Our iPad Baby

Technology is absolutely fabulous. It can hold all our books in one place, it can track our baby's every move, it can tell us when to wake up, and let us write a paper. It can hold all our pictures, and let us draw more, it can help us teach, it can help us learn, and best of all it can give us funny nick names.

Throughout my entire pregnancy my husband joined me at each of my appointments, typing away notes on our iPad. He recorded what I weighed, my blood pressure, my measurements, and even the color of my pee. :0). My nurse quickly learned our pattern and made sure she let Matt know everything that was going on. She talked and he noted. Then James was born and nothing changed.

We had a new doctor now, our pediatrician. The notes this time were of James. All the way we we are tracking his growth, his shots, and the many questions that come with raising a little man.

The nurses here would joke and soon shared their method of remembering the new babies that came through the doors. They would give them a nickname that helps them remember the many different babies they see. They told us they have an army baby and many more. But our baby, yes our baby, is their iPad baby.

Indeed, James is our little iPad baby. It started out with note taking, and app tracking, and now we have even gone as far as laying him out in front and let him draw us some pictures.

Do not get me wrong, I love a hard cover book, and some good old pen and paper. But James is too young to pick up some crayons and do anything but eat them. But I don't have to wait to get some art from my boy.

So Apple, if you need an iPad advocate for babies, remember this, we have got the "original" iPad baby.

Art by: James Tolhurst