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I spoke to my Well Child nurse about tv watching and she advised that a little tv isn't going to harm LO providing she isn't watching R18 movies or traumatic content!

She said that tv is just another form of stimulation and that babies often really enjoy the faces and colours.

I try to keep the tv off during the day but don't worry too much if LO watches some golf with Dad

I sometimes watch while nursing but with my first I stopped when I noticed he was noticing the tv and trying to look at it.

Lo loves the lights from the tv, and I don't stress if it's on in the background sometimes. I just try to make sure he's turned away from it and that I'm not just watching and ignoring him.

Same here as Hilsy. I leave it on in the background, make sure i dont ignore him, and try to keep him turned away

A smartphone/table with earbuds can help split the difference!!

Don't feel bad - or else you'll make me feel bad hahaha!

I watched SO much TV during the first 6 weeks whenever DS nursed and he also slept on me during the day, so the tv was on all day long. But he was WAY too little to even notice. I still sometimes have it on when he's awake and he's nearly a year old. I DO let him watch a show each day because heck I'm a SAHM and need a break too! I have to consciously tell myself that I cannot allow any mommy guilt! I am with this kid 24/7 because we have one car and DH takes the car to work - so during the work week I am stuck at home from morning to night. It is REALLY hard! So 30-60 minutes of TV time a day is not going to make me feel bad!

We are almost 14 months in and trying to have no screen time at least until LO turns two. As soon as LO started noticing the TV, off it went. I think it was somewhere between two and three months. Prior to that, I frequently had it on while he nursed. He sees TV sometimes at restaurants and it amazes me how captivated he is by the lights. We were never people who had the TV on for background noise, but we would watch TV with dinner and after. We probably watched two hours of shows each day. It has been easier to manage than I would have thought. Football season was the hardest. My husband also loves to watch movies which he doesn't do near as much anymore. Once LO started an early bedtime, we started back to watching TV at night though closer to an hour now.