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Mobile screens have infiltrated nearly all households worldwide. While significant attention has been given to the effects of mobile screens on adolescents, the impact on children under the age of five and their developing relationships with primary caregivers remains largely unexamined. This paper will address the themes of weaning and separation, drawing upon prominent psychoanalyst Margot Waddell’s work . It will explore how these concepts have evolved since the publication of her influential book ‘Inside lives’. Key concepts such as infantile omnipotence, dependency, continuity of being, narcissism, and the roles of third and transitional phenomena will be discussed. The defensive use of mobile screens by primary caregivers and the idea of using these screens as modern pacifiers will be explored. Fictionalised examples from settings for specialist under five services in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the community will be presented. The aim is to explore how primitive feelings are evoked in children under five and their primary caregivers due to screen use and how maturation can be impeded. The potential dynamic role of child psychotherapists in addressing these issues in clinical settings by holding a thinking stance rather than a judgemental one will be discussed. Furthermore, the involvement of child psychotherapists in policy-making and working within interdisciplinary contexts will be explored.