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DH wants to put what???? in the nursery
My DH told me that he is planning on mounting a "small" (32 inch) flat screen on the wall in the nursery. He claims I will thank him at 2 in the morning when I can watch DVR while feeding. Does anyone else think this is crazy?
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Re: DH wants to put what???? in the nursery
you've gotta admit that having something to do while you nurse would be kinda nice...
I love that our DHs kinda try to do whatever they can to help. I'm thinking that he knows he won't be able to help with the feeding, so he just wants to make you comfortable!
No, he's not crazy LOL.
And I would be grateful for it now, too, when my DD could watch cartoons in there!
I think I may get him to take some late night shifts if he could watch sports center reruns @ 2am
I think it's completely nuts!! We're going to try to have DS watch as LITTLE TV as possible.
My sister's 2 year old is already a couch potato... and plays Wii... no thank you.
I didn't have a TV in my room until I was 28, and I think that's about the right age. If my DS has a TV in his room, what kind of punishment would it be to send him to his room when he's naughty?
I agree with this! LOL. Lucky we don't have cable as it is, sadly I think our LO is going to be a gamer like mommy and daddy, but at least we will be smart parents and give moderation!
I agree with this! Seems like today it is hard to get away from a tv! DH and I were just arguing about it today because he wants a dvd player for the car. I spend all day every day trying to limit DD's tv time while she tries to negotiate "one more movie". The last thing I need is the tv following us into the car! What happened to kids who can entertain themselves? Read books, play games, do puzzles? It's lost today on children who don't think anything is fun unless it requires electricity or batteries. It's hard enough to make a difference without starting out having a tv in their rooms at birth!
He's nt doing it for LO, he's doing it for his wife and I think it is so sweet that he would even think of uch a thing. Most men don't understand the demands of breastfeeding so for him to actually thik it through like this is awesome! You could take it down when the LO starts sleeping through the night!
I think it's a great idea especially if your going to be in the nursery room for a long time. you can also put music on it for the baby while your breastfeeding. I'm going to tell my DH about that idea and see what he says.
Thank your DH for me
This.
Please do not come whining to 0-6 when you can't get your LO to fall back asleep during the night. Night feedings are supposed to be quiet and dark (think a single low wattage bulb).
Even with the sound turned off, its a problem. Have you ever watched TV in the dark? Because of scene changes on the screen, A LOT of shows will flash between light and dark. Would you turn a strobe light on in LO's room while feeding?
I agree completely. If you want LO to figure out the difference b/w days and nights, it's important to keep night feedings quiet and dark. It's recommended that you don't even really do much talking or singing to LO during night feedings. And, with my DD, once she was a few months old, she was completely distracted by the tv while nursing. I had to make sure it was off and there were no other distractions. The lactation consultant told me to take her into her room to nurse, keep lights dim, and no other sounds to keep her from being distracted--even during the day.
Besides, any child development specialist will say that a tv in a child's room is a big no-no, at pretty much any age.
JMO, but I think the flickering lights from the TV in the dark will be very distracting for the baby after a couple of weeks. I think it will make it difficult for him/her to fall back asleep with that happening. I couldn't feed DD in our bedroom at night with the TV on, even though the chair doesn't face the TV directly.
If you are worried about being a little bored while nursing, maybe a good iPod dock for soft music (even though that can be distracting, too) or a very low wattage bulb near whatever chair you are nursing in. I used to read while nursing DD (although I was too tired during the nighttime feedings to do anything but relax.)
I just want to say that contary to what some people are saying, I had a tv in DD's room and watched it everytime I nursed her. I had no problems getting her back to sleep and at 16 months she could care less about tv. (Actually, she will watch for about 1 minute if Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on, but prefers to play.)
The tv isn't staying in her room, actually I'm moving it to the new baby's room for when I'm nursing in the middle of the night. Honestly, I think that I would have gone nuts if it wasn't for that. I love the time spend with DD, but if you are nursing for 20-30 minutes every 2-3 hours, there comes a time when I needed more then DD.
Edited** And I wanted to add that she is a great sleeper now. I think that you have to do what works for you.
I agree with all the ladies who say the lights and sound would be disturbing. We would feed DS either in our room our his room with all the lights off and then put him right back in bed.
It could def. cause sleep issues later.
I can't help but LOL at all the tv paranoia.
My two year old watches tv....GASP! And he's far from a couch potato. I wish he would sit still occassionally.
That said, having the tv on for night wakings does make it harder to get baby back to sleep, even though it will not scar your child for life.
Just a note, I'm not "paranoid" about my child watching tv; she watches at least one show daily. But studies have suggested negative repercussions of having a tv in a child's room. I guess that could be avoided by removing the tv later, in the OP's case, but to invest in an expensive tv, when it might prove to be problematic for night feedings, was what I was referring to. It would have been a bad idea for my baby, but I'm sure some babies would not be distracted. Just my opinion.
Oh, and the concern about too much tv and children isn't just that they'll become couch potatoes, it's also that it can hinder attention span and learning. That would be a difficult thing to assess at a young age, and difficult to attribute to any one factor, but it's enough cause for me to place limits on tv time.