Stages & Milestones: LeapPad

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Anyone Have "My 1St Leappad" or "Leapster"...Which Is Better for a 3 Year Old?

My son is almost 3 and I was thinking about getting him "My 1st Leappad" or the Leapster (for ages 4-8 years.) Which would you reccomend? I've read some reviews about the Leapster and that seems better...more skills, more "game/book" options, and people seem to say their 3 year olds have no problem using it. What do you guys think? Thank you so much, T.

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My 2 1/2 year old son wants me to repeat everything he says! I am proud to say that he can count to 13 and knows the entire alphabet, however...when he is playing with his letters or counting something, I have to repeat the letter, number, animal, etc. before he will move on. He just keeps saying it over and over until I repeat it. After a while this gets really old. It wouldn't be so bad, but he LOVES to play with his alphabet set all the time. Why does he do this and can I make him stop? HELP! It's really starting to annoy me and...