Frustration rant about screen time shaming.
I constantly see moms posting about how their baby is screen free, how they leave their baby to play and get on with stuff and it’s draining to see.
my daughter is 9 months in a few days and does not use screens unless absolutely necessary to keep her distracted whilst I have to do something or we are travelling far and she is bored of all her toys and snacks.
I have a fomo baby who is VERY active. Attention span in toys is 2 seconds, gets bored very easy, is very clingy. I constantly rotate toys, get new toys, leave her to play, give her snacks but sometimes it’s not possible to do things with her after she’s bored of all her toys and snacks. I also give her things that are not toys like plastic cutlery and Containers etc but still it lasts 5 mins.
So I have to give a little bit of screen to just quickly get some stuff done. And I do feel that there’s some type of shaming online and in real life. Even from influencers who constantly say ‘this is my baby playing without screens whilst I do things’. But it’s easier when ur baby isn’t a fomo baby. I feel like parents or moms with very fomo active babies are very misunderstood.
I do want to say my daughter has about 10 mins of screen time in a whole week if that. But also does mean a lot of household work is not done or is done very slowly :/
Also any advice would help
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Just do what works for you, if you need to to get something done do it. I do it otherwise I’d be living in a pig sty ready to go insane. To many people have an opinion that’s totally irrelevant, their not bringing up your children, you are xx
You're judged if you do and judged if you don't, you can never seem to win no matter what it is you do, I think most things in moderation causes no harm and nothing wrong with it..do what works best for you and ignore others opinions 💗 xx
I've read into screen time, looked at studies around it etc because I feel exactly the same as you. I've got a very active 9mo and I let her watch Ms Rachel for about 20 mins a day while I get things done, but it's so educational and she's so engaging and interactive with it I really don't see how watching something that teaches her to speak, do gestures etc is considered bad.
I think when they say screen time impacts speech development, attention span, sleep etc it's referring to prolonged screen time, spending hours watching mindless cartoons.
I don't think you have anything to worry about if baby is having 10 minutes a time if it gives you a bit of time to do what needs to be done x
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