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And what if your little boy likes ruffles and dress up? You just change the dang room when they're old enough to care! My gosh, I'm so sick of the PC brigade. Nurseries are more for moms anyway..I guarantee the baby doesn't care one way or another what is on his or her walls.

For what it's worth, this is a beautiful nursery.

Not my thing but having spent the long hours up at night in the early weeks/months, I can see why any mom might want to look at this while nursing/feeding as opposed to a blank wall or cute decal. If this is her happy place, go for it. And if she just liked it, go for it. It's fun!

Jane-s...I'm trying to figure out how to word this delicately. When I say they don't say "child" to me, I'm not referring to color or wishing they were gaudy plastic neon toys.
I mean, they look like something out of an adult toy catalogue.

I'm all about thinking outside of the box and beautiful design, but these just kind of hit me wrong. And I'm no stuffy "housewife"...clearly..

Oh. Man. I want this room...and I'm a 28 year old woman :).
It just has so much class! The lightsabers on the wall, the quote...wow. Love it. Love every bit of it.

we got a thermometer for her room and just made sure the temp stayed around 68. We did long sleeve fleece footie PJs and I would swaddle her from the armpits down (arms free) until she started kicking the blanket off. Others have said it, but I think they tolerate cooler temps better than we think. I discovered that even though my daughter's hands were chilly, she was actually quite warm and toasty.

Another thing to remember is that babies have quite a nice layer of body fat so they may not be as chilly as we feel (I'm on the thinner side and tend to feel cold fairly often and would always dress my very chunky baby as I would myself...didn't take long for her to let me know she was roasting!)

I'm with the folks who would just rather stay home or do something with their kid. I was the social butterfly in college and after roughly 8 years of that, I was more than ready to just spend quiet evenings with my daughter and husband at home or wherever. I can count on one hand the number of times I've gotten a sitter. And while I definitely don't blame those of you who use your kid as an excuse (haven't we all done it?), I'm at the point where I just tell people that I'd rather just stay home.

Teleutte-I spent 4 years in art school years ago, graduated with my BFA and am a professional artist. And I think this post and the resulting piece of "art" is wonderful. I think the folks involved have made it pretty clear that they aren't touting it as "Art" in the traditional sense and I think it's one of the best ways to get kids interested in and involved in art from a very early age.

What I don't think is fabulous? Art students (who haven't even graduated yet) with little to no life experience who can't get their own heads out of their rears long enough to see the beauty and worth in something like this.

I really hate articles like this (the full one at Mint). Sure, maybe some of the items are a little less useful than others, but we live in a free country where people can choose to use wipe warmers or infrared baby monitors and should be able to without being made to feel like idiots. Heck, if someone with a lot more money than me wants to buy their baby perfume, go for it.

Honestly, if I had known that baby kneepads existed, I would have gotten a pair for my poor kid who had constant bruises from our hardwood floors while she learned to crawl.

Perhaps I wouldn't have been so irritated by the article if the entire thing hadn't been written in such a condescending manner.

oh wow, massive nostalgia wave! I love this and I forgot how much I loved those books! Good job mama!

hahaha! I just saw my friend's pictures of the real Mermaid Parade (I had never heard of it before I saw them) so this cracks me up. Such a great idea for a kiddo's party!