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"  Per Pregnancy.org, &amp;quot;Most babies need to be breastfed at least eight times every 24 hours,&amp;quot; and the average length of each feeding is 20 to 40 minutes total. Translation? Once moms get the hang of things\u2014whether breast- or bottle-feeding\u2014they have a lot of time on their hands while nursing, feeding, and pumping. And, as one mom admits, &amp;quot;Everyone says breast-feeding is so magical and such wonderful bonding time, but when the baby is tiny, it can also be kind of boring.&amp;quot;  Enter the growing trend we affectionately call &amp;quot;breast-flixing.&amp;quot; Thanks to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu and the ability to watch your favorite shows on phones and tablets, it&amp;#039;s become a no-brainer for many moms to do some quality binge-watching while feeding their babies. Some women even use the TV as a nursing resource. &amp;quot;For late-night feedings, I watched QVC. It has a timer on the bottom of the screen to let you know they&amp;#039;re moving on to the next product; I used this as a reminder to switch breasts,&amp;quot; one reader noted on Facebook. Um, brilliant. Nevertheless, as with any other good thing taken to an extreme\u2014especially something to which we so readily apply the term &amp;quot;binge&amp;quot;\u2014we started to wonder whether subjecting ourselves to non stop evil King Joffrey vibes could somehow affect our developing babies. Yes, file it under total new-mom over thinking mode, but we had to ask. Luckily, some experts assuaged our fears and gave us the okay to hit &amp;quot;Play next episode.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;You have no choice but to sit and make eye contact; however, part of the time the baby is busy either sleeping or nursing. You want to have a simple pleasure that doesn&amp;#039;t require too much thought or energy,&amp;quot; says Leigh Anne O&amp;#039;Connor, IBCLC and media liaison for La Leche League of New York. &amp;quot;There are the camps that say you should be gazing lovingly at the baby, and there are others that say don&amp;#039;t put too much pressure on moms. If watching these shows is keeping you sane in the process because you didn&amp;#039;t realize that you were going to have this baby attached to your body for more than one-third of the day, then do it,&amp;quot; echoes Lara Audelo, CLEC and author of Virtual Breastfeeding Culture. As to whether or not the type of show will have a direct impact on your baby, &amp;quot;Stress from watching a show would only matter if it made the mother really uptight or jumpy, and to be honest, not many shows will do that,&amp;quot; says Jenna Mayhew, a psychologist and cofounder of Write as Rain: Written Word Therapy. &amp;quot;As long as the mum is happy, calm, and attentive, the baby will better fed and calm as well.&amp;quot; Exactly! Sometimes a tired new mom just needs some quality zone-out time in the form of Veronica Mars. With that in mind, we went straight to the source to ask for some tried-and-tested &amp;quot;breast-flixing&amp;quot; recommendations. Here&amp;#039;s what multitasking moms had to say.  Game of Thrones &amp;quot;When I was pregnant, I became obsessed with Game of Thrones and binge-watched all three seasons in three weeks. Considering some of the violence that happens on that show\u2014some specifically perpetrated upon babies\u2014I felt a wee bit guilty about it, but that didn&amp;#039;t stop me from watching both The Sopranos and Breaking Bad when my baby was 1 week old. He peacefully breast-fed to the sound of gunfire, breaking bones, and men cooking meth in the background. He seems okay so far, but it&amp;#039;s too soon to know if he&amp;#039;ll be totally messed up or if he&amp;#039;ll just have good taste in television shows.&amp;quot; \u2014Laurie S. Find it on: HBO Go  Episode length: ~55 minutes Already watched it? Try History Channel&amp;#039;s Vikings or Rome.  Veronica Mars &amp;quot;I became obsessed with Veronica Mars on Netflix streaming. I would basically sit around nursing or with a sleeping baby on me and live vicariously through a teenage girl crime-fighting her way through high school.&amp;quot; \u2014 Peggy T. Find it on: Amazon Instant Video  Episode length: ~50 minutes Already watched it? Try Buffy the Vampire Slayer if it&amp;#039;s the teen caper facet that has you tuning in, and Castle if you&amp;#039;re more into the crime-solving.   Once Upon a Time &amp;quot;I would watch Once Upon a Time on the Netflix app on my iPhone. I tried watching sitcoms, but I needed something that kind of left me hanging at the end of each episode so nursing didn&amp;#039;t feel so long and tedious. It made me &amp;#039;excited&amp;#039; to nurse!&amp;quot; \u2014Nicole B. Find it on: Netflix (seasons 1 and 2); Hulu (season 3)  Episode length: ~50 minutes Already watched it? Check out Grimm or Pushing Daisies.  Downton Abbey  &amp;quot;I was a master &amp;#039;breast-flixer!&amp;#039; I binge-watched all of the Downton Abbey seasons while up all hours breast-feeding. It was the perfect series to watch with my newborn.&amp;quot; \u2014Jenn B. Find it on: Amazon Instant Video (seasons 1 to 4); PBS.org (season 4) Episode length: ~50 minutes Already watched it? Try its predecessor Upstairs, Downstairs, which is streaming on Acorn TV, a site that specializes in British shows.  Orange Is the New Black &amp;quot;I streamed Orange Is the New Black on Netflix. That show was so good I didn&amp;#039;t even mind that she was hungry at 3 a.m.&amp;quot; \u2014Renee H. Find it on: Netflix Episode length: ~50 minutes Already watched it? Try Call the Midwife or The Good Wife.  House Hunters International &amp;quot;I would often\u2014and still do\u2014get sucked into HGTV marathons and watch, like, five House Hunters International in a row. I&amp;#039;m nursing twins, and you need a lot of time for it!&amp;quot; \u2014Sarah Find it on: HGTV Episode length: ~22 minutes Seen &amp;#039;em all? Try the original House Hunters or anything else on HGTV or DIY Network.  Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy  &amp;quot;I have a friend who is marathon-watching Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy with her 1-month-old, who is pretty much permanently attached to her right now. I think the theme here is nothing too hard to follow, but that has excitement at pretty regular intervals.&amp;quot; \u2014Sarah S. Find it on: Netflix (seasons 1 to 9); Hulu (season 10) Episode length: ~45 minutes Already watched it? Check out Shonda Rhimes&amp;#039;s other shows, Scandal or Private Practice.  Reality TV &amp;quot;Thank God for DVR! I watch all my trashy reality TV in the middle of the night while nursing\u2014Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives, and The Bachelor.&amp;quot; \u2014Sarah P. Find it on: Vanderpump Rules and Real Housewives on Bravo; The Bachelor on ABC Episode length: ~1 hour (Bravo shows); ~2 hours (The Bachelor) Already watched it? Check out Burning Love, a hilarious parody of The Bachelor.  Beverly Hills 90210 &amp;quot;When I was breastfeeding in the middle of the night, I would watch reruns of 90210. Like, old-school 90210.&amp;quot; \u2014Bindu/p&amp;amp;gt; Find it on: Amazon Instant Video Episode length: ~50 minutes Already watched it? Try Party of Five or relive the glory days of Pacey and Joey on Dawson&amp;#039;s Creek. And one show that&amp;#039;s probably best to avoid... &amp;quot;I watched a creepy amount of Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU when Peter was a baby, but I wouldn&amp;#039;t recommend it. You start thinking you&amp;#039;ll just never let your child leave the house\u2014ever, ever, ever.&amp;quot; \u2014Sarah S.  Photos: Game of Thrones courtesy Macall B. Polay/HBO; Downton Abbey courtesy Carnival Film and Television Limited 2013 for Masterpiece; Veronica Mars courtesy CBS via Getty Images; Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy courtesy Bob D&amp;#039;Amico/ABC; Orange Is the New Black courtesy Paul Shiraldi for Netflix; Once Upon a Time courtesy ABC; Real Housewives of Beverly Hills courtesy Rodolfo Martinez/Bravo; House Hunters International courtesy HGTV.com; 90210 courtesy Getty Images Follow REDBOOK on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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