Effective 'babysitter'

I came across this article recently "Toddlers' Favourite Toy: The iphone" and can totally identify with it.

Jaden is definitely one of them. We will usually have a difficult time getting the iphone out of his hands. But I have to admit that it is the most effective tool to distract Jaden (like 'bribing' him with the phone when he refused to leave the playground) or getting him to behave while we are having dinner. It is a most effective 'babysitter'.

In the article, someone said "Please... just say no. It is not too hard to distract a toddler with, say ... a book.”. I can't help but rolled my eyes. I'm willing to bet anytime that a toddler will choose the iphone over the book. Not that I'm against books, but somehow our kids today (yes, babies included) seem to favour electronic gadgets over many things. Lynette is already staring into the iphone screen whenever Jaden plays with it.

I'm not too concerned about the excessive usage yet cos' only Daddy has iphone now and hence Jaden can only play with the phone when Daddy is around. Phew.