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  1. #1
    Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!

    Oct 2007
    in my own world
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    wrong thread!

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    Aug 2010
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    dose that include the big 4 square ones? i got dd a tinkerbell mat from kmart last year, but it is the same (or at the least simmilar) stuff they use on the abc ones....

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    2014 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    Dec 2008
    Melbourne, VIC
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    dose that include the big 4 square ones? i got dd a tinkerbell mat from kmart last year, but it is the same (or at the least simmilar) stuff they use on the abc ones....
    Hun I'd toss it just in case, it sounds like it's very similar to the ones they are probing now. It's just probably a different theme. I wouldn't risk it.

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    ahh SHOT!! you wouldnt have any ideas what i can use instead? ive got it over the door ways now were the carpet meets the floorboards as the carpet has detiriorated and we cant stop the nails thats ment to hold them down sticking the kids (and us).... going to have to brainstorm now i think...

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    Dec 2008
    Melbourne, VIC
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    What about going to Clarks Rubber maybe and get some bits there? Would their foam/rubber be ok to use with babies I wonder? I used my mat cos I was scared if DS fell on his head it wouldn't hurt so much if he fell on the lino. Also he used to spin really well on it and he loved the colours and chewing on the ends as he's teething and he preferred the foam to any other teething rings/toys I gave him

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    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
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    Mine is in the bin now, I'll get the kids a mat today.

    Why does it seem that European countries are so much more vigilant when it comes to our kid's safety than our own country?

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    Dec 2008
    Melbourne, VIC
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    I don't know Mel, but I am not a happy camper right now. I just keep wondering what he swallowed off that stupid mat, the poor mite
    He's got no teeth ATM, and although I worried that he could chew bits off it, I wasn't that worried for now as he's pretty toothless.

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    Sep 2008
    Adelaide
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    Hmmmm we have our whole playroom floor covered in these to protect DS from the tiles underneath - thats 6 sets!! Ours were from the reject shop. DS has put them in his mouth once or twice but doesn't these days.

    Our playroom is enormous!!

    **goes off to think about what to do**

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    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
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    I read months ago that these things were banned in Belgium and recently I was out shopping and saw that one particular discount chain had masses of them. Makes me ill to think that we become the dumping ground for this stuff because our authorities are a bit slower off the mark investigating