Maddeningly frustrating

This was supposed to be the BIG weekend. We finally were all together to go out and get Priya's mattress, and change her crib to a full size bed. We headed out to Costco with our friend Sherry and her three girls. The store had a pretty good deal on a mattress set that was hard to beat.

Here is Priya trying out her mattress.

And then the fun really started. The crib called for "hook-on" rails. This is where the end of the rails slide into and get hooked on two bolts on the headboard and footboard, instead of being bolted to them. We had neglected to get the conversion kit when we bought the crib (totally our fault). Now the model has been discontinued, and getting it special order is $99-130. I thought, Ok how complicated is this thing. Shouldn't all rails be the same, following the same standard. Was I wrong. Following these many sets...

And ruining the beautiful cherry finish on an otherwise pristine crib...


We ended up with this...

On closer examination, I found out that the bolts in the crib are more recessed than what standard rails can hook on to. So what the crib manufacturer is doing is forcing you to buy the conversion set through them. So now we will have to end up paying the extra money instead of using a $20 generic set.

We also went through a number of ceramic space heaters for Armaan's room. His room gets kind of cold at night. But Tish didn't like any of them, and there's always the paranoia of having a space heater in the house, ceramic or not. So I put up insulating plastic on Armaan's window (the kind which sticks on, and you have to use a hair dryer to stretch). That noticeably warmed up his room, and I think will do the trick.

Armaan is almost able to sit up by himself

Priya and Skylar on another one of their play dates