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I love the look of this -- forget the kids, it will look great in my craft room! But why are there only 6 drawers instead of 7?

We transitioned our son to his own bed around 2 years of age. He's still welcome in our bed if he wakes up afraid, but he starts out the night in his bed. We decided to make this transition in part because he was finally sleeping all night long and more often than not he stays where he fell asleep. We do keep him company until he falls asleep -- trying to leave hasn't worked yet but all in good time, I hope!

He has recently developed a fear of monsters under his bed so we've been reading a few books that talk about monsters and at the end of the book they end up being something else. Not entirely sure if this is helping though.

I've been amazed by my son's interest in all things planes, trains and automobiles. And construction equipment. And very physical play. All things I previously assumed were society-driven stereotypes seem to be hard-wired into his very being! We also play with dollhouses and have tea parties, but nothing will ever beat trains. My personal experience very much leans towards nature on this one, hard as I find that to believe.

We don't have a yard any more, but when we did we used a reel mower for a few years. Our yard was largish -- over 1/4 acre -- and with lots of trees and not-nice grass so it took a long time, but it was great exercise! Then we splurged on a battery power electric mower. We had stayed away from electric for a long time because of the trees, but the battery solved that problem. It worked brilliantly and it's still going strong for my mom's small yard.

In our current apartment, I have to admit I miss the garden but I don't miss cutting the grass!