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3rd Trimester
Are you putting a TV in your LO's nursery?
Dh wants to hang a flat screen tv on the wall in LO's room over his changing table. I'm kind of torn. Dh wants one in the room for himself for when he is rocking LO to sleep, he can watch TV. I don't like the idea of having a TV in LO's room simply because I don't want LO in his room watching TV until much older.
I can understand Dh's point because if there is a football game on or something and he's rocking LO, he will want to be at least listening to the game.
What are your thoughts?
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Re: Are you putting a TV in your LO's nursery?
They say that TV is not good for babies eyes...so I vote no.
We will not have a tv in the babies room.
BTW I would tell DH tough it out..... you can take some time AWAY from the TV to be with his baby.
NO!
DH rocked DS to sleep and just enjoyed spending time with him. Instead of a flatscreen in the room, get T-VO or some sort of DVR. That way, DH and you can spend quality time with LO and then watch TV later.
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No.
If either of us are up with the baby in the middle of the night and want to watch TV, we can watch it downstairs.
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If he MUST watch TV, why can't he put the baby to sleep where you already have a TV? Sounds like a ploy to get a new one, honestly.
Well I will be the minority here.... My LO will be sharing a room with DD#1, who is 7 and has a small TV in her room.
I personally would not have a problem with my DH rocking LO while watching the game. I'd be watching something during those feeding times too.
That being said we have a cosleeper in our room for LO for the first few months and well... we have a 52" flatscreen mounted in our bedroom.
I don't want a TV in our bedroom but Dh has to have it on to go to sleep. He doesn't even watch it. He lays there with his eyes closed and just listens. His mother is the same way. Me personally, I can't sleep when the darn thing is on, so it's usually a battle.
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Yes, I'm serious or I wouldn't have asked. And no, Dh can't go to the living room to rock the baby because we don't have anything to rock baby with.
Aw Thanks!
How about looking at his sleeping baby? I'm sorry, there is nothing on tv worth more than my children. Also, above the changing table?? Geeze hope the thing doesn't come crashing down.
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When DD was little, we'd rock her/I'd breastfeed her in the living room with the TV on, sound off. We didn't let her watch it, but it was on when she was in the room.
If you don't have any other place to rock LO, I don't see a problem to having one in there to give yourselves something to do, nor do I see it having a lot to do with TV vs. no TV for babies/kids as long as you take it out when LO does get old enough to start watching (which will be after you stop needing to have a distraction for yourself in there).
This!