Calling recent mothers!

Thanks for your input. I'm definitely tending toward multiple grippers. I'd like to find some pretty red ones, though.

Beverly

You are not alone... ;)

Don't be silly. I haven't got a desk.

Ooops. My mistake. Must've been someone else. *wondering if Joy has bookshelves*

is recent father contribution ok ?

I guess it is mostly personal preference but...

i like the velcro myself for alot of reasons already mentioned by others and i particularly fond of the ones with the ??micro velcro ?? as it does not seem to snag to everything and it is not as scratchy.

Also, i like the bib designs where the bib tie loops around back and velcro part attaches to top corner of the bib on the front of the baby . I find it easier to detach and remove when tehe connector is up on the shoulder . Plus we have lots of hair to deal with so the rear / center velcro connection always getting tangled in hair and difficult to grab just the velcro part when trying to remove :{

anyways, congrats on baby nephew and i hope this is useful info, robb

and tweaked it so it now says "Brett is Sleeping". ;-)>> My niece has decorated the nursery in "red, white and> 'denim' with stars". I bought a couple of yards of light> blue denim, and enough red and white gingham for trim to> make some bibs, a lumbar pillow, the door hanger, and......>

The whole south wall of the sewing room. Less than half have books on, but all are full.

No jars at all -- I keep those in the kitchen.

Always read the labels.

Yeah, well, what can you expect in a country where somebody sues a major fast food chain for selling a beverage that's meant to be hot and is actually hot? And win the lawsuit, if I got it right. ;-) But seriously, I think that all these regulations and whatever make people just plain stupid. It prevents them from using their brains. Just as you said, common sense. Give out information that this and that is dangerous, OK. I bet if only on percent of all the time devoted to commercials on TV would be filled with useful info about raising children there would be a lot less strangled or suffocated children. (A program here said not too long ago that if the same effort major car manufacturers put into getting people emotional about cars would be put into getting them emotional about the climate change, the latter would be very likely not to exist.) But that's totally OT. ;-)

Nahh, I was really only joking, I've got all the bibs I need at the moment. Anyway, I'm trying to keep the amount of baby's clothing limited. After all she's growing so fast that some of the things she got from loving relatives didn't even make it back into the box under the changing table after the first use because they are too small already.

U.

James was like that. Mostly OUT of 0-3 months stuff by 8 weeks! Mind you, he was gobbling down Christmas dinner at 10 weeks.

I knew that, I just couldn't resist chaffing you a bit. ;-)

My younger DD was a preemie. My DMIL and I spent a week while DD was still in the hospital making 18" doll clothes for her, she swam in newborn sizes. The doll clothes were passed on to older DD after a few months and she used them to play with her dolls. ;-)

Beverly

Yes, and please accept my profound apology, I should have said "Calling recent PARENTS"! My ankles are black and blue.... :-(

Hmmm, I hadn't heard of micro Velcro, I'll do some googling.

That sounds exactly like what I have in mind for my niece's new baby. I haven't seen him yet, so I don't know how much hair he has. ;-)

Thanks, Robb, and again, I'm sorry for being so insensitive.

Beverly

Unfortunately, the real story of the woman burned at McDonald's got lost in the sensationalism of the press. Here's an impartial description of the event and the following court case.

Hi, my face is red with embarrassment , a sincere thank you Beverly ,

but really, no appologies expected or needed here, i am not that sensitive, i was going for coy comment and me thinks i came across as crass ? i should have aded a ;) at the end of my opening question

I have *developed* a very healthy respect/admiration for all that you "mothers" have done and are doing for the families day in and out for ages. So i think you mothers deserve your own special mothers club if such a thing existed.

appologies for coming across as crass. robb

"Ursula Schrader" wrote in news:fn1hkv$7rm$ snipped-for-privacy@news01.versatel.de:

amazing how fast they grow, isn't it? i never give 'newborn' size clothing for baby gifts because most likely those will never be used & it's so nice to have something in a larger size *there* when the baby has a growth spurt. one of my friends gave me a set of footed sleepers for Boo. i had them on him one day, & since he hadn't gotten them dirty, i went to put them on the next morning & they were way too small! those were the last footed things that he ever wore too. his feet were much bigger than "average" i guess & things with feet never fit (and i admit to just cutting the feet off & hemming a few things that were too cute to bypass) lee

You did not appear crass at all. I was truly abashed at having written such a sexist subject line.

Yeah, it's call "Grandmothers", and it's the BEST club EVER! ;-)

Not at all necessary, I made the error in the first place.

Beverly

My son Jes was always in clothes 6 months ahead of his age. Until about five years. Then they were always the 'slim' version. Which would be about 4-6" too long. I'd buy them just before school started. Hem them as is and and by Feb. I'd need to let the hem down. At the end of Mar. I'd have to use denim left from last years jeans for knee patches. They would barely fit by June when I would cut them off for summer shorts. At the end of summer he would be busting out of them. Typical Pennsylvania Dutch thriftiness. Use and re-use and re-use ....

AK in PA

Thank you for this!! My hubby *was* always railing against this woman and her *supposed* actions. Just as I was printing this out, for future defending against when he next went into his rant, he came up to me and being his usual nosy self asked what I was printing. Gave me the perfect opportunity. ;-) Boy is he singing a different tune. Now he's going on about the opposite viewpoint!!

AK in PA

Welcome! It's a good example of how rumor and poor reporting can get a piece of the truth and run with it, twisting the facts all the way around 180 degrees.

My MIL lived in a senior housing apartment until one day when she took a cup of water for tea from her microwave and managed to dump it into her lap. She got severe burns, one of which didn't want to heal. She was confined to a wheelchair when this happened, so it was devastating. She never went back to her apartment, but moved into a nursing home where she has remained ever since. Someone else makes the tea and brings it to her.

Hot beverages and even hot water can be lethal. Some years ago, a woman here died as a result of burns from her shower when the shower doors jammed and she couldn't get out. Never set your hot water heater above

120 degrees.