My husband doesn’t care about much when it comes to decorating out home or picking out any of the furniture or even any of the techy stuff but when it comes to the TV’s in the house I know to just step aside. He wants what he wants and it’s really quite the process for him going store to store and comparing brands with prices.
Then once you get home with that perfect choice and it’s time to display it in your home. Do you place it on an entertainment center or mount it on your wall? Do you place it on a table or balance it on a dresser?
My husband went with mounting our TV’s on the wall and as a mom I love it since it really is a safety issue. TV’s now a days are massive in size and heavier then you’d think. If one ever fell over it could really hurt an adult so I’d hate to think of what would happen to a small child. Now that we have Sawyer I’m all about baby proofing and I love knowing that a TV tip over will never happen in this house. Now I just need the grandparents to follow!
For many Americans, a flat panel TV is a great way to enjoy family time and entertainment. However, most parents are unaware of the safety risks that flat panel TVs pose for kids. Due to increasing size and new ultra thin designs, today’s flat panel TVs can easily tip over when bumped or pulled, toppling off of furniture and causing injury or even death.
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A 2011 US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report on flat panel TV safety revealed:
- A child is killed every three weeks from an unsecured TV
- Every 45 minutes a child visits an emergency room due to a TV tip-over related injury
- Between 2000 and 2011, 215 fatalities have resulted from TV tip-over
- An estimated 17,000 people each year, the majority of which are children, are treated for injuries from TV tip-overs
- Reported cases have increased almost 25% from 2006 to 2010, and over the last 10 years, injuries have increased by 31%
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We don’t have anything to tether our furniture down. Our children are 4 and 7 and I have talked to them dozens of times about the dangers of climbing furniture such as dressers and tv stands. It doesn’t make me feel any better. I plan on tethering our furniture when we move next month. Thanks for the giveaway.
Outlet covers, moved cleaning supplies & meds out of reach and cords to blinds out of reach. I am sure I could do a lot more!
We haven;t dont anything except outlet plugs and keeping the bathroom door closed so the baby can’t get in there.
We cover outlets and have bells on outside doors
We have put outlet covers in our home as well as putting potentially dangerous items in the house out of our daughter’s reach.
we keep all of our cleaning supplies locked up. as well as any cords, medications etc. we also use covers for our outlets.
Always securing furniture when possible. Getting down on their level to see what’s a problem.
Tjamls for the chance.
We use gates around large tv’s and attach things to the wall (bookcases) with brackets for safety!
Corner Cushions
We anchored our dressers and bookshelves after my two year old trIed to CLIMB up hIs dresser and It tIpped! thankfully he was nIt hurt, but SCARY, MUCH?!
I have the outlet covers, cabinet latches, and door knob things. I keep medicines, cleaning products and other potentially dangerous products out of reach.
ive bolted things down tied them so he couldnt got rid of blinds with cords and at that time i cut the cords all the way where nothing could happen the cords to blinds
safety plugs & safety locks on the cleaning supply cabinet
we secured a lot of the bookcases to the wall
I’ve got non slip pads under my rugs
Everything is strongly attached!
We use gates everywhere we can!
We have a chain lock on our front door..so no sneaking out..we have a hook and eye on the basement door so no falling down stairs etc
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mounted dressers and shelves
we move everything higher, have safety locks on the cabinet doors, and cushions/paddings around sharp edges
we use gates and safety latches on our cabinets but we don’t have our smaller TV mounted yet.
we have locks on the cupboards, and have moved anything potentially dangerous into a locked closet.
safety latchets on doors and cabinets and locks and electrical outlets
safety latches
We use the door knob covers.
we’ve removed some of the more dangerous pieces of furniture
Outlet covers, cabinets locks, cleaning supplies are up high, door knob covers. Although my little guy has figures out how to bust them off and open the cabinet locks.
My husband attached a wall strap to the book case in my daughter’s room to keep it from tipping over.
We have outlet covers & baby locks on all of our cabinets!
We use outlet covers and safety latches on the cabinets and no running in the house. lol 🙂 Thanks.
I put a safety lock on all low cabinets and only by sturdy furniture!
Our baby is just starting to get mobile, so we have plans to mount our tv and do big time baby proofing in the near future!
We are not really doing too much in this department.
We use baby gates to prevent accidents
we have outlet covers, kitchen blocks for the fridge, stove, microwave, along with bathroom etc
the cabinets have locks and we’ve installed chain locks on the doors way out of munchkin reach
HAVE locks on medicine cabinet and some drawers….plug protectors, and a baby gate on the steps
We’ve gotten rid of our low TV stand, put up gates, and put locks on all the cabinets to keep our little one safe!
I have locks on all the cabinets, medicine is up very high, plugs are all covered
Corner Cushions and outlet protectors.
We use gates in the house
have checked to make sure all outlets are grounded
We use the door gates.
I use baby gates and keep everything out of babys reach
We keep medicines on top of the refrigerator. Locks on the cabinets.
We have a baby gate up keep doors closed to the bedroom so the baby stays in safer areas. We pick up small objects from his reach.
We keep everything away from the edge of the countertops – –
I have put up childproof locks on everything
i make sure all my cleaning supplies are put up out of reach
locking up medication
We have put safety corner on the fireplace and coffee tables, safety locks in the kitchen and bathroom, and have covered open socket with covers.
…I definitively need to secure my house better.
We have taped all the throw rugs to the floor so there are no slip and falls.
We keep medicine and cleaning products safety locked.
I use baby gates
I use baby gates, have all outlets plugged with covers, and doors that the little one could open, locked.
We have covered all the outlets as well as strapped dressers and bookshelves to the wall. We have also taken all the cords off of the blinds in our home. Thank you for this opportunity,
Plug Covers, Safety latches. etc.
Awesome giveaway, been toying with the idea of wall mounting the TV. Guess I will if I win, Thanks
baby gates
I use baby gates
We use safety plugs
baby gates, moving cleaners up high in the cabinets closing bathroom doors.
We’ve covered every corner of anything.
we have electric cords hidden & all cabinets are close with child locks
We have a whole gate around the pool
we have puppy proofed the house
I use electrical socket covers and baby gates
Keep things that aren’t bolted down or can fall on someones head, out of reach.
I keep all chemicals on high shelves that cannot be reached by little hands
I make sure all cords are bundled together instead of laying all over waiting to get tangled together or tripped over.
we have baby gates that keep the kids in childproof rooms only
None yet, no kids, but we are trying so we are about to take those steps to protect now.
I make sure when children are over (my nieces, nephews, and little cousins) that there is nothing they can get around that can be pulled down or accidentally put in their mouths.
I put safety plugs in all the outlets and putt padding on sharp edges.
we have baby proofed our home!
We have the large bookshelves in the house secure to the walls. We have one tv mounted so far, hoping to do the one in our bedroom next!
we have secured the furniture so that it will not fall over on the kids
we have rearranged everything!! removed items plus use baby gates, safety plugs
We put everything in the bathroom up and out of reach. Plus, we put safety locks on the cabinets in the bathroom and the kitchen areas.
my kids are a little older so my main concern is meds are locked up , also have one tv mounted
My kids are past the age where we have to worry about things like cords and breakables, but now I have a niece who comes over a lot so we have had to start re-baby-proofing the house. We are fixing venetian blind cords, putting up baby gates and putting protectors on electrical outlets. Whew!
We installed baby gates and cabinet locks
We have installed cabinet locks and put the safety covers over door handles to rooms the youngest doesn’t need access to.
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I had installed impact windows to prevent theft and hurricanes.
we have child proof locks on cabinets and covers on door knobs
we have child proof locks on cabinets and covers on door knobs
Cabinet locks
I always put on locks
We makes sure to keep things away from shelf edges, and do our best not to have many sharp corners they can fall into.
Keep tools and batteries up and away from little ones.
baby latches on cupboard that contain dangerous stuff
I try to keep all walkways clear
I keep things locked up.