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Thank you so much for putting in artificial turf. I grew up in Tucson and loathe grass in the desert! I grew up with no grass and cannot understand people's obsession with it.

Gustav and Max has some super soft sheets. I purchased a couple for my daughter. They have a fluffy, almost fleece quality, to them. Very nice! Wish they made some for my bed.

We have one in the place we rent. I do miss doing multiple loads at once at the laundry mat though. It is nice to get 5 loads of laundry done at once, provided you hit the laundry mat at the right time.

We have the First Years Hand Free Gate. At 15 months my son learned how to open it. I think all baby gates are a total scam. They really only slow the child down but not prevent them from accessing the stairs. Luckily, he only had an eye swollen shut for a day and a large rug burn for a couple of days after he fell 15 ft. down the stairs. Hopefully, you will have better luck with your gate.

My son started using an exersaucer at about 2 month old. He hated tummy time but had enough neck and head strength to use the exersaucer, so my ped. told me to get one. It is ugly, no doubt about it. But he liked it and will thank me when he gets older and loses his hair because he will have a nicely shaped bald head! Once he started to crawl, he wanted nothing to do with the exersaucer. He walked at 10.5 months. Exersaucers, Johnny Jump Up, high chairs and other items like this can delay walking but it is if you let children stay in them for hours. Buy second hand if you can. Somethings aren't going to look great in your house but it is only for a couple of months anyway.

I agree on the bottle warmer. Pacifiers were also useless for me because my son hated them. We used the Bumbo chair quite a bit. The expensive high chair was the biggest waste. He sat in it for 2 months before refusing to get in it anymore. He loves the cheap Fisher Price booster seat. I wish he could have told me that before I bought the high chair.

I have a small European crib (stokke) and a large American baby. We have used the crib bumper because he cries without it. He actually does hit his head when he sleep across the shortest length of the crib. Bumpers have a purpose if you have a small crib. He is fine with the bumper.

I love this museum! It even inspired me to write my senior art history thesis on kitsch, camp and bad art back in the day. Their catalog had me double over laughing in the bookstore. Hilarious!

This is great for traveling! We LOVE ours. I would not recommend it for petite people. My son is about 28 pounds, which makes carrying him in it a bit of a workout. I have found it can't be rolled down most airplane aisles, so I just carry him in it to our seats (@14 months, he can walk but only in the opposite direction that I need to go). I would have bought the Gogo Kidz, but since we needed a second car seat for my husband's car we went with the sit-n-stroll.

Also be prepared for people to stop you in the airport and ask you about it!

Genxmom: our government follows a scientific policy that needs scientific proof that a plastic causes X bad thing(s) to happen. It doesn't ban a plastic until it is deemed safe by science (like in the EU). It isn't that a lot of these plastics are bad; they just have NO data. The EU bans them outright since there is a lack of evidence. Personally, I like the EU's approach. I wish our country would be more cautious about toxins/plastics/chemicals.

Speakaboo: I couldn't breast feed due to pregnancy related medical problem and I cannot escape the "breast is best" people. If it makes you feel better, I have encountered a lot of incredibly rude people who can't really seem to mind their own business. There are PLENTY of people out there pushing breast feeding, trust me! The ones who said they didn't consider it an option were probably just trying to be polite so the conversation would end.