"J T" wrote in message
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As some of you know, I'm not a fan of cradles. Cute idea, but
the kid outgrows the thing in just weeks, then it takes up room, and
collects dust.

You had only boys? Girls use their cradles for a long time. Some even take
them with them when they marry and leave home. Daughter's offspring, she
says, will sleep in the same cradle she and her younger brother did, as well
as, in succession, the cabbage patch dolls, the stuffed bears, the pom-poms
and college texts.

Make the join of the sides to the ends with fasteners - bronze bolts in
threaded inserts, for instance - and you can pack the entire cradle into
flat boxes - two if twins - and ship them to an APO via USPS. Makes it
possible to store the thing in the back of a closet if the twins are
boys....