By: chatchi

chatchi — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:23:33 +0000

Game of thrones In my family, we’re not big talkers. As soon as I get home from work, I plop down in front of the TV and watch my shows until it’s time to go to bed. My wife will try to tell me about her “busy” day staying at home with our son — I’m only half listening, though.I know we’re supposed to interact with our kid and teach him things, but quite honestly, it’s easier just to put him in front of the TV and let those cartoons do the educating for us. The kid goes into a zone when he’s watching TV and doesn’t say a word for hours, so he’s obviously learning a ton of stuff.When the iPad came out, I was reluctant to fork out all that cash, but once my wife and I realized the educational benefits it could have on our child, we bought it immediately. He has absolutely no idea how to operate the darn thing, but when he’s playing with the iPad it’s like we don’t even have a kid anymore. It’s pretty great.After a disastrous attempt to potty-train the kid after his first birthday, we weren’t in a huge hurry to try again. Until I heard about the iPotty. It’s exactly what you think it is — a training potty with a built-in stand for the iPad.Sometimes we’ll put the kid on the iPotty even when he doesn’t have to go to the bathroom. He just loves sitting on his throne (as we call it), tapping mindlessly at the screen. And let me tell you how thrilled I am with the touchscreen protector that keeps pee- and poo-covered hands off of the iPad screen. That thing’s been a lifesaver on many occasion.When you think about it, a kid playing with an iPad on the potty is no different than an adult reading a book. Sometimes you just need to take your mind of the task at hand and let things happen naturally. While our boy has yet to be successfully potty trained, we’re confident that — with the help of the iPotty — we’ll have this thing figured out in no time.

By: Laura Hattaway

Laura Hattaway — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:08:19 +0000

Works great for smaller adults, but then… I bought this for myself because, let’s face it, I’m a busy lady on the “go” (pun intended!) and I don’t always have time to properly do my business when there is so much internetting to be done.Fortunately, I was blessed with a pretty minuscule frame and some freakish flexibility, so I am able to mount this sucker like a barely-oversized toddler.At first, I found myself only using time-wasting apps like Flow or Fruit Ninja. Then, as my restroom visits lengthened (thank you, iPotty! My rushed toiletings had lead to some pretty serious lower G/I issues), I realized that we had some serious multi-tasking opportunities here.In the past week, I have edited my NaNoWriMo novel, stalked my ex-boyfriend (whose new wife, by the way, is hideous… but at least she’s tall, right, Rich?!), filled out my passport application – AND PRINTED IT! FROM MY BATHROOM! – and completed an online mobile app development class. And I’ve never been more regular!The only downside I can see is that now, every time I try to use my iPad in a non-water-closeted venue, I experience the sudden and undeniable urge to eliminate waste. It makes my normal bedtime routine pretty uncomfortable, and makes me feel weak for my Pavlovian response.I’m trying to taper off using this, but now a regular toilet just feels so high. There is a reason most of the world squats, people! It’s better for you!My next plan is to use this to toilet train my cats. I have tried those cat apps, but they don’t like them. They LOVE the keyboard app, and one of my cats wrote a pretty incredible song the other night when I was drinking and watching House, but by the time I came out of that wine stupor, the other cat had apparently deleted the recording out of jealousy.Neither of them has successfully mastered the potty yet, but I have high hopes! And I guess I’ll just start reading before bed or something. I don’t know what people who read on the toilet do to unwind, though…

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By: chatchi

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