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What is standard is the rule, not the adherence to it.

Besides, I blame the parents who start cramming their kids full of peanuts at age 1. Hold off, people, so they don't develop the allergies.

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This is a serious issue, so I feel guilty for wondering, where is nut case, sensitive?

Allergies
 

I'm sensitive to cases about nuts. Poor kid. Can't eat nuts.

Sue I say.

Sue, Sue, Sue!

Sue them all.

But give me their Nuts!

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You guys are nuts. (And my name is not Sue.)

Mobiles
 

Thanks, RP, and noted.

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Have both parents interacted with the school since finding out? If not, the one who hasn't can be bad cop and go absolutely apeshit on the director, with lots of exclamations about the center trying to murder the child, and asking why they think the parents shouldn't being going to the police with a complaint (for attempted murder) and to the licensing board.

Yes, the criminal claim is probably bullshit, but they don't know that, and it probably shouldn't be (they were warned; they ignored the warning). The licensing threat is an even better one. (Note, this is not advisable for you to do as an attorney, but as a non-attorney, why the fuck not?)

These people didn't care whether they killed this kid. Fuck them.

Allergies
 

I believe she is a single parent. Perhaps grandparents can intervene.

Mobiles
 

You should actually register for it, and hope someone buys it instead of the umpteenth blue or pink outfit in 0-3 mos/baby blanket/stuffed animal.

Allergies
 

I don't get how a kid that can't be near anyone who recently ate a nut product can possibly live outside a bubble. How do they walk through a mall? - hold any job?

Mobiles
 

We actually took all of the clothes off of our registry, as we have already been inundated with clothes. I will see of the establishment where we are registered carries it.

ETA: Done. Thanks for the tip!

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it must be perfect to be so fucking perfect.

Crack
 

Formula companies are like crack dealers. (I can't be the first to make that observation.) Today's special gift arrived just in time to allow me to wean my child in time to return to work after a standard maternity leave. Very nice (and by nice, I mean insidious) marketing practice.

This company is clearly working to outdo the company that yesterday sent the embossed gift certificates for free formula. If I bought formula I'd be angry at how much I am paying to subsidize this kind of marketing, not to mention all the stuff the manufacturers give away in countries that have tainted water supplies.

You are now free to judge my dismount from the soapbox.

Crack
 

We're 6 weeks away from the disgorgement of Mini-me, and we have already received two boxes of free formula from different manufacturers. WTF?

Mobiles
 

Thank you notes are so much fun:

I am not really an ungrateful bitch -- we are lucky to have so many generous friends -- but this baby thing is the road to excess. I hate waste, and I have small closets.

Mobiles
 

You could give them to goodwill or something. I'm sure there are many babies who need clothes and it's quite possible that babies whose parents can't afford clothes might also be smaller when born.

Crack
 

Fucking babycenter.com!

Just wait until you get to the hospital. The reps even give formula samples to the ob/gyn offices. I had a nurse at the ob/gyn hand me a formula sample when I was in the office for mastitis "so that I could get some rest" ... even though the key to getting over mastitis is to nurse more frequently.

Mobiles
 

OK, then...

I think I'll just hold on to this outfit (I never buy 0-3 mo size; 12 mo minimum) for my own new baby. Thanks for saving me the postage!!

Mobiles
 

Actually, baby's going to be naked at that age, unless I use the smaller stuff to sew larger outfits. Or maybe make something from the drapes.

Mobiles
 

Are you preggo?

Mobiles
 

I will gladly send you all the Braenette's hand me downs... so long as you have no problem with Baby Lulu and lots of Juicy Sweatsuits.

Mobiles
 

Hmmm. Then you could say, "I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist."

Mobiles
 

Can't you tell by the fact that my boobs are ENORMOUS?

Mobiles
 

Thanks for pointing out an obvious solution that I have already used. Now will you help me with these thank you notes?

My next baby gifts will include sleeves of A and C batteries, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers,
those pricey sliding outlet covers, and socks, not because I don't adore cute baby outfits and stuffed animals and blankies, but because I know that most lucky new mothers gets more than her share of those things.

Oh, and she'll get formula!

Mobiles
 

Ditto. My shower is imminent and I replaced the cute bunny mobile with the one you recommended. I have to admit that it looks a lot more entertaining to someone who can't track objects and is drawn to bright and contrasting colors.

Mobiles
 

Possibly the best TV line ever.

Mobiles
 

i could tell by the fact you're getting fucked long and hard 15 times a day.

Mobiles
 

fire and CO kill adults too.

Mobiles
 

That's because my boobs are ENORMOUS.

And come on, don't exaggerate. 15 is only for vacation.

Mobiles
 

This was like my favorite baby gift ever. http://www.duckduckgooseandcompany.c...ette_dozen.jpg

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What? Did you accidentaly almost kill some neighbor kid by giving him a peanut butter cracker? How hard is it to buy the Nip-Chee crackers instead?

You may also want to consider that peanuts are not actually nuts. Nor are pecans, almonds and walnuts. An allergy to one is not necessarily an allergy to all.

Mobiles
 

A couple of random recommendations:
The full-sized baby swings take up a lot of space in proportion to their utility. I would skip it in favor of a baby seat with a toy bar, which you could also skip if you buy an infant car seat rather than a convertible seat.

The Kolcraft universal car seat carrier, which costs around $50 and serves the same purpose as a stroller for an infant, has a huge basket. I don't have one but I covet my neighbor's for that reason. My Graco stroller's basket is smaller and is thus less useful at Trader Joe's. This will become important when your realize there is really no good way to handle an infant and a grocery cart at the same time.* (The car seats are not secure on the carts, and the seats on the carts at the store, provided you can get such a cart, are hard and icky.)

My point is that you can get that Kolcraft thingy for the first year while your kid is in the detachable infant car seat, and then wait to buy the stroller you will find most useful for your needs later on. My Graco stroller will be useful when the baby outgrows the car seat so it was not a waste of money, and I like it because I am tall and the handle is actually at the right height for me. But despite being one of the lightest strollers on which you can put a car seat, it's still a bit bulky and takes up nearly all the floor space in the back of my wagon.

I would also not register for a high chair. It will be so long until you need it that you may very well change your mind about what you want by then, or grow very, very sick of the "pattern" you chose.

*Unless you want to remove the sleeping infant from the car seat into a baby bjorn, and back again.

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That's awesome, but because I am impossible, I have to point out it would be even better if there were two pair of each color, so that you generally might end up with two or three of each color.

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I sort of disagree. The swing saved my life, so many times. Sometimes it was the only place the Brazenette would be happy. You just never know with these things.

And I always took the infant carrier thingy and snapped it onto the child seat part of the grocery cart. I don't know... probably not safe, but nothing bad ever happened.

Mobiles
 

Graco? Prole.

(Actually, good choice. The Peg Perego stuff is heavier, harder to turn, can't be pushed with one hand and doesn't fold as small. But hey, it's twice as expensive.)

The infant car seat is such the key item to have the first year. The bouncy seat is also good, and much smaller than the swing. Although for some kids, nothing beats the swing.

I bet you can get the Kolcraft thing on eBay for next to nothing.

Mobiles
 

Buy two of these instead.

http://www.trumpette.com/store/image...e%20inside.jpg

Besides, the stars scream "future slut", whereas the mary janes discretely whisper "future hot catholic school girl."

Mobiles
 

You were complaining about the closet space. Geez.

Sure, I'll write thank you notes. They will even be nice.

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Did you have any other vibrating or moving seat? Because they make smaller ones and I wonder if that might have pleased her as much? My kid likes the Baby Papasan vibrating seat.

I have a smallish family room so the space/benefit analysis is key.

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I feel the need to point out that all of my thank you notes were very, very gracious.

I do feel like an ass for complaining about receiving gifts, but I don't want our friends and family to throw away their money.

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I kept a vibrating seat in the bathtub in the master bath. That way I could shower (seperate from the tub) and the dogs couldn't sniff her too much. She liked that too, but the swing was essential.

But I understand your point.

Mobiles
 

The Martinelli infant carrier/carseat/stroller was a total rip off... but the Martinelli umbrella stroller and jogging stroller are far superior to any others I tried.