Is it really the only thing she wants in the entire world?

That is what she's trying to sell you, and you seem to believe her. So does this mean after she gets it she won't ask for anything else, ever? (Or at least for the next few months?) I think I might have heard those words a few times before...

Personally, I would ask my DD to put more on her list for Santa, or else knowing my DD, I would get her some really great gits that she could enjoy after getting over the disappointment of not having an iPhone. Just as you have the attitude that binkies aren't for 3 year olds, I have the attitude that these kind of electronic devices aren't for preschoolers. But, I know many people disagree and that is fine-- it comes down to what your beliefs about this are, and as long as you do have some kind of limits that you set regularly, it's not the end of the world. Who doesn't want to make their kid's face light up on Christmas morning?

It also sounds like maybe you have older kids to consider...what would their expectations be, seeing this gift (or what would your DD's expectations be for future Christmases), or do you have a firm understanding that the big ticket item comes only the year you give up your binky?

the ipod touch is a great family resource our son loves using ours!

If you need to come on here and ask a bunch of harpy, preachy bitches what you should do, OP, then the answer is NO. You are not confident in your decision, and more to the point, I think it starts a bad precedent for you and your family. Just wait.

Are you going to give it to her like its hers? will she be the one carrying it around, keeping it in her purse/backback/diaper bag? will she have unfettered access to it, like she does to her other toys? If the answer is no, I dont think you should give it as a gift. Instead, get one and let her play with it at approved times. But to give it to her from Santa, will really complicate you regulating the use - especially with a 2 y.o. who might have a "mine" phase.

How about getting a used older itouch, there are some on Craigslist for $100 and under and you could probably get one by tomorrow.

Anonymous wrote:I would upgrade your iphone -- get the 4s -- and give your kid the old phone.

This is what we did.

I wouldn't. And not because of the money. I don't think Angry Birds and other apps and games like that are "age-appropriate" for your "nearly three year old".

So, OP, have you made a decision?

I would upgrade your iphone -- get the 4s -- and give your kid the old phone.

My 4 yr old has had an iPad since he was two. Prefers it over the I touch and iPhone. I do too. No comparison.

PP- you have way too much time on your hands.Would you like a cookie for your effort, really?

Anonymous wrote:

I love this part. Like we all just fell of the fucking truck.

Apple makes something called the iTouch? Really? You are a fool. First for thinking there is a person left on this PLANET that doesn't know this (and I've been in two third world countries this year...so I know) and second, for wanting to get this for your child.

Actually, no, genius, as a PP pointed out, it's the iPod Touch. It's only you & the OP who think it's called the iTouch.

From the Apple website

"Your Apple Store search request had no matches."

I typed iTouch.

I just bought my 2 kids (ages 2 & 3) tablets. They were really cheap ones ($60 each) and I have a lot of reservations about it.

Here was my rationale -
We commute with them from the suburbs downtown (45-60 each way). Right now, they watch DVDs in the car, but I was trying to find other ways to entertain them. I loaded the tablets with some free apps - coloring, lettings, puzzles, etc. They used them for the first time today at DH's grasduation from graduate school and while it wasnt as seamless as I had hoped, it did keep them occupied for the 2 hr ceremony.

However, I did not give these to them as a gift. The kids dont think they are theirs. Instead, its like the ouse computer or the DVd play that we can let them use when appropriate. They also didnt ask for it as they had never seen anything like it before today.

I say, get one and let her use it - but dont get her one as a gift. A 2 y.o. does not need her own $200 toy.

OP here again: @21:41 Honey Badger don't care! Honestly - I am open minded and wasn't posting to stir the pot. I'm still on the fence with this and realize that this gift would be very, very non-standard for her age regardless of cost. I very much wish she asked for something normal like a Barbie house, etc... Thanks to all who are supportive of it - I'm leaning to delight her with what she wants b/c that's the magic of xmas - it's not rational.

I won an iPod Touch in a drawing, but I don't really have much use for it. Prefer my old nano. (I HATE that you can't use the touch while wearing gloves, that you can't manipulate it without looking at the screen, etc.) So it became my kid's toy sort of by default. I wouldn't have bought it FOR her, but there you have it.

She loves it. It only comes out on long car rides or when I really REALLY need her to be quiet for a couple of minutes, like if I have 5 precious minutes to talk to the electrician and need to focus on what he's telling me. So it's loaded with a couple dozen cartoons, some music that we both like, and a few games. I think it's a very practical thing to have, but I use it more for my purposes that for hers.