Rock-a-bye, baby

Posted April 11, 2006 at 11:41 PM by XXJulie Salickram

Section: Portable Audio

As I may have mentioned before, my son is way more tech savvy than I am already.  This is not that I am any slouch, mind you, he’s just advanced.  Yeah, he’ll be 2 next month.  But to keep my boy on the cutting edge in music, his favorite pastime, Fisher-Price is answering the high tech toddler call.  The toy-centric company has announced the release of the iTod (clever, eh?), the first mp3 player designed for the making–the-transition-to-the-potty age group.

The iTod is set to launch this summer for a whopping $78 bucks.  Anyone with a kid can tell you that, while clever, the iTod is most likely to become a brief distraction/toy only to fall to its ultimate usage: a very expensive teething/chew toy.  Parental note: They really should come up with a wireless headset, in all reality.  Kids hooded jackets aren’t allowed to have pull cords anymore, for fear a child will choke him or herself.  Headphone cords seem even more dangerous to me.

Perhaps, if it turns out the quality is decent at all on the iTod, all of us on a budget can pick one of these babies up for a fraction of the iPod price and start jamming out to Barney.  I love you, you love me…