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A new mom was traveling with her baby in the car when she realized the tablet had suddenly gone quiet—and her son had gone rogue.
Dental assistant Rachel, from Indiana, is the proud mother of 4-month-old Winston. As she told Newsweek, he is now at the age where he "fights his naps."
The family was recently taking a drive, with Rachel in the front passenger seat and her father, Winston's grandpa, beside the baby in the back.
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After putting on Mickey Mouse cartoons to help soothe Winston for the journey when he was uninterested in any of his toys, it appeared to work until they realized Winston had somehow turned off the show. But he wasn't crying...he was on a shopping spree.
In a video to Rachel's TikTok account @rachelmarie_105 on October 20, which has over 54,000 likes, she wrote: "When Mickey Mouse stops playing but the baby isn't crying. Turns out he's shopping for a new Dell Computer."
The clip from Rachel's front seat shows Winston using his feet to swipe through a website. Zooming in, it shows he's looking into buying a computer monitor, as his random kicks had brought him onto the page.
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Rachel told Newsweek that when Mickey Mouse stopped playing, she assumed "the tablet had died because it's such an old tablet with the batteries not very good on it."
"I turned around, and [Winston] was about to make a purchase!"
She clarified that her payment information isn't stored on the tablet, so Winston, who will turn 5 months old on November 6, wouldn't have been able to pay for the monitor — but "he was definitely shopping for one."
TikTok users were in stitches, with one commenter joking, "At least he's looking at the budget friendly ones, very respectful!"
"My baby was drafting an email when his show went quiet," another parent commented on the relatable moment, as another said: "I'm just impressed on how coordinated his little feet are. My feet could never!"
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Others were, as Rachel described it, "quick to judge," complaining a baby shouldn't have access to a tablet. But as she pointed out, he was simply watching cartoons to help him fall asleep after they forgot the sound machine at home.
"I feel no regret because I know I am a good mom, a hard, dedicated, breast-feeding mom, and a little bit of Mickey Mouse here and there is not so bad," she said.
At 5 months old, babies can see several feet in front of them and are much more able to focus on particular objects, according to KidsHealth.org. They are learning to enjoy complex patterns and color variations and can see the difference between different colors, making brightly colored cartoons appealing.
"At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how you parent your child; there's always gonna be someone who disagrees with you," Rachel added.
"As long as you know that your baby is well taken care of, that's all that matters."
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