Arctic Dave
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Tue Jul-05-11 08:21 PM
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| 18. Put the little shits in a dresser drawer like the old days. |
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Give them an extra shot of whiskey and they won't move an inch for eight hours. Duh!
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| -Baby beds: Can’t give, donate or sell ’em (New law prohibits donation of used cribs) |
Zephie |
Jul-05-11 07:46 PM |
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Plus what will you do with your old one? |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Jul-05-11 07:49 PM |
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You take it apart and put it in the garbage. My post #14 explains why. n/t |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:15 PM |
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talk about your nanny state. Can't they assume parents have sense enough |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jul-05-11 07:51 PM |
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In a word, no. The problems aren't always self evident. |
Gormy Cuss |
Jul-05-11 08:09 PM |
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How did previous generations of kids survive? |
former9thward |
Jul-06-11 08:48 PM |
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Actually, some of it was dumb luck. |
Gormy Cuss |
Jul-06-11 10:07 PM |
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They didn't all survive. Child mortality rates were higher |
pnwmom |
Jul-07-11 03:10 AM |
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You think parents can do the research studies to determine the safe |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:19 PM |
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Got kids? |
PurityOfEssence |
Jul-05-11 08:55 PM |
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When our son was in the midst of his 8 yr long medical nightmare |
SoCalDem |
Jul-05-11 09:24 PM |
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I know a friend with a nine month old |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 03:43 PM |
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ok ok... I'm learning stuff here. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jul-06-11 01:44 PM |
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That happens sometimes, |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 03:40 PM |
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What about the parents whose kids were killed in cribs of previous design? |
CreekDog |
Jul-05-11 10:46 PM |
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Thank you. |
Zoeisright |
Jul-05-11 11:27 PM |
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I withdraw my statement. |
Liberal_in_LA |
Jul-06-11 01:45 PM |
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I bet the lobbyist that got that through is sitting pretty right now. |
Shagbark Hickory |
Jul-05-11 07:53 PM |
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Drop side cribs are dangerous |
Danmel |
Jul-05-11 07:55 PM |
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It applies to all cribs, not just drop side. |
Zephie |
Jul-05-11 07:57 PM |
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Better, safer equipment is made all the time. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 08:01 PM |
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Funny how a car seat wears out in six years.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-05-11 08:07 PM |
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The issue with cribs is that babies spend many hours in them |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:28 PM |
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i agree. that would affect your thinking on that. |
ejpoeta |
Jul-05-11 09:59 PM |
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Cars aren't made of plastic and sold for $20-$300. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 08:33 PM |
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You might be surprised at how much plastic modern cars contain.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-05-11 09:56 PM |
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jeez, you aren't actually arguing that a car seat should last as long as a car? |
CreekDog |
Jul-05-11 10:50 PM |
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I guess I'm just fundamentally against poorly designed and built products that are disposable.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-05-11 11:42 PM |
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Almost nobody needs a child seat to last 15 years or more. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-06-11 12:00 AM |
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They're not structural safety components. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 11:24 PM |
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I noticed that after car seats had to go in the back.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-05-11 11:55 PM |
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Seats go in the back because kids were getting killed by front airbags. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-06-11 12:05 AM |
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The single biggest boost we could make to auto safety in the USA.. |
Fumesucker |
Jul-06-11 12:23 AM |
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That does not in any way change the fact that safe, modern seats protect young children. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-06-11 12:30 AM |
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So my statistics are asspulled? |
Fumesucker |
Jul-06-11 12:40 AM |
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Oh, if you've got a source for that 90% number I'd love to see it. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-06-11 12:48 AM |
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... |
Fumesucker |
Jul-06-11 12:52 AM |
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I absolutely shudder when I think about the car seats that were available |
Arkansas Granny |
Jul-06-11 02:02 PM |
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The one I had in the 80's only looked a bit better. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-06-11 09:30 PM |
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Older cribs have had lots of problems. It's not just the drop-down sides |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:25 PM |
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A basic crib is $100ish at Ikea. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 07:56 PM |
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I live in a military town |
xmas74 |
Jul-05-11 08:09 PM |
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give me a break. i have been poor and had a kid and things for babies cost a lot of money. |
ejpoeta |
Jul-05-11 08:26 PM |
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You can't tell by looking whether a crib is safe. That's the point. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:29 PM |
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i read your post and am glad your child was ok. but this crib is newer. |
ejpoeta |
Jul-05-11 08:58 PM |
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I don't know why either. But first they realized |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 09:41 PM |
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I didn't have two nickels to rub together when my son was a baby. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 08:38 PM |
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so apparently i don't care about my kids because i didn't go out and buy my kids new stuff. yeah ok |
ejpoeta |
Jul-05-11 09:34 PM |
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Take note: if you torture someone by waterboarding them, you get off scot free... |
derby378 |
Jul-05-11 08:05 PM |
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I didn't even think about church! |
xmas74 |
Jul-05-11 08:10 PM |
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My daughter's old Jenny Lind is what almost killed my son. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:31 PM |
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Point taken, but this covers more than just faulty cribs |
derby378 |
Jul-05-11 09:29 PM |
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My crib WASN'T faulty. The design was faulty. It had the standard design for the time. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 09:43 PM |
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*LOL!* How did we baby boomers survive to adulthood? |
Mimosa |
Jul-05-11 09:07 PM |
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Not all of us did, unfortunately. I lost a baby sister |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 09:44 PM |
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i'm glad you feel the 5% are expendable |
CreekDog |
Jul-05-11 10:51 PM |
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I don't take it frivolously. |
Mimosa |
Jul-06-11 02:03 AM |
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You lost "a sibling or two." Don't you know how many? |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 03:44 PM |
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Yws, but I don't spill my personal history to strangers. n't |
Mimosa |
Jul-06-11 09:25 PM |
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Saying you lost "a sibling or two" is still "spilling" personal history. |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 10:00 PM |
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thats because they |
Dokkie |
Jul-06-11 09:51 PM |
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Yep. Hangin' a few babies by their neck in their cribs oughtta toughen 'em up. Eh? |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Jul-06-11 10:03 PM |
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How would you feel if you had ever walked into your baby's bedroom |
pnwmom |
Jul-07-11 03:17 AM |
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Maybe they could be recycled and used for something to grow vining veggies on |
nc4bo |
Jul-05-11 08:10 PM |
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When our crib failed, I happily dismantled it rather than give it away. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:14 PM |
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wonderful for the industry. |
seabeyond |
Jul-05-11 08:17 PM |
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Put the little shits in a dresser drawer like the old days. |
Arctic Dave |
Jul-05-11 08:21 PM |
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Or you could chloroform them and put tape over their mouths. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:26 PM |
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Dude! |
Vanje |
Jul-05-11 08:32 PM |
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Amanda Knox IS innocent. No witnesses, no DNA, no physical evidence, |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:41 PM |
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Chloroform is too expensive. |
Arctic Dave |
Jul-05-11 08:32 PM |
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Cardboard box |
Vanje |
Jul-05-11 08:28 PM |
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Good idea. Then you can mail them to China if they get too cranky. nt |
Arctic Dave |
Jul-05-11 08:30 PM |
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How much to ship a 15 year old girl to China? |
Nevernose |
Jul-05-11 08:43 PM |
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Hate to be Devil's Advocate here...but there are a few "issues" I can think of WRT why donating |
BlueIris |
Jul-05-11 08:26 PM |
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I can, too, since my son could have died in a poorly designed crib. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 08:33 PM |
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Yeah plus the crib manufactors will make out like bandits |
Raine |
Jul-05-11 08:50 PM |
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I'd say the most significant impact will be a few less dead babies. |
Maru Kitteh |
Jul-05-11 09:00 PM |
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Believe it or not, I did think of that. |
BlueIris |
Jul-05-11 11:16 PM |
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Our third baby is using the same |
sharp_stick |
Jul-05-11 08:56 PM |
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We did the same thing for our third baby and I found him one morning |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 09:52 PM |
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This is such bull. My generation had large families,all born in |
virgogal |
Jul-05-11 09:05 PM |
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I found my toddler one morning with the crib side across his neck. |
pnwmom |
Jul-05-11 09:48 PM |
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is what you "heard" science? |
CreekDog |
Jul-05-11 10:52 PM |
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You're not convinced by that anecdata? |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 11:33 PM |
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that's funny because i didn't accuse anybody of being a lobbyist for baby morticians? |
CreekDog |
Jul-05-11 11:36 PM |
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Yep, bull. My grandmother was one of 9 and none of them got polio shots, and they all came out okay. |
LeftyMom |
Jul-05-11 11:31 PM |
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Here's the regulation: |
struggle4progress |
Jul-05-11 09:11 PM |
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Prohibits donation of unsafe cribs. n/t |
tammywammy |
Jul-05-11 09:13 PM |
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Good |
dropkickpa |
Jul-05-11 09:19 PM |
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At our thrift store we have a crib that we can't sell because of that |
Odin2005 |
Jul-05-11 09:21 PM |
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Here's what the law actually says: |
struggle4progress |
Jul-05-11 09:22 PM |
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Thanks for your post, I did not know that. |
Contrary1 |
Jul-05-11 09:24 PM |
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Redesign them as planters? Or maybe chop them up |
Cleita |
Jul-05-11 09:48 PM |
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Mattress tags...........and don't fucking lecture me either. |
DainBramaged |
Jul-05-11 10:02 PM |
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DONATE THEM TO ANIMAL SHELTERS |
Lisa0825 |
Jul-05-11 10:15 PM |
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This sounds like a giveaway to corporations who make cribs. |
alarimer |
Jul-05-11 10:58 PM |
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you'd prefer a giveaway to the mortician lobby? |
CreekDog |
Jul-05-11 11:47 PM |
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It realy does. n/t |
EFerrari |
Jul-06-11 12:23 AM |
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Or maybe it's to reduce the number of strangled babies from preventable causes. n/t |
pnwmom |
Jul-07-11 03:18 AM |
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On the next episode of MTV Cribs... |
Blue-Jay |
Jul-05-11 11:50 PM |
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Totally ridiculous. |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-05-11 11:56 PM |
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What she said! |
lonestarnot |
Jul-06-11 12:01 AM |
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Well lets be perfectly honest here |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-06-11 12:18 AM |
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You are wrong to think that 25 years ago you could determine |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:04 PM |
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That is where you are 100% wrong. The drop side scared me |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-06-11 04:45 PM |
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No, you're wrong. It wasn't the drop side that caused a problem |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 07:35 PM |
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Seems like a scammy backdoor industry bailout to me. |
TheKentuckian |
Jul-06-11 12:41 AM |
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To me--a crib safety website should be all that is sufficient |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-06-11 01:53 AM |
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Many poor families don't have good access to computers |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:14 PM |
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Poor does not equal stupid. |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-06-11 04:32 PM |
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I agree with you that a recall would be preferable. |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:41 PM |
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Then the info can be given to the family at discharge from the hospital |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-06-11 04:49 PM |
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Why do you support giving unsafe cribs to poor families? I would never |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 07:27 PM |
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Strawman alert! |
Horse with no Name |
Jul-06-11 08:40 PM |
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It's not a straw man. You say you're against this law. I support it. n/t |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 09:58 PM |
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No, it doesn't ban the donation of used cribs. |
Xithras |
Jul-06-11 02:06 AM |
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Good clarification. Thanks. |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:17 PM |
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Is this a federal law? Where is San Marcos? |
JDPriestly |
Jul-06-11 02:09 AM |
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What is horrible about a law that says that only safe cribs |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:32 PM |
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Good idea to avoid used furniture because of bed bugs |
JPZenger |
Jul-06-11 01:54 PM |
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Bed bugs are one of my worst nightmares! |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:29 PM |
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we keep ours in the family. our little one is in a 70 year old crib that has seen 12 people use |
NightWatcher |
Jul-06-11 03:46 PM |
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My 2nd and 3rd children used a hand-me-down crib from their sister. |
pnwmom |
Jul-06-11 04:27 PM |
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Is there a Baby Crib Lobby? |
Quantess |
Jul-06-11 04:22 PM |
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Note that this only applies to drop side cribs which are a safety issue |
quiller4 |
Jul-06-11 05:16 PM |
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Wait for the new baby crib black market - |
lynne |
Jul-06-11 10:05 PM |
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You are lucky that you all survived. |
pnwmom |
Jul-07-11 03:06 AM |
#123 |
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