I am trying to limit the amount of TV I am showing to Baby #1 because of what I learned from a close friend of mine who also has a little baby. She tries hard not to show her baby any TV because she says it causes the brain to switch attention too quickly just the the images on the TV screen do. Therefore, a child would find everyday stuff boring. I've been online reading the research that has been done on infants watching TV and developing ADD later in life. Although the results are inconclusive, why put my baby at risk?
It's hard. I have to admit, I LOVE watching TV and much of my day is spent sitting in front of it with my baby. We also have placed our baby in the Bumbo chair in front of the TV and she watches it! She loves 3 commercials and a few shows on Tree House. My hubby and I have agreed that we should start to wean her off it because we would hate to have her ADD. What scared me about this is the fact that I know a friend who has a son who is severely ADD and she told me all he did as an infant and child was watch TV. His language development was also delayed.
Scary stuff...I hope my baby isn't going to develop ADD...I hope making this change will reverse some of the damage already done.
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