Some babies enjoy banging on pots and pans.
Jessie Traver prefers banging on a keyboard. About a year ago, her parents invested in the Baby Smartronics Computer Learning System, a Fisher-Price setup that includes a colorful plastic keyboard that straps over a standard keyboard and has software geared to 9 months and older. Baby attention spans being what they are, she bops keys for maybe 10 minutes before shimmying down to play with her dollies. The 10 minutes she spends at the PC may seem brief. But her parents, David and Heidi Traver of Cocoa, Fla., are convinced her precocious flirtations with the computer will help ensure she doesn't end up roadkill on the information superhighway.