by the way, my website is very simple and doesn't have forums or shopping, but I know my host does offer at least the shopping cart.  From experience I would suggest you stay away from ipower.com because their techs knew less than I did.  I have hostmonster.com for about 6 months now and really like them.

I have a family website that I host and I will recommend that if you want to use a software that has templates so you don't have to write html do not use frontpage.  I personally love it because that's what I learned on, but Microsoft has stopped updating it and has changed to something new and many hosts don't support the extensions and if they do the extensions often get corrupted and you have upload the whole web again.  What a pain just because Microsoft decided they wanted to change to something else and not support software they created.

JT was a puppy dog last year and we went with the neighbors kid who is abou the same age. JT was just standing on his own then and Kobe wasn't at all, so his parents would hold him and we would stand JT up by the door.  Apparently the costume was really convincing because we would have to tell people he was a kid!  This year he'll go as something that people will recognize as a costume!

Good thing you clarified what LF and WTB mean because I would have been lost. And what I great idea to create posts to tell people you want something!!

well, that was easy enough!

could you do another with a longer time to before it expires so more of us can try it out?

My little one is obsessed with magazines.  He just loves to tear them apart.  He's nice to them at first, but then the crinkling starts and then he starts tearing the pages out.  I've had to make sure that any magazine that comes into the house is put up high until we are done with it so that he can't destroy it before we read it!

I had similar issues with my pregnancy.  I gained 85 lbs!  I lost some of it just by eating better and going to the gym, but it wasn't until my trainer suggested the bodybugg that I really started losing the weight.  Its marketed by Apex fitness at www.bodybugg.com but I got it for cheaper using 24 hour fitness website.  It's basically a glorified calorie counter but it uses several variables to get an accurate measurement of how many calories you burn.  It's got a web based log program that helps you track your food intake and then you have a better idea of what your calorie deficit is.  If you can manage 850 calorie deficit per day for a week you lose 1 lbs.  If your eating well, you'll have the energy it takes to go to the gym and work out so you can lose the weight.  I was skeptical at first because it was a little expensive but I've lost 65 lbs since March just because it has made me aware of how many calories I have burned.  After all, if your not burning more calories than you take in, then you won't lose weight.  If you have questions about bodybugg, definately check out the site, it's got good information.

^ I would want to be really good at answer kids questions so they understand it the first time so I don't have to keep repeating it over, and over, and over, and over...

<I absolutely hate cleaning the house but I can't stand it when it's a mess because I can't find what I'm looking for so I end up cleaning all the time so I can find what I'm looking for!

v What one item could you not live with out and why?

thanks for the tip!  I might try that but I know that some dvd drives on computers are now coded for regions...

I haven't been able to get a response from the baby brain people...any suggestions?  I checked out the website and it says they are selling at Malyasian Borders, but when I checked my Borders here they don't have it. (I'm in the US).  Any suggestions?

^I'd use the old stand by from grammer school: xyzpdq! (examine your zipper, pretty darn quick) 

>This forum is the first time I've taken an active role in any online activity.

v would you be a stay at home parent even if it meant your spouse had to work two jobs?

I believe it's probably because red is the first color that a baby sees.  Starts with high contrast, black & white, then red.  Hence you will see that the infant stimulation patterns start with B&W and then introduce red first.

That makes sense, I'll start using the red then!  Thanks.

It's so great that everyone finds this thread and begs for karma!  Everyone should get karma for just being a parent and trying to help their little one be the best they can.  So here I go, karma all around!!!

So I've read through some of the stuff, but I can't seem to figure out why it has to be red text.  What's the reasoning behind that?