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does anyone know where to find a bed like the one shown?

Here's a few for you wtuctuc...

http://www.landofnod.com/family.aspx?c=6&f=4532&pc=4

http://www.pbteen.com/products/classic-iron-bed-and-canopy/?pkey=cgirls-beds-headboards

http://www.target.com/Fenton-Bed-Frame-Butter-Pecan/dp/B00092DMAY/ref=br_1_10?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=368304011&node=368304011&searchRank=pmrank&searchPage=1&searchSize=30&id=Fenton%20Bed%20Frame%20Butter%20Pecan

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39827962

I had an old iron bed growing up, and loved it. My parents bought it from an antique store before I was born, and it is still used in their house today!

This is a great idea for sick-kid entertainment, it reminds me of the poem, "The Land of Counterpane" from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses.

That said, I always wonder when I see the ubiquitous trend of chalkboard paint especially in bedrooms, about the health effects of breathing in all the chalk dust it must generate? Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Is there information about this anywhere?

Again with the chalk dust everywhere! Ick.

chalk boards on dinner table last week...now beds....i think im going to sneeze!! where will we find chalk boards next this is getting wild!!tee hee!!!

I really don't fancy my child sleeping in chalk dust!

Besides, if they are well enough to be as active in bed as the child in the above photo, then they have no need to be in bed - if you're sick, you're sick and you are certainly not up to playing like this