We Hold Hands in Parking Lots, Too

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Dan — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:15:31 GMT

Sorry about the confusion, my woman friend, Debb, wrote the one comment and added her name out of habit. Her and I have been discussing this issue and we just want to get into it enough to fully understand it. I do tend to me very focused (maybe too much sometime) I found that new product and thought I would share the info.

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birchsprite — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:43:51 GMT

Is Dan the sheet person a man or a woman? Or just a spam bot sheet fanatic!

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Dan — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:16:33 GMT

I wish I could find some of those flat sheets that are fitted at the bottom, but, I just checked with Lands End and they said they discontinued them. I don't know of any one else supplying those. So, I am still very curious about what you might think about my question regarding that invention...what do you think?

Dan

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Shannon Ferguson — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:01:50 GMT

I loved your article. I have friends with 5 year olds who have crushes on girls already. My son is 12, going into 7th grade, and has yet to show interest in girls. He's nnot shy, he is the lead singer in a band he and his friends started this summer and has been the lead actor in our school plays the past 3 years. Should I be worried? Could it be because he has a little sister? Oh, by the way, we still hold hands nomatter what street we cross!

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WendyP — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:04:08 GMT

Lands' End makes top sheets for kids' beds that are fitted at the bottom only, so they stay attached down there.

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Dan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:28:28 GMT

I like the flat sheet because it is sort of an intermediate cover. If it's a little cold, my child can use the flat sheet. If it's really cold my child can use the comforter as well. If it's a little cold, and there isn't a flat sheet, the comforter is too much - she gets too hot. Then she pulls it down and is too cold. Plus, since the comforter isn't tucked in, her feet get a draft all the time. I wanted a way to stay with the flat sheet if at all possible. My friend showed me that he was inventing a device that I tuck the flat sheet into and it holds the flat sheet and it stays tucked. It is amazing. It's not an actual product but we are using a functional prototype which does the same thing and it is patent pending. He wondered if other moms would be interested in re-thinking the flat sheet if this device was available. It's the size of a small thin book and is easily inserted just under the mattress. You need one at each corner of the foot end of the bed. It doesn't damage the sheets at all. What do you think? Plus, you only have to tuck 4" of flat sheet into it, giving my child foot room to turn her feet vertically. I have tryed it myself and does the same thing for me.

Debb

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Maria — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:00:59 GMT

Susie isn't hot?!

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mrskennedy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:45:50 GMT

I'm not much on tucking (feels too restrictive to me), and his mattress is pretty lightweight (no box spring, just laying on slats) so I don't think it took much movement on his part to get the sheet all twisted around. It seemed useless to fight it, and he's happy with just the comforter.

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Dan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:08:08 GMT

Thank you Mrs. Kennedy. When you say knots, do you mean that the flat sheet untucked from the end of the bed and got all twisted up or stayed tucked and got all twisted up? I ask this because I am wondering if the lighter weight mattress has something to do with my child's sheet coming out. Does your child have a youth mattress? Thank you so much for allowing me to ask you these questions. I really appreciate it.

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mrskennedy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:13:29 GMT

I gave up on the flat sheet, it just ended up in knots, he just sleeps under a comforter now.

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Dan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:25:55 GMT

That is very interesting. I hadn't thought about that for awhile but I was like that at his age, where I had a like for girls very early...and still have it to this day.

Also, you mentioned the bed which also reminded me of my 6 yr old. We have a youth bed and he tends to kick out the flat sheet (the covers) at night. Do you think that is common for kids and does your son's top flat sheet get pulled out at night?

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Melissa — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:34:50 GMT

Hey, Susie could be hot. In her own way. Maybe if she wasn't scowling?

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Karen Murphy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:35:37 GMT

First, I'm impressed with the extent of your nightly book-reading commitment. I'm reduced to sharing 15 minutes among three kids, so they all get the same chapter of our current book, which has to match an 8-year age spread.

Jackson? He'll probably end up with someone who's a cross between Miss French Castle and Susie Derkins. Would that be so bad? The wine would be great and he'd be kept on his toes for life.