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This post probably won't appeal to many of my readers, but I decided to write it anyway because I've spent an extraordinary amount of time testing, recording and publishing two YouTube videos on my razor reviews.

In any case, the first video is a review of the Feather Double Edge Razor - Popular model. Overall, it's a great starter razor, but it's plasticky handle and neck may turn off some buyers. The second video is a comparison between the Feather, the Gillette Fusion and a Panasonic Wet/Dry Electric Shaver.

I'm also thinking of doing some reviews on other shaving related paraphernalia (ie. shaving creams, brushes, aftershaves) but wanted to see what the response to this was before I scare away any more readers.

I'll get straight to the point, I need some help...If you haven't already guessed by the title or the picture in this post, I need some suggestions on what kinds of toys to get for our little girl of 18 months. Some of you may be wondering why it took us this long to buy gender-specific toys for her, but I suppose deep down inside I was hoping she wouldn't be a "girly-girl."

The other reason is that I wanted to be sure that any toys we bought would be used and not just tossed on the side. In any case, this all started because lately we've been noticing that our little girl really enjoys wearing accessories (hats and especially shoes) and cute outfits. The icing on the cake for me was when we went to my cousin's house and there was a baby doll on the ground and she started playing with it (trying to feed it and put a blanket on it).

So now I turn to you my friends, what are some basic toys that a 18-month-old girl might enjoy? I'm thinking baby doll and can't think of much else...So chime in and help our little girl out...Thanks!

In some ways, if you know how to use one CMS, you can easily learn another one...the conventions are all pretty much the same (listed a few below):

In any case, I'd like to dive into this further as we go along, but this entry is just meant to be a quick introduction to MovableType.

I originally started composing this post a few weeks ago and the intent of the article was to discuss how hard it is at times to come to an agreement about "parenting style," however, I think I'm going to keep the tagline "Parenting, Discipline & Consistency" and change the sub-topic as the content of the article changes.

In any case, as you've probably already guessed, today's topic is sleeping...Now before I go any further, I just wanted to say that while I realize each child's sleep needs are different, the strategy we've established seems to be working pretty well. For example, in our case, our two kids (a 44-month old and a 17-month old) are in bed pretty consistently by 7 p.m.

For my thoughts on what MIGHT be unveiled, have a look at one of my previous posts: "Regarding the iPhone 5 Oct. 4 Media Event Date."

So, with their advice, I looked to see if Akismet was available for MovableType (this site's content management system of choice) and sure enough, it was. As I was about to install it, I wanted to take a quick look at what MovableType had baked into their installation. Well, it turns out their default spam catcher is a plug-in set called SpamLookup. SpamLookup attempts to filter out spam by referencing blacklisted domains, links and keywords. Users can set the filter from 1 (the default, probably filtering out nothing) to 10 (filtering out everything), so I chose 7. I figured 7 would be a good start and I could always increase it if it didn't work well enough.

So after a few days of enabling SpamLookup, I can happily say that the time I spend moderating comments has decreased significantly and now only the occasional yahoo, gmail or hotmail account spam gets through...I suppose I could try to decrease the tolerance of SpamLookup, but I don't want to filter our actual comments (yet) hehe just kidding.

Anyway, if you have any questions about SpamLookup, Akismet or Karma, please let me know, I'll try to help as much as I can.

Rest assured that our dear friend Mr. Rooster will be replaced by another banner in the near future. I'll probably get around to making some minor design changes. I think I want to add a tag cloud and some other fun plugins. If you have any favorites, I'll be glad to hear them.

Thanks and have a great week

Based on supply channels, prototype cases and artists' wishful renderings, the common denominators seem to be:

Anyway, I'd like to hear your thoughts, chime in and tell me what you think...

I think part of the problem was that he was being stubborn and didn't feel the urgency to graduate to underwear. (ie. why change to underwear when you can pee in your pants and just keep on playing?)  Luckily for us, things mostly came together right before school started and we crossed our fingers that peer pressure would take us the final 10% of the way. (The last 10% being that lil A would be able to tell us when he wanted to use the bathroom.) If you were wondering, the first few weeks were a little rough, with accidents happening during nap time, but nowadays, that doesn't seem to happen any more.

So, fast forward to our current situation...I'd say things are going very well, we don't have any accidents during the day anymore (watch us have one next week lol), however we still change lil A into a diaper at night just "in case." It's a routine that's worked for us in the past, but I know that some time in the near future, it'll be time for us to make the leap to wearing underwear 100% of the time. One of the ways we know that lil A's just about ready is that in the morning when he wakes up, his diaper is pretty much dry; then, when we take him to the toilet, the shi shi comes out really fast. :)

Now, I suppose the timing is right to think about strategies to get rid of that final diaper. In many ways, we're a bit hesitant to take that leap - maybe it's just that we're afraid of having to clean up lil A's sheet and blankets yet another time...I suppose for starters, we could get lil A up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, but that might might cause a disruption in his sleep patterns...lil A needs his sleep to be on his best behavior :)  That being said, before we make any kind of change, I turn to you for suggestions and tips on how we can make this transition as easy and clean up free as possible...

I'm looking forward to your creative ideas...ttfn & enjoy your week!