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I am also cloth diapering in hard water, very hard water. I started adding Calgon water softener to my loads and I haven't had a problem since (I use All free). When I first started using it it took me an entire day to strip the diapers but I haven't really needed to strip them since. I do a monthly strip just to be safe but there's no build up anymore, so it just ends up being one extra wash.

I would totally strap a helmet on the little man and let him go down one of these except our stairs end abruptly at a metal door. I'm pretty sure this would be two broken feet at our house.

If you're uncomfortable with going yourself, I'd ask your landlord to accompany you to your neighbor's apartment while your partner or a friend walks around in yours. That way you, the neighbors, and the landlord can experience the noise all at the same time and if they're being unreasonable, he/she can tell them. I think some people have an unrealistic expectation about noise in apartment buildings. If they want silence they can move to a house in the woods.

@Night, If you're a college student studying science (I did microbiology for a while) you easily spend 5 or 6 hundred dollars a semester on books. @lacazier Reading a backlit screen gives some people a headache. I love my e-reader but I can't focus on reading anything off of my computer screen or ipod.

I remember carrying my gen chem, college algebra and trig, and a massive bio book along with my ibook and notebooks in a cross body bag and dying from the back pain. The best part of switching to art was that I suddenly only needed paperbacks.

King of the fanboys! Man, I thought my husband was bad.

I'm with Sammylou (except for the diaper wipe). Although my son (6 now) gave up his pacifier at 2 months and the new baby (probably) won't ever use one, I was never a germaphobe with him. We live by the 5 second rule here. Our reward? He's allergy free and I can't remember the last time he was sick.

This is a great idea for those of us who arent allowed to paint our walls.

Don't forget friends who can sew! @House, I have a mini-crib too. My mom made my crib bedding. I used the Backyard Baby collection from Michael Miller. Babybedding.com has a lot of options but we saved about $150 going DIY.

I hate beige wall to wall for the same reason I hate all wall to wall, I have allergies and it's a dirt sponge that you can never really get clean.

@bitterepiphany, thanks for your story! I wasn't intending to have them share a room past my older going into puberty. He's excited about sharing his room now (he's always hated sleeping in a room alone) but I can't imagine he will be at 12 or 13.