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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is still young (18months), but I have a question about tablets. Did you all buy dedicated tablets for your toddlers? Are they kid tablets? I don’t own an iPad and neither does DH, but does every other person in this area?[/quote]

Assuming we are talking strictly tablets, no, we don't own one and I would never buy one for a child unless it was needed for school. (I have a 4.5 year old and a 15 month old.) However, DH and I both have iphones and the 4 year old gets to watch about 15 minutes of kids songs on it at bedtime. This started as a potty training incentive and, sadly, has never died since it can be useful while I put the younger one to bed. We endeavor not to use the iphone as a pacifier in restaurants, doctors' offices, etc, but on occasion we have done so -- like the time the food at a restaurant was delayed by 45 minutes (fun meal) or the time we took DS for a very important dr appointment and had to concentrate 100% on what the dr was saying.

That said, we don't eat out much. DS is finally able to behave pretty well in a restaurant if it's breakfast or lunch, but he has been a picky eater since he first started solids and it's not worth taking him to the restaurants we really want to eat at (Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, etc) because he won't touch anything, even rice, and I don't enjoy dealing with that. And I have no interest in eating at kids' restaurants outside of the occasional IHOP lunch.

15 month old DD thus far eats anything and is a dream in restaurants so long as she either has food or is on my lap. Go figure.[/quote]

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