Only soft ottomans in my house

Doris — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:03:41 -0500

Big hugs to your brave little man. I have three boys, who now are all at least 1 inch taller then I am, I can remember when I banned coffee tables.

My middle son never walked, he started running. He just let go of my hand and ran, it was scarey at the time, but now it's amusing to think back on those clumsy sick months of him trying to learn balance!

He was 14 months old when he "ran" into the coffee table in our family room. I was horrified to see his beautiful blue eyes filled with tears and blood as the cut was just inches above his left eye. I grabbed him, my oldest son and we jumped into the car and raced to the emergency room. Once there, all cleaned up I could see the gash below the eyebrow, just narrowly missing his eye socket.

Eight stiches and we were homeward bound. All dreaded coffee tables were removed from our home the next day, and instead I purchased soft ottomans to old drinks and books.

Now he's 17, we still don't have coffee tables. He does have a cool scar that girls seem to love!

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Coffee tables should be banned

Denise — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:41:32 -0500

In fact, I did ban them from my home the day I got pregnant with my oldest and I have forbidden them ever since.

Even though we have only "big kids" now, I still will now allow a coffee table in the house. You never know when someone will play dinosaur hunter and have an accident. It's not worth the risk.

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Coffee tables should be banned