Eyes on Parenting: Tie down your furniture to prevent injuries to kids
Amazon prime day means lots of new stuff that parents need to tie down. In this "Eyes on Parenting," Dr. Cara Christ discusses furniture baby-proofing.
Amazon prime day means lots of new stuff that parents need to tie down.
“My kids are climbers, so they like to get on top of things,” said Dr. Cara Christ, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services. “The additional weight of a child on a dresser or a cabinet can actually cause it to fall, which can fall on them and severely injure them.”
It’s not only important to tie down furniture, but Christ said freestanding TVs or those that are perched on top of something need to be tied down as well.
Securing heavy stuff should be part of every parent’s routine when getting the home ready for babies and/or toddlers.
“It’s always a good practice to make sure you make sure that you’re securing your furniture as part of your baby-proofing of your home,” Christ said. “Also looking at uncovered electrical plugs, [and] cabinets that they can get into.”
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Hey "Doctor", how about keeping an eye on your kids and not letting them climb all over the freaking furniture! If your kid is climbing up onto the TV then you correct the behavior not tie down your entire house because you can't control your kids. If your kid climbs up onto something, falls off and gets hurt, guess what...lesson learned the hard way. Life is a series of trial and error.
Did anyone else here have parents who kept them on a leash when they were toddlers? And I turned out just fine! :-)
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