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@sonnyday They are very scarce. They are called wooden play pens or Dutch play pens (not Pennsylvania Dutch), and Germans have a similar thing called a Laufgitter. You might find them second hand from Dutch people who imported their own. This is what ours look like

@sonnyday On point 3: here in the Netherlands we have a “box” (play pen, but with a bottom and sides and only about a square meter surface) for that. It is a wooden structure specifically designed for babies to play in. Before they can roll we usually have the floor high up, so they have a...

@dennyissmith What we did with my first at around 13 months, but I’ve been given the green light to do from 6 months with my second is to only offer water through the night. It took three weeks to transition from nursing every half hour-1.5 hours at night to no wake ups at all. The first few...

@ejfan291 I’m on my way to a 1 year old’s birthday party, with two children (3 and 6) jn the car, so I feel specially qualified to answer this! My children love helping in the garden. So I have a small bag with children’s garden tools (a small rake, pitchfork and a garden trowel) which I...

@lcr0111 Trust me, any song can drive you crazy if your toddler sings it often enough, loudly and off-key while running in circles the pump the living room where you were trying to listen to an audiobook for yourself for once. She had her own thing on some headphones, but that wasn’t enough to...

@momof2napril Stimulation is needed, but not in the way of them being constantly entertained. They also need moments to be bored in order to learn to entertain themselves. And they need moments where they are challenged to go beyond what they know already. So as long as you regularly provide...

@ilovegod123 I started for the environment, I hated the buckets full of dirty diapers that we were throwing out. Then I noticed that cloth smelled way better than disposable. And with practice, knowledge and experience it became easier. I loved not having to run out for disposables on a rainy...

@crucker2 You are aware this is the mother asking? I think she would be aware if she cheated. So in this case chimerism or the hospital making a mistake make more sense than cheating. Having said that, my secondary school used to do blood typing as a science experiment when learning about...

@strange1 If you can sew, undies take very little material and are quite easy to make. There are some good patterns online like this one. It is written in Dutch, but with the visuals they are easy to follow. They come in sizes 86 -164. These sizes are the height of your child in cm, with 4 cm...

@facundo Maybe it is just that my eldest does nothing but tell stories all day. So every object with a bit of personality is a character in her stories. And she has been playing with them for most of the time since we got a shallow ikea trofast container full of them. And the youngest has been...

@facundo We have a 4 year old (f) and a one year old (m). And lots of gifted toys. The things that are most popular here are: - Duplo (the bigger version of lego blocks, which makes them suitable for smaller children too) - Schleich animals. They are one piece each and rather expensive if you...

@jimcrawford Or actually you know more about them because they are literally touching you. You’d feel it before anything. I can tell my child is about to nod off when others are saying they are looking around happily, just because they start to relax into my back.

@broken26 I did not know that (never bought anything from them myself), thanks for telling us!

@ellyflowers What about birkenstocks?

@kdm1984 Yay for new machines! I just got mine yesterday and I love it! My old one lasted me neigh on seven years and that was a second hand cheap one. The ball bearings were worn out and turned out to be rusty. As soon as it stood still for more than two days the drum wouldn’t turn anymore. My...

@impetus34 Same!

@jayrashman The Lithuanian brand Responisble Mother (both her own website and etsy) sells hemp/cotton pockets with wool covers. The only plastic she uses is for the snaps.