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PSA: Please anchor your furniture (loss warning, not mine)

KJsbabeKJsbabe member
edited July 2014 in Parenting after a Loss
I feel the need to remind you all to please, please anchor your dressers, bookshelves, and other large furniture. It's such a simple thing to do and it can save your baby's life. Once your LO's start toddling around (if they're not already) they will get into everything and it can be much easier than you think for them to pull a piece of furniture on to themselves. And please do not think that because your child is not a "climber" that it can't happen to you.

There has been a story on our local news about two sisters, ages 2 and 3 who were crushed and killed by a dresser falling on them. They were playing in the bottom drawer and it toppled right over. This story has really been weighing on me. I can't even imagine what those poor parents are going though right now. So please, please, please anchor and secure your furniture.

https://m.wtae.com/news/dresser-falls-on-child-in-aliquippa/26798406

ETA: I also wanted to add, if you watch the video they show the dresser towards the end. It's not what I would consider a big dresser at at. It's waist height, a normal size for a child's dresser.
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Re: PSA: Please anchor your furniture (loss warning, not mine)

  • BootsOrHeartsBootsOrHearts member

    Thank you for the reminder! We have this on our to-do list and we're struggling because most of our walls are plaster. UGH. I know there's a way to do it just not sure how.

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  • km_mdkm_md member
    That is a good reminder. It is so scary how things like that happen. Those poor parents, I can't even imagine how they must be feeling right now. DD isn't really mobile yet but we have the same problem as @BootsOrHearts‌ with the plaster walls.


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  • KJsbabeKJsbabe member
    @BootsOrHearts‌ and @km_md‌ we have plaster walls, too. DH got plaster anchor screws from Lowes and used them with our straps. We have these ones which we also found at Lowes. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005670NY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1404844927&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
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  • ellebelle2384ellebelle2384 member
    How heartbreaking for that family. :(  Thanks for sharing.
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  • KikiCohenKikiCohen member
    Yes, this is a priority when we move next month.  Question though- we were originally planning to anchor the bigger furniture in the common areas where P would play (LR, DR) and in his bedroom.  Should we also do the furniture in our room?  He wouldn't be playing there unattended, so I feel like we wouldn't need it.  I'm curious as to what other people have done.
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  • KJsbabeKJsbabe member
    @KikiCohen‌ We did everything in the living room and in the bed rooms. DD has free roam of the house, though. The only place we didn't do was our finished basement. We have ugly paneling down there now and are planning on putting up dry wall in the next couple months. The only time DD is down there is when I'm doing laundry and am keeping an eye on her. Once we get the walls done we will anchor there, too.
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  • valigrl21valigrl21 member
    @KikiCohen‌ We anchored the furniture in our room as well. Most of the time the door is closed and our girls rarely play in there, but it does happen occasionally.

    We keep our iPad in our room so DD#1 can't get to it. But she is determined to get it when she wants, and has opened the door and climbed our dresser to get to the iPad herself. She does this when she knows we are pre-occupied (cooking dinner, changing baby's diaper, etc) and she's very quick when she does it. So I am very grateful the furniture is secure.
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