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I bought a pair of chairs from them just last month - I can tell you that the upholstery is immaculately and imaginatively done (my chairs have a bold bird pattern....with just the right placement on the vintage chairs). Mine are ebonized and the finish is flawless. And they came to me on the Greyhound bus from Austin to CT - I find it funny that my chairs took the bus! All in all it was a great experience. And my chairs are showstoppers.

An old relative gave me one of these books when I was a kid in the 70s and I LOVED it. When I had my son three years ago all I could remember was that the cat was named Agamemnon....thank God for Google and eBay, cause now it's one of my son's bedtime faves. It's actually very sweet and old fashioned. We both enjoy it. It's funny though, a lot of people have the 'creepy' reaction when they see it.

We were those suffering martyrs Fiona mentions, and no! It did not enrich our parenting experience. When people mentioned any version of CIO (we lumped it all together) we felt they just didn't understand how much we loved him. But the truth is, he wasn't getting enough sleep. He is a restless sleeper and cosleeping was becoming co-non-sleeping for all three of us. He's always been a terrible napper, so he wasn't making up for it during the day. And he was tired. He rubbed his eyes and had little smudgy circles under them. Exxon never met my kid. He didn't need anything, he was warm and dry and well fed with two ridiculously adoring large warm bodies ready to cuddle him. What he needed, as it turns out, was more personal space to thrash around in, and the knowledge that he could indeed fall back asleep without our help. But we resisted that knowledge for a long time, however well-intentioned we were. He cried for less than a half hour for two nights. He has now slept 12 hours a night for nearly a year and has woken up in the night maybe three times.

I am NOT saying this is right for everyone. It's just our story. I agree with lb that this is a very divisive issue. I think people are so insecure about their own choices they feel compelled to judge others, which is too bad.

And I will agree with lb again to say that in some areas, like nyc, your space really influences your decisions. In our 1br, we made different choices than when we moved into our 2br.