Television okay?

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Hey mommas, when did you start letting your babes watch TV?

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Man listen ... for the moms who say “ oh i play with my child , so they don’t need to watch tv EVER” well thatsvgreat for you . Don’t put down moms who have their child watch tv occasionally. My daughter is always with me like I read to her everyday . I work for a school and used to be an infant teacher so i do all the activities i used to do for my babies in the school, for my daughter now . We go to the library , music and movement , gross and fine motor activities and constant cuddles . But since i am with my daughter 24/7 she hates being without me and sometimes she won’t play on her own ( she’s 7 months) . So if my husband isn’t home from work yet and i have to use the bathroom, cook , or shower .... then yes I’ll put on Sesame Street for her because its something she likes to watch . It’s not like Parents are putting their kids in front of the tv and leaving them forever and not doing anything with them, it’s that sometimes you have to have them be content when you can’t play with them and if that makes us a  bad mom then i guess we the worse

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I don’t know how you can go long with out screen time. Babies are seriously born into screens. Unless you are never on your phone or watch tv then I guess your child can go with 0 screen time. 
Honestly it’s better to introduce young cause then when they get older and actually get tv they will be used to it instead of being amazed by it and wanting to 24/7. That being said, my little guy started watching tv at like 3 months. He’s now almost three and would rather play than watch tv. He watches hour in morning for lunch and then 30 minutes for lunch.

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Ya I’m posting again. Cause i have a question for those that claim their child has no screen time. What do you do all day with them?! I would go insane without tv time worked into our schedule so I could get a break.

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My daughter is 21 months old. I have only ever put the TV on specifically for her one time (I was snowed in for days and getting bad cabin fever).   She sees me on my phone sometimes and sometimes she likes to look at pictures of herself in the phone. We also FaceTime with grandma (that’s supposedly okay per the AAP).  Other than that, I just don’t watch TV around her. 
However when I go to the gym, my husband watches her and he has his own shows on in the background that she sometimes occasionally glances at. 
How I keep my sanity: well some days that’s tough 😆 but I just make sure to get out of the house everyday. We do errands or storytime or really anything that gets us out of the house. Other than that I just try to keep busy around the house and she follows me or tries to help me. But we have time where we play babies and read books or go down the (indoor toddler) slide or play mr potatoes head and make music or listen to music. I give her baths during the day (instead of before bed) because there’s just way more time during the day than in the evening and that can take a good 45 minutes. And then there’s the celebratory nap time!! Which I take full advantage of by also taking a nap 😊 it kinda breaks the day up when you have a little nap in there.

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My daughter is 21 months and still has zero screen time. It's not necessary in any way.

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AAP recommends 0 screen time until at least 18 months. My LO is 1 year & we don’t do any & I don’t see any need.

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Mine is almost 3 and we still do basically no screen time

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A few months old. Everything in moderation is ok.

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Only when we went to out to eat. We are trying to hold out till age 6. We try to be a montessori family.

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About 8 months old, before than they wouldn’t even pay attention to the screen

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