Patient's question:
1、My daughter is now 5 and a half months old. May I ask if it's okay for her to watch TV cartoons?2、Since birth, the child has received vaccinations, almost all of which have been administered to the right arm (only the BCG vaccine was given on the left arm at birth). May I ask if it's good to frequently inject the right arm? Will it have any effects?
Doctor's answer:
Absolutely not. A baby's eyes have not yet fully developed, and their vision is relatively poor. Regular TVs are very flashy, which can significantly hinder the development of a baby's vision. We cannot simply let them develop freely just because they enjoy colorful and noisy things, as this can have adverse effects on their future.Around one and a half to two months after birth, babies show a strong reaction to the TV. By the time they are 11 months old, they can already understand and recognize certain scenes on the TV. Once placed in front of the TV, they will sit quietly and stare at it intently. If you let them do this all day, it will be disastrous. The baby's head will start to react to mechanical sounds and fail to respond to their mother's voice.
Some mothers might think, "Then why not just let the child listen to the TV?" However, TV sounds are mechanical, while human voices are organic. The two are fundamentally different. If a baby's brain becomes accustomed to mechanical sounds, they may fail to respond to their mother's organic voice, which is a major cause of autism.