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Here are my tutorials on how to make pennant name banners/buntings: http://babytoolkit.blogspot.com/search?q=bunting

While it may not have any educational effects, it does give your belly a cool fish face.

Dishwashers aren't fastened in securely like cabinets. They're often held in place by a single screw and gravity. Some friends' young Labrador puppy (not a full-sized dog) jumped on t...

We've used a PeaPod and later a PeaPod plus with our son since he hit 15 lbs. and aged out of the PnP bassinet. If posted a side by side comparison of the standard versus the plus vers...

Those look like old globes rather than lamps. Who can look at the rug? The map wall is inspired.

from Alphabet Rug | Apartment Therapy Ohdeedoh on January 8, 2010 11:49PM

Make it! Rarely can an evening's work be so rewarding. The kids I've made them for wear them for play all the time. It's great to see them in use YEARS after they were given.

With those slanted sides the tub is going to dump a lot of water if the child gets in or out on their own. Totally impractical.

I read the book (and Bronson's widely-cited original article on praise from 2007). It's a great book. Brief summaries simply cannot do it justice. If you're parenting rig...

The plastics/vinyls used in computer hardware and accessories should not be mistaken for child safe material. There is a good chance these old discs have lead and a host of other undesirable conte...

Correction: Indiana's kindergarten cut-off is August 1st, not July 1st (as stated).

When we host a party for our kids, we request no gifts (our house is overflowing with stuff). It works pretty well (95%), and we stash any gifts out of sight ASAP. When we were kidles...

aspenchick: Check out Z Recommends' review & videos to see how well they work and the situation in which they open unexpectedly:

This is just a guess, but it looks like long rectangles of masonite were used on top of the curved arms and to redesign the curved back into something with square corners.

The land line offers far more than nostalgia, it provides better communications in an emergency scenario. As a rule of thumb, cell phone towers run normally at 60 to 80% capacity. An ...

My son is also crazy about numbers and was hungry for more very young. He loves calendars and calculators. You could print out some large letters in a readable font, cut t...

I saw one of these in an overpriced crunchy baby boutique last week. It's definitely a lemon press size rather than a garlic press. Lemon presses are quite useful for anyone who cook ...

@jensational Our son started using in it when he hit 16 pounds. We left the sleeping bag out until he was older.

We're totally in love with our PeaPods. Our son has been using them since 2006. There are two sizes: standard and plus (the plus is pictured above). The standard is good...

We're totally in love with our PeaPods. Our son has been using them since 2006. There are two sizes: standard and plus (the plus is pictured above). The standard is good...

It sounds disastrous as a sincere suggestion, but extremely fun as a guess the submitter game.