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We love Ikea. But why the one-hour limit for the kids at Smaland? It's not possible to make it through that store in an hour, and in our family, it's only the kids who have ever melted down there. However, I want to melt down when I look at their website. Worst pictures ever.

My rental kitchen is way uglier. I wish it had that nice back-splash.

The fact that your bed is now on the same floor as your toddler's does not guarantee that you'll wake up when he goes exploring. For his safety (as well as all the reasons listed above), lock him in at night!

Thanks for the info, Judiau. I will check out those books!

Makes me think I should try to replicate an old recipe of my mom's. On our birthday every year, we kids were allowed to choose the dinner. I always chose "Concoction". As far as I can remember, you brown some ground beef, add some rice, and cook the whole mess in a casserole dish with a can each of cream of chicken and cream of mushroom. Mmmmm. My husband laughs at that story, but I bet he and my kids would gobble it up.

I heard some interviews with the author of the Cinderella Ate My Daughter book (though I didn't read it), and while I'm inclined to agree with some of her ideas, mostly it seemed way over the top to me. My four-year-old son is currently obsessed with Disney's Cars movies and his Cars toys, and no one is writing a book about how that is going to ruin him. If my one-and-a-half year old daughter decides one day to obsess over princesses, it will not preclude her from being a strong, independent-minded, intelligent woman when she grows up.

The only thing I'm disgusted with is that half of the links don't work! Boo! Is anyone else having this problem?

Boo! Looks bad! Too busy and messy, and too much stuff to click on to see what has been updated. Change is good, but please keep trying.

Also, I saw your link to The Kitchn on one of the above comments, but I can't figure out how to access it from the main page.

A gift card for a hostess who you don't know...? Very strange, and like a few people said, tacky. Maybe you could just had her a ten dollar bill? Also, socks for someone you don't know? Isn't that weird, too? Next I thought you were going to say a pair of underwear. I'd go the coffee, tea, candy, or flowers route. If you don't know the person, booze can turn out to be awkward.

Disgusting. To me, kids playing with smart phones come in second in the "bad parenting" category only to parents so busy texting, talking, and surfing on their phones that they don't have time to interact with their kids. Seriously, parents, get off your phones. And back to the stroller, if your kid needs more stimulation that the walk is providing, give him a book.