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So I got James potty trained..but now he's addicted to my iphone and the ipad at papa's house. We walk into their house and he says, "ipad?" before he even says hi. If I set my phone down he's picked it up and run off to his "hiding" spot to play a game. It's just amazing how it draws him in and keeps his attention! He is suppose to only use it when he's going potty and we set a timer so he knows when he has to be done. There are times, like Saturday mornings, when he sneaks in my room at 6:15am and I want to sleep longer so I let him climb in bed with me and I hand him the phone (just 5 more minutes, please!!) And at papa's house he gets on it for 10 minutes after we get there and then he's done for the night. So I have set limits on it..it's not like he's on it all day long (although he would be if I let him. And there are some days I'm tempted to!), but I just worry he's going to grow up glued to the screen!

It actually all started because he was looking through the pictures on my sister's phone. He loves pictures so it started out so innocent! Then she took a video of him and he wanted to watch it. So he really loves to look through the pictures and videos, but I got a little bored looking through those 100 times (because I hold the phone for him while he's on the toilet.) so I found some apps for him. And he enjoys these too, of course.

So..I thought I'd share with you his favorite apps! In case, you know, you want to potty train your kid! Or sleep 5 more minutes on Saturday morning! I haven't paid for any apps..I've only gotten the free version. You can pay $0.99 to get the full version and you get a lot more variety on them, but that's up to you!

1. Baby First puzzle Farm lite: James can drag that piece to the correct spot every time.

 

2. Baby Touch to Hear Lite: You click on an instrument and it says the name of the instrument and then plays music from that instrument. His favorite is the Balalaika! At least he's building his vocabulary! :)

 

3. Baby Touch to Hear Lite:  This one is like the instrument app. You click on an animal and it gives you the name of the animal and the sound it makes.

 



4. The Wheels on the Bus: All in one Educational Activity Center and Sing Along- There are 9 games on here. Memory cards, puzzles, spelling, coloring pages, math, racing game, piano,and recognition vocabulary,

 









 

5. E Flash Spanish: These one has 11 categories of flash cards..including colors, body parts, foods, animals, abcs, transportation, numbers, clothing, and furniture. It shows a picture of the item, plays the corresponding sound, and then says the word in Spanish. 

-I've been trying to find a Spanish app that I like better. I wished it gave the English word first and then the Spanish word. It also lets you scroll to the next flashcard before it says the Spanish word so he doesn't always wait to hear it before he scrolls to the next one. But this one is free!

 

6. Phone 4 kids: This one also has a couple different games you can play on it. There is a painting button, seasons, abcs, compass, texting keyboard, and number keypad.

 



  

 

Good Luck!! And I'm warning you..they'll be hooked!! Let me know if you know of any fun apps!