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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 7:15:16 GMT -5
For anchoring furniture and tvs so they can't be tipped over.
This was just on the news here...and honestly, something I've never given much thought to. Now I feel the need to anchor all my stuff in preparation for baby!
IKEA is offering free kits - not sure if it is only in store or if you can get them online - but I wanted to share in case anyone didn't see the spot on the news or hear about their offer (or like me, didn't even think about this sort of thing)
And now looking around...I realize just how much baby proofing will need to be done here! Egads!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 9:45:35 GMT -5
My H built "ramps" for bikes...and broke arms and legs (I'm talking multiple times...apparently the first break didn't teach him the lesson that these were bad ideas)
I said to him the other day, we should just start a prepayment plan with the local ER for this kid.
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Post by annathy03 on Jul 22, 2015 10:54:18 GMT -5
My sister pulled a solid oak dresser onto herself by climbing the drawers.
Thankfully the bed caught it, she was stuck in the triangle space under the dresser for a bit but unharmed. I will eventually be anchoring that dresser when our future kid gets mobile, since it's in our guest room.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 12:30:22 GMT -5
IKEA is doing this because 2 of their furniture pieces fell on children and killed them. I'm glad that they are finally selling mounting kits for some of their larger items. I think the statistic is that a child goes to the ER every 24 minutes from furniture falling on them. It's scary |
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Post by snippet17 on Jul 22, 2015 17:50:18 GMT -5
IKEA is doing this because 2 of their furniture pieces fell on children and killed them. I'm glad that they are finally selling mounting kits for some of their larger items. I think the statistic is that a child goes to the ER every 24 minutes from furniture falling on them. It's scary I may sell all of my furniture. |
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Post by snippet17 on Jul 23, 2015 18:50:33 GMT -5
I got an email about the ikea items today with a link to how to request them online. www.ikea.com/us/en/tip_over_campaign/index.htmlI have two of their bookcases and we will anchoring those. Neither of DH or myself was a climber, but JIC. |
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