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My 8 year old begs to use iTunes, so we use it as a reward. He just got his first iPod as a hand me down. I can only hope he starts to explore computers more.

IX, on September 29th, 2008 at 5:48 am

I know it SEEMS bad, but every baby toy I try and buy these days contains a battery. They all flash lights and make sound.

So if 80% of the ‘Buy Buy Baby’ store sells noisy, flashing toys, I can’t see how this is any worse.

Jeff, on September 29th, 2008 at 6:11 am

Galactic.

Luke Dorny, on September 29th, 2008 at 9:47 am

Jeff, it’s worse because the baby isn’t actually interacting in any way. Often, the battery-powered features respond to shaking to toy or something, and the baby is exploring it, trying to figure it out.

I don’t have a problem with using the visualizer once or twice, but I would hate for it to be a ‘daddy needs to work, turn on the visualizer’ thing regularly.

Rachel, on September 29th, 2008 at 10:02 am

Sometimes I find myself mesmerized by the Visualizer… I often lose hours of my day just staring…

Tim, on September 29th, 2008 at 11:33 am

I just discovered this with my 2 year old this weekend, he loves James Brown on the Jelly visualizer. He’s happy, drumming along on the desktop, and I have a spare moment.

Jump back. Owwwww!

Darren, on September 29th, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Who would’ve thought that visual and auditory stimulation would occupy an infant’s attention?

This is groundbreaking information, I must contact the scientific community.

Mangoat, on September 29th, 2008 at 3:21 pm