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PSA: Please anchor your furniture (loss warning, not mine)
KJsbabe
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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.
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.
BFP #1 5/20/10 Natural MC at 5w4d 5/28/10
BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
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BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
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Re: PSA: Please anchor your furniture (loss warning, not mine)
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.
BFP#1 1/31/12, EDD 10/6/12 Harrison Gray born sleeping @ 18w6d. You changed our lives little guy.
BFP#2 EDD 10/29/13, C/P 2/25/13, Bye little Ish, we barely got to know you.
BFP#3 EDD 12/21/13, Baby Boots born 11/23/13 My rainbow baby!
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BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
Dx: Me: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss; DH: Low Morphology (2%)
BFP#1: MC 3/1/11 at 6w1d - EDD 10/21/11
BFP#3: MC 2/8/14 at 4w5d - EDD 10/13/14
BFP#6: CP 11/6/14 at 4w2d - EDD 7/14/15
IVF #1 with ICSI & PGS: May/June 2015, ER 6/3/15, 17R/17M/15F
IVF #2 with ICSI & PGS: July 2015, ER 7/16/15, 16R/11M/9F
PGS results = 6 normal embryos (4 boys, 2 girls)
FET 9/23/15 = BFFN
BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
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.
BFP #5 11/15/14, Team Green EDD 7/22/15
BFP #4 4/30/13, baby girl born med-free Jan. 2014
BFP #3 9/24/12, Missed m/c at 9w1d (baby measured 8w5d)
BFP #2 9/23/10, healthy baby girl born med-free June 2011
BFP #1 5/21/10, Missed m/c at 10w4d (baby measured 8wks), D&C 6/29/10
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