Dh thinks we should get Luca a couple of DVD's.. I'm not sure about having him watch TV. He'll look at the TV when it's on, but it doesn't seem to capture his interest for long... Just wondering if anyone tried it.. I need to find a new way to get a shower... Thanks...
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um, [this is only my opinion and i'm not judging anyone at all] I don't think kids should watch t.v. until later - their brains need to mature before having all that visual stimuli shot at their eyes and brains...
Can you bring him and something fun into the bathroom with you? he can play and you can shower?? Maybe try just showering at night when your husband is home and can take the little one?
I also apparently don't like those toys with little tags attached to them. I was at the opening of Learning Express today and the woman showed it to me but I remembered the attraction of babies to self stimulating behavior and decided then and there that I don't like them. she told me that mom's like them because they keep their babies occupied... um, toys to me shouldn't be for keeping one occupied but for learning. i'm a freak I know... oh well.
i'm with opal. the AAP says 2 years old and i am unhappy about the fact that i gave in early due to this pregnancy and started letting him watch it at 21 months. there have been a lot of studies that have said BE (in particular) stunts verbal development. i don't have any bookmarked, but a quick google search will pull them up.
will Luca not play with toys while you shower? i always brought Tru in the bathroom and gave him his bead/wire thing and a couple other toys.
if you really think that tv is the only way you can get some peace, you know. we all do what we have to. i am lucky that i made it to 21 months with a child that played with toys on his own while i got things done. of course, part of me attributes this to the fact that i never gave tv as an option. there is a cartoon out there called "Oswald" which is very cute and sweet and i do like it for Tru (i just ordered some from amazon bc Sesame St is getting tiring) b/c it's a slow pace, gentle sounds, not all epileptic. check it out. it's really cute!
I don't have a problem with limited tv for babies, my pedi said no more then an hour but discouraged baby einstein, I'm was with him on that.
However, it wouldn't have kept Addie busy for a shower. she never sat down and watched it, still doesn't really. (unles she's sick). I played a lot of shower curtain peek a boo myself. Or gave Addie some bathroom toys to play with. or, more likely, waited until naptime.
I would put Alex in his little bouncy playseat, or in the highchair with some snacks and roll it into the bathroom.
I am not anti-tv at all - but Alex wasn't interested enough at that age and I wouldn't have felt comfortable leaving him in the other room while I showered anyway.
We have a couple of them and E would watch them occasionally. I think she was more into the music then anything at that age.
I'm not sure if this is an option for you, I would put E in her exersaucer and take a shower. It can be a pain to drag it into your bathroom but it helped me so much!
If DH and I are watching tv, he'll play with his toys. If he sees a baby or dog on the tv, he'll say the words and if he hears music, he'll bounce like he's dancing, but for the most part, he ignores the tv.
We have them but Sarah has never watched them. I agree with bringing the exersaucer in the bathroom. That is the only way I could take a shower.
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dd has been watching them once a day since she was a couple months...not every single day but most...she laughs at the puppets and loves the shapes colors and songs
she will be 7 months on saturday and she says mama, dada, hey, and in my opinion her language & cognitive skills are above average.
i must be a bad mom since i let her watch these...i didnt realize so many ppl were against them...my dr recomended them