For my birthday last month Matt bought me the new iPhone. I’ve never had an iPhone before, so it was all new to me, but it very quickly became one of those things (like the GPS in my car) that I can’t believe I ever lived without.
As fantastic as I think the iPhone is, Nate loves it even more. When I first got it I downloaded a few games for him, but I would only let him play with it when we are at the doctor’s office (that way it wouldn’t lose it’s appeal and he would have something to keep him busy while we were waiting for the doctor…we go to the doctor a lot, especially now with my pregnancy). That lasted for a couple of weeks, then I broke my own rule and let him play with it one day while we were out to lunch with my mom. That was the beginning of the end.
After that he started asking to play with it all the time, and I gradually just gave in more and more. I also downloaded some cartoons for him, and by far his favorite is Batman. So he has a few Batman cartoons and lots of educational games, so my phone has now become his number one favorite toy. He wakes up in the morning and within minutes he is asking to watch Batman (which means, “Give me your phone, Mommy.”) He usually spends about half the time watching his Batman cartoons, while he spends the other half playing his games and hopefully learning a few things, so I try not to feel too bad about it.
After I get my phone back I will sometimes discover that he’s been doing more than just watching shows and playing games. A few times I’ve found that he’s started to reply back to an email. Just the other day I saw that he had opened a browser window, somehow found his way to Wikipedia, then searched for ‘Purddsqpplopppl’. Alas, no results matched his query.
He has also found the camera application a few times, and it’s funny to see his perspective on the world:
Like sitting in his car seat looking at the messy floorboard:
Or waiting on Mommy as we are walking out the door:
Or sitting in the grocery cart (the big part of the cart, not the front part where the kids are supposed to sit…he’s too good for that):
So, he loves my iPhone. Which is kind of annoying because I love my iPhone and he is totally turning into an iPhone hog.
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Chloe is a little older than Nate and we LOVE to let her use our camera. She gets the most interesting photos. Sometimes her finger is in the picture or covering the flash but she’s gotten a few that are really great! I think your only way out of the IPhone thing is to buy him one of those portable gaming things
After Aidan used my phone to update my facebook status, I learned to put it on airplane setting before I let him play with it. I have one page of apps, he has THREE. Totally get where you’re coming from.