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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 11, 2009, 11:02 am
You mispelled your last name. It's Darwin?
I do agree, though. You can't protect against everything.
When I was that age, I used to bang my head on the corner of
Dad's table saw. He cut wine corks length wise, cut out
about 1/4 and then taped them on the sharp corners. He also
did the string, with a washer and some bright orange tape
hanging down from the corner to catch my eye.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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Let her what her head against it, chances are she'll only do
it once.
To deprive her of such an essential learning lesson is to
expose her to a
lot of danger later in life when you aren't around 24/7 to
hold her hand.
Jon
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Posted by RicodJour on October 11, 2009, 11:15 am
On Oct 11, 11:02=A0am, "Stormin Mormon"
> I do agree, though. You can't protect against everything.
> When I was that age, I used to bang my head on the corner of
> Dad's table saw. He cut wine corks length wise, cut out
> about 1/4 and then taped them on the sharp corners. He also
> did the string, with a washer and some bright orange tape
> hanging down from the corner to catch my eye.
Yep, and you bent down to grab the pretty thing, and whacked your
head...repeatedly. Explains a lot. ;)
R
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 11, 2009, 11:26 am
Oh, gosh. I've been outed! I'm a recovering table saw corner
banger. That's back before recessed door knobs had been
invented.
--
Christopher Y.
Learn more about table saws
www.bang-your-head.org
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On Oct 11, 11:02 am, "Stormin Mormon"
> I do agree, though. You can't protect against everything.
> When I was that age, I used to bang my head on the corner
> of
> Dad's table saw. He cut wine corks length wise, cut out
> about 1/4 and then taped them on the sharp corners. He
> also
> did the string, with a washer and some bright orange tape
> hanging down from the corner to catch my eye.
Yep, and you bent down to grab the pretty thing, and whacked
your
head...repeatedly. Explains a lot. ;)
R
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Posted by RicodJour on October 11, 2009, 11:00 am
> I've got a little one who is just about at the right height to whack her
> head on a protruding door knob. =A0There is nothing I can do to change th=
e
> swing of the door to put the door knob inside the jam.
> I thought there might be something like a recessed door opener latch or
> something like that but can't seem to find anything. =A0Any ideas?? =A0Th=
anks.
Wrap her in bubble wrap...? While I understand your concern, it is
silly to think you can prevent her from bumping in to things. A door
knob won't do any more than make an ouchie. She's more likely to be
injured by a friend, a toy, a sibling, your driveway, the steps, the
kitchen table, you driving her around, etc., etc.
We learn by our mistakes and the sooner she learns to move carefully,
the better. Don't worry so much. You grew up in a world that wasn't
totally childproofed and you're none the worse for wear.
R
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Posted by norminn@earthlink.net on October 11, 2009, 11:04 am
Jack wrote:
> I've got a little one who is just about at the right height to whack her
> head on a protruding door knob. There is nothing I can do to change the
> swing of the door to put the door knob inside the jam.
>
> I thought there might be something like a recessed door opener latch or
> something like that but can't seem to find anything. Any ideas?? Thanks.
>
>
I would be inclined to do something very temporary, like sticking a wad
of sponge on the knob. Get some bright colored nylon sponge cut wider
than the knob, and just stick it on with temporary glue. Put a smiley
on it to draw attention and she will either notice it more easily or
bump something softer. If she runs around bumping into a lot of stuff,
time to work on controlling her activity.
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> When I was that age, I used to bang my head on the corner of
> Dad's table saw. He cut wine corks length wise, cut out
> about 1/4 and then taped them on the sharp corners. He also
> did the string, with a washer and some bright orange tape
> hanging down from the corner to catch my eye.