I am not the type to pad my house, or put my kids in a bubble, but I am reasonably intelligent, I put knives out of reach and teach kids not to mess with the mini blind cords...unfortunatly I also have a kid now who looks like he was in a fight with a long fingered demon!
I left my two reasonably well behaved (well ok so mostly the misbehavior involves inapropriate giggling) in one room to watch fire trucks, while I went to change a diaper in the other room, I came back to find my 4 year old in the window (for a better view) I of course gave that look, you know the one meaning 'you know that is not acceptable, don't make me yell at you'. He got out of the window and onto his bed, with a cord around his neck, couldn't have been more than 3 seconds but that was long enough for an awful mark!
here is a website dedicated to information about blinds
I dunno that I will cut the cords, 'cause that just means they are only dangerous when up...but I need to do something, cause it is a nasty mark for the small offense of climbing on the window!
April 13th, 2006 at 10:16 pm 1144966591
I'll see if I can find the url; the safety commission will send free cord replacement kits that render the cords safe (don't ask me how, I've received mine but not installed them yet, figured I'd let the pup finish chewing up the olds ones).
April 13th, 2006 at 10:23 pm 1144967031
basic site:
http://www.windowcoverings.org/
which has the link to order free retrofit cords:
http://www.amsolution.com/v5fmsnet/ordent/OfferList.asp?XPath=*1&xgroup=1&NotMain=0
It's a freebie!
April 14th, 2006 at 03:38 am 1144985906
Don't be fooled, take them down.
April 14th, 2006 at 01:45 pm 1145022349
April 14th, 2006 at 02:03 pm 1145023391
The cord was hung up out of the way, but dude is tall and dude has long reach.
I think I may just take them down, right now the cord in his room is wrapped around the curtain, but that isn't good enough for clutzy kids I think.