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I agree that regular blackout fabric is unhealthy--made of off-gassing PVC. Pottery Barn Kids sells blackout panels in cute fabrics and the liner is all polyester and totally blacks out light--white from the outside, but internally woven black threads that block light. (But the adult Pottery Barn curtains are the bad blackout fabric as well as the Pottery Barn Kids blackout LINERS that are sold individually. Only the printed (dots, stripes, solids) blackout kids curtains have the good blackout fabric. You can get a tension rod for a few dollars that just pops in and out of the window frame without leaving any marks. Just take down the blinds. I did in my rental.

I got this Allium in purple for my daughter's room, and I love it!
http://www.avalisa.com/product.aspx?pl=3&col=3&id=188

That toilet paper roll costume is so great, I had to post it too! Thanks for the tip!

That forest trees print is so great, I had to post it too! Thanks for the tip!

I bought four of these white cotton duck (canvas) shower curtains from Mountain Weavers on amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Sturdy-Cotton-Shower-Curtain-Natural/dp/B001G5IGYU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1273797725&sr=8-2

They already have the rivets on them (12 on each panel), so you can just hook them to the same hooks that hold up your curtains. One panel is pretty good, but two panels under each curtain make it pretty dark.

You can also buy just the slipcover for the beanbags at Pottery Barn Kids for $30 and zip up all your softies in there. For the cranky anti-consumerism posters up there, do the children outside of America not have grandmother's to sew teddy bears for them?

Just stick with the Flip. I keep it in my purse and use it all the time. The bigger video camera was used maybe three times. The baby walking and crawling will happen once, but then all the cute stuff that happens after that will happen when you least expect it, when you're out and about, and you won't have your bigger camera with you.

IKEA had a mosquito net that was similar, and it was just plastic tubing stuck together with connectors to make a hula hoop to hold it open.

I just put a paper towel under her bowl and that works well enough.

We always read in bed even during the day. The EKBY VALTER wall-mounted bookshelves from IKEA keep all our books off the floor without a lot of bulk. I know it isn't Montessori style to keep books up and away, but my daughter is old enough to step on a stool and get her books. When she was a baby, I was glad to have them up, or they would have all been ripped up. We've never read books on a couch, so I don't think you need to add furniture. Beds are great for reading, and you can also sit on the floor and lean against the bed sides, so put a rug down there. But puzzles and games are not good for storing in the child's room. Those are too difficult on soft carpet, so store those in the family room where there is a table.