Should I Get an I-pad for my Two-year-old?

[shmuelb]

Don't recall singling you out, I'm sorry if you felt it was directed at you.

Nope, I was just giving my 2c.

personally it sounds like 'we' are discussing 2 sep prob's

1-is it normal for a 2 yr old kid to have an ipad/iphone/itouch (minimum 300$ toy)
2-is this the solution to keeping a kid quiet, sticking them infront of a 'screen'. is that real parenting...

correct me if im wrong?

That is right, there are multiple issues here. In your 1 there are also multiple issues.

[MarkS]

#1 reason not to:

I just caught my 3 year old (who should know better) washing the Ipod Touch in the sink.....

So far it's still working......

[Ergel]

#1 reason not to:

I just caught my 3 year old (who should know better) washing the Ipod Touch in the sink.....

So far it's still working......

are you offended that in lol'd?

[AsherO]

#1 reason not to:

I just caught my 3 year old (who should know better) washing the Ipod Touch in the sink.....

So far it's still working......

Remove battery asap. Wipe off water. Put it in a small sealed container with rice for 2-3 days. If it works now it'll be as good as before.

[WhyAich]

(who should know better)

although it's OT, it;s important
WHOA! i dont agree with this at all.

while he may know that it's not something that you like, he didn't do it intentionally to hurt you, or know what are the repercussions

[MarkS]

Remove battery asap. Wipe off water. Put it in a small sealed container with rice for 2-3 days. If it works now it'll be as good as before.

Umm, ipod's (and Iphone/Ipads) don't have removable batteries.

although it's OT, it;s important
WHOA! i dont agree with this at all.
while he may know that it's not something that you like, he didn't do it intentionally to hurt you, or know what are the repercussions

I know, I know. He obviously didn't know that washing it in a sink would break it. When I wrote that I just meant that he was aware of what he was doing (though I guess didn't realize that that could break it).

It brings to mind this clip:

[shmuelb]

Umm, ipod's (and Iphone/Ipads) don't have removable batteries.

Is it sealed? My suggestion; open whatever you could - ports etc. shake it out as much as you could, shake more, keep in warm place but be careful (toaster oven turned on and then off, blow-dryer?). You do not want to melt it. Do the rice thing.

[MarkS]

Is it sealed? My suggestion; open whatever you could - ports etc. shake it out as much as you could, shake more, keep in warm place but be careful (toaster oven turned on and then off, blow-dryer?). You do not want to melt it. Do the rice thing.

He had the water streaming on the screen from the faucet. It wasn't sitting immersed in water.
While I'm sure some water did seep in, most of it probably just hit the screen and fell off.
There is nothing to open really, but I will put in in a bag of rice to be on the safe side.

[AsherO]

Is it sealed? My suggestion; open whatever you could - ports etc. shake it out as much as you could, shake more, keep in warm place but be careful (toaster oven turned on and then off, blow-dryer?). You do not want to melt it. Do the rice thing.

I'd actually try not to shake it, as that could cause water to move to a different place inside and do damage there...

[MarkS]

B"H it's working fine!

[Achas Veachas]

With this contract you should be safe:

[YankyDoodle]

With this contract you should be safe:

Awesome, love that! Will definitely do something like that one day IY"H!

[Jkhein]

With this contract you should be safe:

Funny, just came to post that.

[Achas Veachas]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-screen-time-for-kids,38445/