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Tue Jul-05-11 09:34 PM
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| 50. so apparently i don't care about my kids because i didn't go out and buy my kids new stuff. yeah ok |
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that's great for you. i knew exactly where everything i had came from. i knew how it had been used. I did have a new car seat for my first child. my second car seat made a detour through two neices before my third child i never had the second one. last child got the same car seat and it just expired as we moved her to a regular forward facing car seat.
I couldn't afford to go out and buy a crib. It's great that you could. But I couldn't. It doesn't mean I didn't love my kid. But I have several siblings with kids. And they had kid things. Like cribs. And I used one. It wasn't a dropside crib either. It was very safe. My daughter was safe. She is 12 now.
It's great that somehow you found the money to buy the stuff. But we don't all have that ability. That does not mean we don't love our kids.
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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 |
#32 |
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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 |
#37 |
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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 |
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