We have the Gulliver too! We find it very sturdy, ours has seen two kids who both like to bounce up and down a lot! The low cost of IKEA products does not mean poor quality. Mass production methods...

Hmmm, I don't agree. I think its kind of rude to expect your guests to set aside two dates.

I agree Angus, this is just more landfill fodder. If a toy gets dropped, I'm of the opinion: pick it up, brush it off. Unless it lands in something vile, regular floor germs are a part of life and ...

I believe that children can learn many lessons from receiving gifts that they may not have chosen themselves or gifts they don't like. Being gracious in disappointment, discovering a new interest, ...

Grey? We have warm grey walls and similar shades of blue and green look fantastic against them.

I third the Hemnes from IKEA!! We have the 8 drawer one and have a change mat on top at the right hand end. We left enough room to stand at the right hand end so that we're changing the baby in fro...

Kids are exposed to many more harmful additives and genetically modified foods than generations past. I make a conscious effort to avoid "food with numbers" as much as possible in our day to day li...

Read Heather Bailey's post on her daughter falling out of the top bunk and losing two front teeth at a sleepover. My son has a teeny tiny room and a bunk would be so practical but I can't help but ...

Well I purchased Pamela Redmond Sartran's book "Cool Names For Babies" back in 2005 when baby number one was in the works. She had several lists of names which were "uncool" and how to make them "c...

Both my kids (age 1 and 3) have warm grey walls. White furniture looks great against it, and we have oak floors so it never looks cold or uninviting. We have lots of colourful accessories in each o...

I have that mural design on a t-shirt from Threadless! Never knew it was available as a decal...cool!

Yep, agree with genxmom, interests do evolve and kids sometimes do the one off dangerous thing that could turn to disaster. Our son "never climbed" until one day he wandered into the spare room and...

exxon23, I think those jammies are by Molo-Kids...try www.ziggys.biz (its the rainbow style, not the multi stripe which is similar)

Our son (3) has been taking great photos with the Olympus Stylus shock proof water proof camera for about a year now! While we didn't buy it for him we bought it with him in mind as he loves to pla...

We have a bath and it rarely gets used. My son (nearly 3) likes the shower. We installed a hand shower attachment so that he can shower at his level (water falling from adult height is a bit overwh...

Oh, and the Baby Einstein DVD's? Wasn't there a study that suggested these types of educational DVDs reduce a child's vocabulary?! American Idol has more educational value??

I know what the studies say and this is sure to be an unpopular answer but I really think that my son (3) has benefited from watching some tv each day. His vocabulary exploded after watching his fi...

Um, JudiAU...gotta tell you, the Gulliver does have a removable side. We own a Gulliver and it was very clearly marketed at the time we purchased it as having a removable side (for conversion to a ...

Ha ha Thanks "Genevieve with a Smile" ;) In Australia it is not a common name but we never met a Genevieve we didn't like and that's why we chose it...maybe we should move to Canada, must be a nice...

We wanted a name for our daughter that was an established name but a little different too, something that wasn't overly popular but that everyone has heard of and something that only has one spelli...