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As a parent, I would be very wary of exposing a child that small to any screen for extended periods of time.

As a soon-to-be-parent: why?

I think because "screens" are 2-D and little kids need to learn that things are 3-D. Also, screens don't have texture. Everything on a screen is artificial, which is fine once you understand what it is trying to represent, but not before.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/health/19babies.html

And yes, it's not clear that iPads are a problem. But it's not clear that they aren't, and you are messing around with their brain wiring.

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