Bedtime

Hi mamas. I let my baby watch kids videos for bedtime until he gets asleep. Am I a worse mum??

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Never think that. Whatever works for you works for you. If you think you shouldn’t let him watch videos maybe get some busy books for him to do

I wouldn’t say a bad mum but it’s extremely over stimulating for a baby especially before bed and there are other better things to do instead. If unsure on what to do with baby before try bath and play with calming music and then a dim light when getting dressed for bed and then read a story with baby or play with some busy books like mahima said above. We do bath with loads of toys and bubbles and splashes and then we play Disney songs whilst getting dressed and then we play for a bit in his bedroom/read and by 7pm he’s rubbing his eyes for a bottle. We are screen free though and he prefers playing with building blocks, books and his busy board x

Why?

When my baby is really wound up, I let her watch bedtime sensory videos. They aren’t too bright and are mostly just clouds swaying with calming music. We usually don’t watch tv at all but sometimes she needs to wind down. Just for a few minutes. Hey, whatever helps you keep sane!

I think books would be better. After watching my stepchildren grow up with screens and smartphones and seeing what it did to them, I will not be giving my baby a smartphone until end of high school, will not give her her own laptop (she will use a desktop in the common public areas). I’m not trying to be mean. just warning about the slippery slope.

I let them watch like aquarium ambiance or nature and just talk about animals and stuff or read books with textures they can feel in the books

I do the same when she’s still being fidgety after other bedtime stuff, it’s just a twinkle star calming music thing with a star or moon moving across the screen. It’s 12 mins and she’s usually asleep before it ends or I play it again. Pick a low stimulation video and use the same one every time you need it so he knows thats the bedtime video. If that’s how you wanna do it and get a bit of peace then don’t feel bad! Trust me, I have a masters degree in early childhood development and I don’t feel bad 😂❤️

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