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Model: 0308L00<\/p>\n

With a hand from Ph., I assembled the crib yesterday. I’d take a
\npicture, but we don’t have a mattress for it yet. And I wouldn’t want the
\nblog to nose-dive even further into the anything-goes depths signaled by
\nan entry with a photo of a mattress-less baby crib.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Here’s my favorite line from the instructions. It wins for two reasons:
\n1.) It’s the only RED<\/b><\/font> (bold and all caps)
\ninstructional statement in the seven page packet; and 2.) I read it ten, maybe
\ntwelve times and it suggested new and different meanings to me each time.
\nYou’ll see: "Please make sure that the top of the post is at the lowest position
\nto be connected to the top of the rail of the end panel while screwing." <\/p>\n

Give up? I did too. And yet, by some miracle of good fortune the
\ncrib went solidly together with no unused hardware and no diagram or action step
\nunchecked (besides the cryptograph above).<\/p>\n

At birthing class tonight, the teacher emptied her "goodie bag" onto the
\nfloor. The "goodie bag" is a tote filled with odds and ends for the big trip to
\nthe hospital: socks, loose change, a coach’s snack (that’s me; I’m the "coach"),
\nmusic, toothbrushes, and so on. It’s a long list of items. Again the
\nteacher emphasized having on hand a focal point representative of the baby.
\nA toy or a photo of something. And then she referred us to our photocopied
\nhandbook which provided these imaginative ideas: "picture, vase, etc."
\nNever in my life would I have considered a vase as a focal point (I suppose it’s
\ncalled a vahz in this case, eh?). <\/p>\n

Final thing: Should we be concerned that the baby, still seven weeks from
\nbeing born, kicks like Aquaman when the ice cream truck goes chiming by?
\nMight be an inherited trait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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