Furniture Tip-Overs; Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe - Nationwide Children's
When children are in the house, they make the playground a home. As a father of a child of five years old, I know how quickly one climbs on a high shelf in search of a playground. , Like a summit of a busy climbing Everest.
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Every year, about 16,000 children go to the emergency department for injuries caused by furniture. It is a baby every 38 minutes. When children climb desks, cabinets or bookshelves, furniture can hurt them and harm children, young children pull off a shelf that has a TV on it and affects the self. Yes, the baby can pull over the dresser or climb up or down the drawer to get something over the dresser.
Although we try, it is difficult to pay attention to the child’s every move at home. So I took the time to fix heavy furniture and other things like our TV with walls, to keep our children safe. We fitted the bookshelf and her dresser with a wall in the child’s room.
Following the tips below to keeps, you're kid's safe.
Protect furniture selfies, desks and drawers from the wall.
Buy furniture with superior legs or a solid base from the bottom of the furniture.
Hang the cupboard drawers.
Keep heavy luggage close to the cabinets and floor.
Apply furniture to the wall with screws or brackets.
Avoid placing attractive items, such as toys or remote, furniture on top. If the child can see it, they will try to get it.
Save L, E, D TV and be careful about using the old TV.
If you are using a TV stand or a table, use a stand designed to be used as a TV stand. Choose what size and type of TV you have the right table size to hold. Secure the TV to the table with safety straps and then secure the table to the wall with safety straps or all-brackets.
Remove the tuck cords so that they are not pulled.
If you have an old TV – if you continue to use it, avoid placing the TV on a weak table that is not designed to carry the weight of the TV. Put it on the table prepared for this type of TV. You can find drawer stops, safety belts and brackets at baby furniture shops, and hardware and home improvement stores.
You can always ask a craftsman for help if you can’t find them or need help finding which product is right for us. You can ask for help from a furniture store.