https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:01:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476333 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:26:00 +0000 Rescuemom10 476333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OK at work and holding back the tears. I already msgd DH. We are going to do this. This is now on his list of things to do before he leaves for Afghanistan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476324 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:17:53 +0000 runsyellowlites 476324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Since first reading &amp; replying I've pretty much decided that we're going to anchor EVERYTHING and I don't really care if we lose our deposit. We'll putty up the holes &amp; go from there... it's worth it in my book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476322 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:16:35 +0000 chopsuey 476322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something similar happened to my Lo! Luckily I was in the room with her, dresser was small and she wasnt hurt.<br /> Scared the S out of me.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476317 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:13:03 +0000 Mrs. Pen 476317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my gosh... I couldn't even read the whole thing... I am dying in side.</p> <p>We mounted our TV for this very reason... actually it was all thanks to Mr. Bee's post awhile back and then reading the TV safety website. </p> <p>@rachiecakes: @runsyellowlites: We bought a bookcase with anchors and I didn't even think to ask the landlord about whether we can anchor or not... I guess it will be worth it to lose our deposit for a little peace of mind. </p> <p>The crazy thing is the size of the dresser that fell on her - It was a tiny baby dresser... my god.. We've talked about securing the larger pieces but not his dresser. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476310 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:06:05 +0000 Grace 476310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow - there are definitely some big things in the house that I knew we would have to anchor, but I never would have thought about a dresser so small. It looks so sturdy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476306 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:03:05 +0000 mrskc 476306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so sad. I was already planning to anchor furniture but this reminded me that I need to get on that soon before LO gets mobile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476296 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:57:13 +0000 Boogs 476296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't anchor anything, but I should show that to DH so we can change that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476271 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:43:05 +0000 sorrycharlie 476271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we planned to anchor bookcases &amp; TVs because of Brace It for Brayden ( <a href="http://braceitforbrayden.org/" rel="nofollow">http://braceitforbrayden.org/</a> ), but never thought about furniture.. how heartbreaking :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476198 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:17:01 +0000 brownie 476198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have already addressed anchoring because we live in earthquake country. Other than in bedrooms, all of our shelving is built in which is nice. I have noticed my son climbing so much more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476190 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:12:33 +0000 Springtime 476190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is awful! :-( we desperately need to anchor our furniture. LO is crawling and pulling up on everything and We have tall top heavy bookshelves in the living room, we will be doing this ASAP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476154 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:00:04 +0000 .twist. 476154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: wow. scary stuff!! So glad you were ok though. Must have been such a relief to your mom. I just seriously can't even imagine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476153 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:58:53 +0000 78h2o 476153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My furniture is secured because a dresser fell on me as a child. I was trying to get something from the top, and used the drawers like stairs. The dresser toppled over one me and the glass mirror above it shattered all around me. My mom heard the crash, ran into the room, and could not see me under the dresser/broken glass. She said that she was sure I was dead and was hysterical. Luckily I was somehow unharmed.... but yeah, I can only imagine. When we moved to our new house, I had everything anchored, even though I was still pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476123 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:47:04 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 476123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm crying at my desk at work and immediately IM'd him to tell him we need to secure all of our furniture. This is so sad. I can't begin to imagine her pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476055 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:28:41 +0000 LuLu Mom 476055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is such an eye opener, LO is only 3 months old, but we will be doing this before she gets any bigger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476048 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:26:38 +0000 BananaPancakes 476048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There was an article on CNN (maybe), when I was super pregnant about the dangers of falling furniture. It has made me super paranoid and I'm kind of a nazi about it at other people's houses where my son stays. Stories like this verify that I'm not crazy and things can happen so fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476038 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:23:51 +0000 Mrsbells 476038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow this is way too sad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476025 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:20:28 +0000 autumnlove 476025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476024 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:20:24 +0000 Mrs. Blue 476024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My college roommate's brother lost one of his twins when the baby was crawling up a bookshelf that fell on top of him. I had never thought of anchoring furniture before, but I've told DH that story and we will definitely be anchoring everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476022 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:19:46 +0000 mrbee 476022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Been meaning to publish a post on falling furniture!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476021 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:19:17 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 476021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-476008 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:14:53 +0000 runsyellowlites 476008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, this is so incredibly sad! We'll definitely have to look into this, like rachiecakes we rent so I'm not sure what we can do. Thankfully P is still not even crawling &amp; DS is much older.</p> <p>So so so sad. =,( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-475991 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:08:43 +0000 rachiecakes 475991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened to a cousin of a girl I went to school with. Just awful.<br /> We rent and I know we can't anchor/bolt things to walls. We'll have to consider changing out our furniture around when DS gets a little bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-475980 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:05:15 +0000 .twist. 475980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a lot of furniture comes with anchors, but I never really thought it was a big deal until reading this. </p> <p>I know our boys stand on their beds to open the top drawers of their dresser. It's huge and I'm sure could tip over. I always thought being heavy and full would always prevent that. Shouldn't be so naive, I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-475975 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:01:44 +0000 Bao 475975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh that is terrible! I would never even think to anchor my furniture, honestly.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-475969 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:00:32 +0000 mrs. wagon 475969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, no, no........</p> <p>Gonna task Wagon Sr. to anchor all of our furniture TONIGHT. Wagon Jr.'s dresser TOMORROW. (Thankfully he's still in a crib.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/heartbreaking-story-anchor-your-furniture#post-475949 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:53:14 +0000 .twist. 475949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to share this story since the author asked for it to be shared, to reach out to others about how important it is to anchor furniture to walls. </p> <p>This woman lost her little girl because a small dresser fell on top of her. Her story is truly heartbreaking. </p> <p><a href="http://lovelightlaughterandchocolate.blogspot.ca/2012/12/be-with-me-just-for-today.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">http://lovelightlaughterandchocolate.blogspot.ca/2012/12/be-with-me-just-for-today.html?m=1</a></p> <p>I do think this was a freak accident, but ultimately, it really could happen to anyone and I don't think it's worth the risk when it's very easily prevented.</p> <p>Also, what is your opinion on child-proofing and can you over do it? </p>