iPod redux: Low-Fidelity

So, I've talked about how Anthon loves Shelley's iPod. We snapped a shot of Anthon listening to the iPod as Shelley was listening with my cheapo low-fi speakers. I look at this picture and think that maybe Anthon will turn out to be that guy who walks around town carrying a boom box against his ear.

Anthon and the iPod

Like most kids, Anthon loves watching TV. His favorite show is either Baby Einstein or Baby Signing Times. Or, if I'm watching sports, he likes to cheer at the screen. Shelley also has a video iPod. (Do you see where I'm going with this?) and ahead of a particularly long flight that Shelley had to take with Anthon, alone, I thought I'd be a good husband and rip a few of our Baby Einstein DVDs and put them onto the video iPod for Shelley to use with Anthon. I thought that would pacify him...and it does...as you can see from the photo below. It's like catnip for our child. It just puts him into a calm, sedate state.

But Anthon loves the iPod. Shelley told me a story of how she had just come downstairs with Anthon and was doing something when she realized that it was pretty quiet. She looked around for Anthon and eventually walked upstairs to find Anthon sitting in our black swivel office chair. He had pulled Shelley's iPod out of the cubby it was in...which is hard for Anthon to reach...unwound the earbuds, stuck them in his ear correctly, turned on the iPod and pressed the right combination of buttons to get the Baby Einstein video to play. This kid is determined to watch his Baby Einstein. He looks at Shelley with a proud look on his face and says, "Mama, TV!"

We flew home from Indiana last weekend when I snapped this shot. Anthon was asking for the iPod long before the flight even took off from Evansville. But it works magic. Our child was quiet and eventually fell asleep for a nice flight home.