Screen time/TV time and newborn trenches
I’m a FTM and just had my baby almost 6 weeks ago. My husband and I are both very intent on raising her without screens for as long as possible and being an outdoor kid. Thankfully she’s an incredibly chill baby overall, but my husband and I are still locked into the 3 hour cycle of feed, change, sleep during the day so to give us some semblance of normal since we’re not comfortable bringing her anywhere until her immune system is a little more developed, we’ve been watching our favorite shows/having the tv on in the background.
Now I’ve started to worry that my baby is being exposed to screen time too early, but on the other hand, can she even see/understand the TV at 6 weeks old? I don’t want her to get screen time, but I also don’t know what else to do during the day, especially when she wants to sleep on me and my husband is at work. Whenever she’s awake after a feed, we do lots of singing to her, eye contact while we talk to her, reading books, contrast cards, tummy time, etc. It’s just those moments of burping her after eating or when she’s starting to drift off/starting to wake up that she could see the tv or see us watching the tv.
What are you guys’ thoughts on background tv at this age? When did you start taking no screen time super seriously?