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[quote=Anonymous]I'm on your side OP.  I also have a screen addicted mother in law.  But, you can't tell her she can't bring the ipad.  What you could do:
1.  Right before kids open gifts have your husband (her son, really he is the one who should be communicating with her in difficult situations) kindly request that everyone put phones/iPads  away for awhile, so that we can all just enjoy being together.  You could do this anytime you are trying to do something together as a family.
2.  During meals, have your husband again, make a kind request, "Hey ma, could you put the ipad away while we eat dinner.  We are trying to teach the kids that dinner is for family, and at such a young age they don't understand why the rules sometimes apply and not others.  Could you put it away while we eat?"

All requests by your husband need to be casual and not done in front of you or the kids, or she will be defensive.  Sure she'll be on the screen the rest of the time, but you can't control everything.  Baby steps.
FWIW, we both did this last Christmas.  I made those requests of my sister and my husband did it with my mother in law.  Worked out fine.
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