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Amanda beat me to most of what I wanted to say, but I want to add a little anyway.

I entered my son's room into the contest. #9. Got some of these not so nice safety concern comments. I thought long and hard about submitting the room because I knew that people on the internet are not always so nice, and that "mommy blogs" tend to be even worse. Turns out I was right to hesitate. I have to say, I was honestly hurt by the accusation that I was endangering my child. Who wouldn't be?

I agree with Amanda on all of her points. You never know the full story.

I also think that some of these safety concerns should be balanced with a thought about how people live in other areas, and how we (dare I say it?) were raised and pretty much all of these people managed not to die horrible deaths involving fire and bleach. And, a separate room for a child is a luxury that many many people can't afford. Criticizing parents for putting children where they have space for them seems especially unfair.

And it's gratuitous, but I'll add while I have the floor-- operable window is for ventilation, not egress. And SPRINKLERS. And if there's a fire in there, because something has spontaneously combusted, I'm sure as hell going to storm through it and grab my son.

ikea!

I thought of giving him the bedroom-- the problem is that the only full bath is off of the bedroom. I'd have to make the bedroom smaller and set up kind of a corridor so we could access the bathroom without disturbing him. Would it be worth it?