https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:08:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-349419 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:07:57 +0000 pinkcupcake 349419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is mounted so I think we are ok </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348316 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:04:55 +0000 Mrs. Pen 348316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JustlikeHeaven: nevermind! I found some... they don't have an official name though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348306 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:03:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 348306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JustlikeHeaven: OH!! I LOVE it. That's perfect.. any idea what it's called? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348285 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:58:23 +0000 T-Mom 348285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have bought a kit to do it... But haven't done it yet! I need to but have gotten lazy... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348212 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:46:02 +0000 ladyfingers 348212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Oh, I know. I told him. He tends to think I read one thing and overreact and assume it's true in all cases. Which... OK, maybe sometimes. But this is actually a pretty serious thing and he's normally all about safety stuff. I wish he would take it seriously. (I'm sure he will.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348179 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:40:27 +0000 DpeachLu 348179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: DH mounted the tv on our wall and he is SUPER clean about the cords. Although it be better professionally an easy way to hide the cords would be buying these things <a href="http://www.legrand.us/~/media/94E4F330FBC04B5DBA19311A75FE5241.ashx?w=485&#038;h=326&#038;as=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.legrand.us/~/media/94E4F330FBC04B5DBA19311A75FE5241.ashx?w=485&#038;h=326&#038;as=1</a></p> <p>they usually come in white and you can paint over them with the color of your wall. Im sure you can tell what I am talking about? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348170 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:39:04 +0000 mrbee 348170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Sadly, it's very true... here are more incidents:</p> <p><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-dresser-falls-on-2yearold-girl-20120208,0,5020647.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-dresser-falls-on-2yearold-girl-20120208,0,5020647.story</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-348149 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:33:34 +0000 ladyfingers 348149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG don't even get me started, I brought this up with DH and he rolled his eyes. We really need to do this, or mount it to the wall, but DH seems to think it's "too small to mount to the wall because then it will be further away." Um, like 6 inches further away. He thinks all that stuff is alarmist and not true. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347968 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:52:22 +0000 chopsuey 347968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO doesn't touch the TV so we haven't..! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347965 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:51:19 +0000 Mrs. Pen 347965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: ooh professionally mounted? I like the sounds of that.</p> <p>I need to figure out how to do it because of the cords... what do you do with all the cords when it's mounted? We don't have the option of stringing them in to the wall. We're in an apt and not allowed to make holes that big, and DS's room is behind the TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347951 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:47:00 +0000 regberadaisy 347951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, it's on a wall mount! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347891 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:23:23 +0000 littlebug 347891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one that is mounted. Our bigger one, though, just sits on a table. We need to secure it. But we have time - baby isn't even here yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347860 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:02:50 +0000 Andrea 347860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one on the wall where the kids hang out. We have 2 others that are not secured in bedrooms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347850 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:57:42 +0000 PawPrints 347850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah ours is mounted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347843 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:55:16 +0000 Freckles 347843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember reading this in an NYT article last year: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/garden/childproofing-crawling-your-way-to-safety-the-pragmatist.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/garden/childproofing-crawling-your-way-to-safety-the-pragmatist.html?_r=0</a></p> <p>We're probably going to secure it before she turns 1 years old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347759 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:07:47 +0000 HLK208 347759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No...scary! Ours is in a media center and its pushed back to the wall so DS can't reach. That's probably not good enough though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347745 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:02:09 +0000 spaniellove 347745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had ours professionally mounted on the walls. Much cleaner! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347679 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:43:04 +0000 PurplePumps 347679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We dont have kids yet, but I was thinking of mounting it since I think it looks nicer. But now this give me an even better reason to do it. I'd never thought a child would go and tip it over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347678 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:42:42 +0000 Mrsbells 347678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, our baby isnt mobile yet but we will have to do this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347667 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:39:08 +0000 Mrs. Pen 347667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet... but I told DH I want it wall mounted now that we're in our new place because this is a fear for sure!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347660 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:37:54 +0000 keiki_mama 347660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Our flatscreen is mounted on top of our fireplace as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347589 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:11:44 +0000 MsMini 347589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is mounted on a swivel arm above our fireplace, so not only is it secure, it is about 5 feet off of the ground. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-secured-your-flat-screen-tvs-so-that-they-dont-fall-on-your-kids#post-347577 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:08:16 +0000 mrbee 347577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Flat screen TVs are falling on kids in increasing numbers!!<br /> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30686493/ns/health-childrens_health/t/falling-flat-screen-tvs-growing-threat-kids/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30686493/ns/health-childrens_health/t/falling-flat-screen-tvs-growing-threat-kids/</a></p> <p>If you don't secure your flat screen, you could risk serious injury to your child. :( There have been a number of reports of children dying from this... oh my gosh, hard to imagine.</p> <p>Our flat screen TV is downstairs, which is in area where the kids never go. If the kids ever start coming downstairs though, we'll have to secure it ASAP!</p> <p>Have you secured your flat screen TV(s)? </p>