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My son is 22 months old and is in an extremely serious relationship with our Roomba. His entire day revolves around when she gets to eat food (that is, sucking in dirt around the house), and when she goes to sleep. So much so that when he once fell and got hurt, the first 'person' he called out was Roomba.

It's fascinating how different they view things compared to us.

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Yeah, my kids are fascinated by the Roomba and Braava too.

When we bought our first Roomba it was the dog that kinda felt threatened. I think the dog thought Roomba was another pet. Our dog absolutely never ever pooped or peed inside home. But in the first night with Roomba, we put Roomba to charge in an unused room, and the dog went there and pooped right in front of the Roomba. It seems to be she was basically saying "this is my territory!".

So cute

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