I was seven months pregnant with my first son when I had all his nursery furniture delivered. The two delivery guys were in the soon-to-be nursery moving furniture around when one of the guys stood up and pointed to our brand new diaper pail.

"I never understand why parents use those things - why would you want to save your kid's nasty diaper for days on end? Just take it out to the trash!," he had commented. I remember thinking, "he's right!"

But it's no surprise to hear that he had no children and how it didn't tak me long to learn the convenience of the diaper pail. Because let's face it - as ideal as it may be to take your child's stinky diaper out every time he poops, it's just not practical.

As my youngest son turns 3 next month, I find I'm down to the bare bones of baby and toddler gear in my house. It's with both a smile and a tear that I retire to the basement many baby items like my kids cribs and bouncy seats.

I've been a bit of a stroller nut over the years -- at one time my garage housed over a dozen strollers. As my kids are graduating out of the strollers, I'm now down to three strollers. But my husband recently made a plea - can I please get rid of the rest? My oldest son is almost 6 and it's really a bit strange looking to have him sitting in a stroller these days. (The only reason he still did was our double jogger, which we used over the summer for various long walks - 3 miles plus - when we were at the beach.)