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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Thanks to an Anonymous Poster for this Link

http://babyrabies.com/2010/02/11/never-pass-up-the-opportunity-to-learn-from-fellow-bloggers/

A funny mock up of Emily's boy's room. Give this blogger a click for her effort.
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:38 PM

    That was awesome. My bathroom vanity used to look like that till I moved all the crap to the cupboards under the sink.

    She's quite spot on!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:54 PM

    That was a great mock post. Sadly, her kid's room still looked brighter and cheerier than Dna and Booby's room.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    I really like the point BabyRabies is raising. Emily is profiting off the controversy surrounding her choices. It's horrible that some of her choices are putting her children in danger.

    I find it so strange that the screwed-up-ness of her son's "room" didn't occur to her until hundreds (maybe thousands) of people told her it was unsafe.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:57 PM

    Anon 6:54- YES! That was my first thought too! Even with all of the hazards, the room was clean and bright and even looked like it smelled fresh!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    That was funny! I wonder when Emily and Dna will get a clue? I mean, how many people have to tell them before they see the light?

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    she changed pictures on posts. On her Touring Tuesday Overview, she had 1 pic of each room. The kitchen one had the bins stacked to the ceiling. She switched it to the after pic from Those Bins post. i bet she's going to delete the boys' room pics too.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    From her blog:
    Clisby said...

    Emily,

    Have you considered something like this, from WalMart?

    http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nap-o-Pedic-Nap-Matt/10963218#ProductDetail

    These look sort of like the little mattresses my kids' preschool had for the children who stayed all day and needed naps.

    WalMart also has camping pads for $20 each, but they're not nearly as thick.
    February 10, 2010 8:00 AM
    Emily said...

    Clisby, the nap mat would be good for under the crib. We could fit two in easily when folded. They'd have to be pulled out for use since they're too long. It didn't give much info on the material though.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 10:56 PM

    nna said...

    Emily,
    I love their room and I myself thought that the trundle bed under the crib was an excellant idea, I won't be having anymore babies but if I were and I knew it was a boy I would figure out a way to make one. As to child safety, all these posters probably mean well but this is turning into a three ring circus, it reminds me of the woman who allowed her 10 year old or however old he was to ride the New York subway alone and all the fallout over it. Seriously, accidents do happen but in my humble opinion as a mama, child proofing and safety get taken a little far at times. One of the reasons cited in a National Geographic Article for the rise in allergies is over cleaning, and lack of exposure to dirt etc (outside dirt.)

    Now I may be biased but here goes I grew up in a 12x20 foot wall tent yes you read that right. It was all one room we had our bunk cots, our kithen, our table, our washstand our clothes everything in that space. We didn't have alot of stuff but we had most things a normal modern day houseold does and we had babys toddling around I have three siblings all younger. We had a wood stove too and you know what noone died and noone got burned wanna know why? Because it was a small space and they could be watched constantly. When I was fifteen we moved into a two bedroom cabin, my parents had one room and us kids had the other and we all thats right all four shared one double bed! Eventually we got another mattress that we slid in and out of under the bed. I survived I am fine, I went to high school had a normal teenage life, and went to college and did much better at having a roomate than most of my colleagues. You people seriously need to get a reality check about how our ancestors lived and the rest of the world lives, children routinely shared beds in my grandparents day wasn't a biggie and the beds they shared were often not even double beds.

    And some people do better living in cluttered enviroments valuable tax dollars have been spent studying this the more creative einsteiny types actually do better with a messy desk and cluttered office because that is how they think. My house isn't cluttered but I challenge anyone with kids to admit that their rooms and house are not always tidy, and that somewhere in their larger house their isn't a closet full of the kind of things that Emily has no place to hide so they are stored as best she can. Emily was just honest enough to photograph her house the way that it really is most of the time which takes courage!

    Not all of us are good at being ruthless declutterers. I imagine that someday when Emily has a house of her own she will have built in storage for toys and a place to put outside toys outside but you have to make do with what you have. And take it from the daugter of a pack rat telling someone that they need to get rid of clutter doen't usually work. My dad was/is a terrible pack rat because you might need it someday which is the reason that there are seven woodstoves sitting in their barn, my moms compromise was to keep it outside, Emily doesn't have that luxury so try to be understanding.

    February 10, 2010 5:38 PM
    Emily said...

    Anna, thanks for that comment. I appreciate it when readers are objectively thinking though what I'm doing.

    Finding my purpose, that is similar to what I am thinking of doing, but just with a staple gun and large piece of fabric!
    February 10, 2010 5:43 PM

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 11:10 PM

    Re: "My dad was/is a terrible pack rat because you might need it someday..."

    Isn't everyone suggesting that Emily will have a safer home and a whole heck of a lot more space if she gets rid of lots of her books? And aren't books available free at the library?

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