I think the research aspect has already been addressed above, but here's one thing to try: ask your husband WHY he thinks a baby SHOULD watch TV? For what reason would be actually want to sit a baby in front of the TV in the first place? What will baby learn from TV that she can't learn better in some other way? Anyhow, my point here is, regardless of how bad TV is/isn't, there's nothing a baby can learn from TV that she can't learn some other way. And she'll learn better by doing and discovering for herself.
Plus, once you get into the TV-watching habit it's so, so easy to use TV like a babysitter all the time, but if you don't start with the TV, you won't miss it. We didn't let DD watch TV until she was almost 2.5. When I showered, she sat in the bathroom and played. When I cooked, she played in the kitchen or sat at the table and drew. She learned signs just fine from experience and board books (she knew about 50 at her peak, around 15 months, before she gave them up in favor of words). She learned the letters from the fridge magnets. She learned colors and shapes from coloring books. She is learning Spanish at preschool. Even now, she only really gets to watch TV while I'm nursing the baby, and half the time she'd rather play with her dollhouse anyhow. I guarantee -- your kid won't miss out on anything important if you leave the TV off.
Plus, once you get into the TV-watching habit it's so, so easy to use TV like a babysitter all the time, but if you don't start with the TV, you won't miss it. We didn't let DD watch TV until she was almost 2.5. When I showered, she sat in the bathroom and played. When I cooked, she played in the kitchen or sat at the table and drew. She learned signs just fine from experience and board books (she knew about 50 at her peak, around 15 months, before she gave them up in favor of words). She learned the letters from the fridge magnets. She learned colors and shapes from coloring books. She is learning Spanish at preschool. Even now, she only really gets to watch TV while I'm nursing the baby, and half the time she'd rather play with her dollhouse anyhow. I guarantee -- your kid won't miss out on anything important if you leave the TV off.
She was TV free and mostly radio free since I just happen to like quiet, until two (and had an amazing vocabulary from a very early age. Though her friends the same age are catching up to her level now. She just had a head start)
