Two ipods two account  one computer

ok me and my mom both have ipods mine got stolen and a got a second anyway while was setting it up i made a new account how can we both have our accounts running with out buying a second computer and not get each other's music in each others ipod

How to use multiple iPods with one computer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
Using iPod with multiple computers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675
Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61148
Managing content manually on iPod and iPhone (alt link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535?viewlocale=en_US
Cheers,
Patrick

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