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Baby/Toddler Chat (take 3)
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| I love shirts with saying on them!!! |
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| I don't mind shirts with sayings on them |
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| It depends on the saying on the shirt whether I like it or not |
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| I generally don't like or dislike shirts with sayings |
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| I dislike shirts with sayings of any kind on them |
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| I refuse to buy them for my kids, but will accept them as gifts |
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| We don't allow them to be worn even if they were given it by someone |
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| My favorite saying on a shirt is...______ |
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| My least favorite saying on a shirt is..._____ |
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| I have no opinion |
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(last vote on : 7/18/2008 2:29:32 PM)
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/24/2008 1:54:35 PM
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3cappuccinosmom
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Wow Sarah! That sounds so scary!
Y'all, I am reading a book that is soooo great. Parenting, Inc about how parenting/childhood/childrearing have become big, big business. I'm only about half-way through, but it's very interesting. From her comparisons, in terms of stuff we buy and use (and don't buy!) dh and I are more like 1950's parents.  But I do understand how easy it is to get sucked into buying things for the kids, or agonizing over all the choices we have and guilt related to not getting enough, or not getting the "right" items.
Reading is getting me through yet another strange time with Biruk. I was so proud of being able to lay him down at night and him going to sleep by himself, but the kid seems totally buzzed every evening now, and is up and down in his bed, crying, talking, "singing", before he goes to sleep, and then waking every 2 hours again wanting to nurse. He's also cranky, but I don't know if he's cranky because of lack of sleep, of if something is causing the crankiness and the wakefulness! 
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/24/2008 2:43:12 PM
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manda59
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How old is Biruk, Maggie?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 8:50:48 AM
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manda59
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Manda, Biruk's 12 months. Well, almost 13, I guess. I can see one tooth trying to poke through today, so maybe that's it.
Oh gosh yes, it will likely be those nasty big shark's teeth trying to come through at the back.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 11:22:39 AM
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Royal.Fortress
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Y'all, I am reading a book that is soooo great. Parenting, Inc about how parenting/childhood/childrearing have become big, big business. I'm only about half-way through, but it's very interesting. From her comparisons, in terms of stuff we buy and use (and don't buy!) dh and I are more like 1950's parents. But I do understand how easy it is to get sucked into buying things for the kids, or agonizing over all the choices we have and guilt related to not getting enough, or not getting t
Sounds like a great book!!! I'm really struggling with a lot of this right now. DH and I want for very little, but we're definitely still a young couple with not a whole lot of stuff that matches  . We have a chest of drawers for the nursery that was mine when I was little, but the drawers are SOOOOO tiny it barely fits anything, and it's just plain ugly  . I want to buy new stuff, but we really can't afford it - and neither do we *need* to buy anything new - this dresser works just fine. It just, ya know, doesn't match the crib we have ... or the day bed that's going in the room, or, or, or. Sigh. Why does 'stuff' have to be so consuming?
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 11:35:23 AM
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Brandy
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Because it's stuff Kim. It's supposed to consume you!!
Seriously.
I've struggled with that growing up. We never had the money for matching bedroom sets. So my mom would save up some money and we'd go garage saling or thrift store hunting and find funky things that overall went together.
With the little one on the way I struggled with 'stuff'. We have the money to buy matching bedroom stuff but I really didn't want to. She's not going to know and I kind of like having odd paired items.
Her crib is pale pine colored, my glider is a deep cherry and her dresser is in the middle with an almost country flower scroll work on the front. All separate they look odd but together it's a nice match up.
I did draw the line at freakishly outlandish play stuff, like her swing. I could not get myself to buy the rainforest version, I got the milder, more neutral "nature's touch" baby swing, it fits in perfectly. Her stroller is a nice brown/orange/grey combo from Chicco and I need/want a matching diaper bag for it simply because I'm silly.
Heck maybe when your little one is old enough to tell it doesn't all seem brand new and matchy she can get into redoing pieces for her own tastes with your guys help?
Is it also partially due to your being so close to due date that you are getting some serious nesting and nerves going? I'm trying to balance mine.
Maggie - I may get that book just to see where we fall in the spectrum.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 11:51:45 AM
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Brandy
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ditto ditto to Sarah and the paint.
It's fun too!
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 2:58:13 PM
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Brandy
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Can I ask a car seat question in here?
Hope so.. so we got this travel system. I was reading the manual last night as Jeremy was putting it together and found out that you can install JUST the carseat in your vehicle, NOT the base everytime...
Does anyone do that? Just use a belt to secure the seat portion and NOT use the base??
Why and/or why not?
By the way, WOW does it smell of plastic. I wish we had gotten it sooner so it would have longer to air out. It's STRONG smelling. bleh. may put it on the porch for a few hours when we aren't under 'storm watch 2008' aka drizzle warning.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 3:04:51 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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I found the base to be very convenient when taking the carrier in and out of the car. Ours was very easy to pop in and pop out so we always used the base unless we took a ride in hubby's car. We didn't have an extra base so we would just use the seat belt for those occasions. I think everyone has their own preference when it comes to this though.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 4:12:59 PM
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PrincessDonna
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We leave the base in the van and if the carseat gets put in any other car, we don't use the base.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 8:03:31 PM
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Brandy
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Here's part of why I asked.. We have a pick up truck. Right now it's in the shop so we can't test it but with the base the only place we can put it is the front passenger with the airbag turned off. I'm wondering if just the seat will fit in the back rear facing. I can't remember which part of the set up was causing the problem.
Hope to have truck back tuesday/wednesday and that's the first thing we are doing.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 8:32:16 PM
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Brandy
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That's what I'm afraid of. Tho to me for some reason it seems easier in my head to buckle the seat in each time than having to fiddle with the base each time. Well, not each time, but often enough with having to cram a person into the back seat that it may be worth letting that person in and whoever is driving can load baby and seat in and not the base?
The proof will be in the pudding.
I watched a good video on how to install the seat with babe and w/o babe and she had a cool triangle thing to show you the right angle. I'm not totally sure but the seat may have a level on it too to show you proper angle.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 5/25/2008 9:13:03 PM
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Brandy
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What a little man's man!! Is he all proud of himself?
Yolanda - Dodge Dakota club cab. Not a full backseat, it's a bench really.
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