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Another vote for keeping them. They'll be great as they get older. I think of all of the little things my sister and I collected in our room. Speech trophies, awards and birthday statues. Then as we got older, dried corsages, dance photos, souvenier trinkets . . . I think it will actually be a space saver to have a place for all of those little things so they aren't sitting on top of desks or dressers. And my vote would be to paint them white and then inside paint them an alternate color. For example, if the room is pink, the shelves are white, paint the inside of the shelves yellow or maybe a darker pink.

I've seen the all wood desks, the few I saw for sale cheap were a combo of wood and metal and the top of the desk was this slick sort of pale wood colored formica. Not terrible but not always the best looking after decades of children using them.

Can not say enough good things about the Aerobed. I also found it much cheaper than $80 (around $60 on Amazon but I've also heard you can find it at Costco for around that much). We used it for a week recently when we moved and my son (who's almost 2) was perfect with it. He slept so soundly and honestly the night process started to get easier because he could just hop into it himself rather than needing us to help him in like with a crib. I love it. The only slight downside if I had to pick one is that the cover is fleece so it's a little warm (he'd wake up sweaty) but that's a minor minor issue.

As long as they aren't any more expensive than regular diapers I might buy a small package for fun. Yeah, they're kind of tacky but otherwise harmless.

I frequently turn to my dog and child and say "Are the two of you working together to make sure I don't ever have nice things ever again?"

jennib is right, it's just stuff. I try to remember that so I don't lose my cool. But man, seeing my scratched up stained chair makes me want to cry many many days.

Very pretty. I keep forgetting that you can buy chalkboard paint in different colors. I like that it's a subtle quiet sort of shade.

Yeah, agreed with happyinseattle. I didn't feel comfortable nursing in front of people. I think I had some good visitors (one brought me Starbucks all the time and then would leave after 15 minutes, I loved her), another set of neighbors had us over for a dinner and then let us leave early-- and then we had the people who brought food and stayed until 10 p.m. not taking any hints, another person who popped in at 9 p.m. and woke us up after we'd gone to bed at 8, another person who arrived late and then brought children they were watching and let them hold the baby without asking me if it was OK and then did not leave for hours . . .

I have a few of those strapping cubes from Land of Nod. LOVE them. They really are very sturdy too. I used a few as toy cubes and they outlasted him trying to stand in them or fall on them. Also, they have much larger baskets in the same colors so you can use one of those for a hamper and everything can match. I really do love them.

Have you checked out Haiku bags? You can get them on Zappos or REI but they also have their own site:

http://www.haikubags.com/

I see non-moms using them all the time on the train commute because they're large with lots of compartments. But then I've also seen them sold as diaper bags. I bought one and then contacted the company and they sold me a matching changing pad. Might be too flowery for some but the price is pretty good.

I found a HandySitt on Zuilily before for $70. I had a good experience ordering from them.