpose eg family movie night. I’ll also use my phone to video call family (my sister lives in Australia & I’m uk)😊

Our exceptions were video calls to our friends and family and if we were visiting other people.

Even when the TV was on our kids were never that interested. I filled one of the bathroom cupboards with bath toys and our kids would just spend my shower time taking them all out of the cupboard. 😂

Honestly, we tried. I’m a PT stay at home mom and sometimes the only way I can keep my kid from climbing up me while I’m trying to make breakfast for us in the morning is to put on a show for 20 minutes. She’s 10 months. Half the time she doesn’t even watch it fully, but it’s distracting enough that I can cook without her getting hurt.