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I have a Norah too! I call mine Norah Begorra all the time... Begorra is Irish for "By God" and it often used as either an expletive or to take an oath. Just wanted to share. Its a great room!

Did anyone else look at this picture an IMMEDIATELY think of "The Hangover"? "Its not a purse, its a satchel."

We did something similar to this for my MIL and FIL one year for Mother's and Father's days. But with a twist! My brother got up on the roof and took pictures of my SIL, DH, DD, and myself making letters out of our bodies. We spelled out "Super Deluxe Dad!" For my FIL (he says super deluxe a lot). So we made all the letters once, printed out 3 D's, 2 U's, 3 E's...you get the point. WE even had my daughter be the middle part of the A and the dot at the bottom of the "!" . I cut out each of the letters and made a sort of collage in a big frame with small pics that represented hobbies all around (guitar, tent, canoe). They LOVED them! For the mothers day one, I cut out a TON of flowers from magazines to decorate the surround.

11. Water proof bed pads. The big kind for kids who pee the bed. These are AWESOME. Can be used before baby to sit on in the car or sleep on in case of water breaking, and after baby to sleep on because of nursing leaks and baby blow outs. I use on on the kids beds if they are having bed wetting issues!

Magnetic tot locks might work,
http://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-Tot-Lok-Deluxe-Starter/dp/B000HKVUES

I am wondering if the easiest solution would be to have a rubber stamp made with whatever names you want on it and you could stamp right onto bias tape from the fabric store with either fabric paint or permanent stamp pad ink (you will have to wash test this) and just sew the cut bias tape in with your sewing machine.

I would ask the 2.5 year old what she wants in her room and then do that. Even if it is just one thing- like an elephant!- you can decorate the room as you see fit then incorporate her one item.

I too recommend an exersaucer over a jumperoo. I have 4 children and all 6 of us live in under 1000sq.ft., so our living space is coveted!

I tried both (borrowed from friends) and the exersaucer was very easily folded up and set out of site. The jumperoo was HUGE and couldn't be easily hidden.

My second daughter got a shiny new exersaucer with all kinds of bells and whistles, and we actually had to find an old one at a thrift store with was bare bones, the new one had TOO much stuff and she was over stimulated. I would just borrow one from a friend, put up with it for a few months, then pass it along!

One thought is to buy a bare bones version and use the Krylon plastic spray to paint it the colors your husband prefers.

Another thought is to buy a popatot
http://popatot.com/index.html
in the colors you prefer. You can e-mail them and see if they can't make one to order.

I have 4 children and visiting the grandparents is a drag. My Mother in law throws out any baby proofing things we leave at her house (all the night lights, outlet covers, anything that makes my life easier) and so I have to transport everything there every time I go there. My mother doesn't seem to think a 50 lb wooden chinese lacquered screen might be dangerous (when I am constantly telling her that me catching it from falling on the baby is not ok). It is exhausting, so I would rather drive up the hour and a half, spend the day, then drive back home that night that be on constant duty.

I would suggest contacting a local handy man and using their expertise. The one link I saw above was $700, and I know you could have someone make one for $200 or so. People would be happy to help you out, especially with a recession on. I wanted to make 4 wall shelves I saw in pottery barn for $60 each, and I went into my local lumber store, showed a drawing to the person behind the counter and walked out an hour later with all the materials to build 4 for $35. Going with a local handyman or DIY would be the way I go.