Rear/Front facing
 

True. Once a jet is above a certain height (and it's not that high -- I think the height is reached in the few seconds after takeoff), landing on water is the same as landing on concrete. The water cannot displace fast enough when objects hit it at high speeds.


On a more lawyerly-with-kidsly note: how in the HELL did vietmom get vietbabe potty trained already? My boy has no [zip, zero, effis, nada] interest in going on the potty. I thought he would want to imitate his older brother, and he does -- with the exception of using the potty.

Bad times, bad times.

Rear/Front facing
 

They make little sponges, very flushable, in animal shapes. As any guy will tell you, peeing is a lot more fun if you have something to aim at.

Rear/Front facing
 

Easy - the babe is a girl and they train faster overall WRT potties. Try letting him pee on fruit loops or the biodegradable packing peanuts. My nephew finally trained at 3.5 - he just decided one day to use the potty and that was it, so maybe the same will happen?

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baby name pole
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For the girls names I like:

Ember
Bay
Bentlee
Tide

Boys names come harder since I have two boys already but here goes:

Arrington
Salem
Diesal
Jameson

Actual post from another board:
 

I think you'd do yourself a service by reemphasizing that this list has nothing to do with your own name-choosing.

Peeing Advice
 

So -- hypothetically of course, if one were to want to purchase those sponges or what-have-you (I don't think I want him peeing on cheerios, he might try peeing on the breakfast table), where would one find such things?

Also, for all you furniture mavens and maven-os out there, where would someone be likely to find a nice set of bunk beds? I looked at Pottery Barn, but I didn't like anything they had to offer in the way of the bunk bed.

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Good god, yes....every name on our list has been well established and is at least 100 years old. We're boring that way.

However, in the unlikely event I chose to name my child after a laundry detergent, I'd go with "Gain with Bleach Alternative" over "Tide."

Peeing Advice
 

Try Ethan Allen, Bassett stores, Star Furniture - most furniture stores have kids' sections. I have been told that in Houston that new Dump store has bunk beds too. We are also in the market, though obviously the top bunk wil be empty for a long time.

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Here is my preliminary list for names. I just don't want anything that sounds like a soap opera character, you know what I mean?

Girl
Burnt Sienna
Hank
Paigow
Garnier Fructis
Splenda
Camilla
Felicitee

Boy
Burnt Umber
Hank
Akura
Sarbanes Oxley
Banana
Merriam Webster
Jamesons

Actual post from another board:
 

(a) I am hurt, (b) be very, very careful about naming a boy "Banana," and (c) "Erisa" is a nice girl's name.

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Those are lovely! In the same vein as Sarbanes Oxley, there are two ERISA partners in this fair city with daughters named Erica. Which is a fine name, but a little scary-close to Erisa. Sad.

eta it appears that fringey and I are on the same page.

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I think Sarbanes Oxley is an excellent name. Amtrak would be a good one too.

I know a partner in your fair state (but not city) who had a cat, now deceased, named Erisa.

For those in the market for car seats:
 

An excerpt from this month's Consumer Reports:

[color=dark red]The attachment broke on the Combi Avatar convertible seat, sending it flying off the test rig, at a crash speed lower than that which the government requires car seats to withstand. We rate the Combi Avatar as Not Acceptable, and urge the manufacturer to fix the problem.

The Evenflo PortAbout 5 infant seat flew off its base at a crash speed just above the federal standard, a margin of safety that is too small, in our judgment. We have rated it poor for crash protection.

Two other seats had problems that were less serious. The Britax Marathon convertible seat and the Combi Tyro infant seat tilted back on impact more than the federal standard allows. But those car seats didn’t break loose in our tests.[/color]

I can send the full article to anyone interested and too cheap to buy off the news stand - it's too long to post and the link won't work as you need a paid subscription.

ETA: this is allegedly a free article so try this link:

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/...=1114798942242

Peeing Advice
 

Pier One Kids (which used to be Cargo Kids) has some really, really cute bunk beds.

Actual post from another board:
 

Those are a good start, i will say that paigow has always hated her name, and I know she'd recommend you choose one of the others.