Multiple Apple ID's and app purchases

Hi all,
I have an Apple ID that I have used to purchase apps for my Ipad and existing Ipod Touch over the last couple of years. Our son received an Ipod Touch for Christmas and we set him up with his own Apple ID and an associated gift card balance he got as a gift. There are a few apps that I purchased on my Ipad that he would like to have on his new Ipod. Is there a way to get those apps on to his Ipod Touch or do we have to buy them again just for his Ipod?
Could I log into his new Ipod Touch with my Apple ID and install these old purchases? If I did that, would I be able to log him back into his own Apple ID after that?
Going forward, is there anyway for me to rectify this so all of our devices can be tied to a master Apple ID for iTunes purchases across devices?

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This situation has been causing me much stress and frustration for about a week now and I really hope I can get help here.
I got my first iPhone 5 this past June and synced purchases from my mom's computer to my phone and was able to use my own Apple ID to purchase music to my phone just fine. Everything was fine with having purchases from my Apple ID and from my mom's Apple ID on my phone until I recently got my new HP 2000 laptop with Windows 8 and set up an iTunes library under my own Apple ID. Before setting up iTunes on my computer, I cleared out my music library (containing songs purchased from my Apple ID and my mom's) due to an issue with my playlists. I re-synced my phone with my music on my computer and ran into a problem: I had to delete apps and tones bought with my mom's Apple ID. Not caring or thinking I let it delete the few apps and tones I synced from my mom's library. I got all my songs back on my phone and fixed the playlist issue. Everything was good, but I have songs and other purchases on my mom's account that I want on my phone. I read that I can't sync with two libraries though, which is a bummer. So, I decided to just sign in to her account on my phone and re-download purchases right from there. Well, when I tried I got a warning that stated, "this device is already associated with another Apple ID" and it tells me if I want to transfer purchases from her account, I'll have to wait 90 days if I want to re-download purchases from other Apple ID's? What does that mean? Is there away around all this so I can get purchases from other accounts on my phone without running into that warning? Will I be able to get the purchases to my phone at all?
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