Adding divider @home - Question

[tchan03]

HI I have a little kid (2 yrs Old) who is very active

I am renovating my new home and there's lots of space between dining room and living room. So i thought adding the following furniture would look good as a divider between the rooms (rather than using as wall unit )

http://www1.thebrick.com/brickb2c/jsp/catalog/product.jsp?prod=29258&navAction=jump&navCount=5

However my concern is safety, becuase the thing is not heavy, if the kid pushes it from the front or back, it could fall down.

What would be your opinion ?

Thanks

 

[nskjerven]

if your child isn't one that can be told to stay off or not to bother it I would think (s)he would climb on it as it looks fun.

You know your kid. It would have worked for me, but my kids listened to me when I told them to knock it off. Even at age 2.

 

[AKL_Megs]

We were going to use something like this as a room divider, but decided against it (for unrelated reasons...). I think it could totally work!

if your child isn't one that can be told to stay off or not to bother it I would think (s)he would climb on it as it looks fun.

You know your kid. It would have worked for me, but my kids listened to me when I told them to knock it off. Even at age 2.

I agree. If you think your son won't be able to resist and won't follow rules, potentially hurting himself, I say skip it at this point and time and get it when he is older.

 

[java]

Little kid = little friends. While your own child may understand Keep Off this. A new playmate may not.

It's pretty but I wouldn't risk it. jmho. UNLESS you could anchor it to the ceiling.

 

[bumbershoot]

Unless you can anchor it to ceiling AND floor, absolutely NOT.

You might think your son knows to stay off of it, but all it takes is one irresistable curious moment and...disaster. DS almost got squished while we were moving, when DH and FIL took their eyes off of DS, who chose to open and pull on a door of a shelf unit (that he had NEVER NEVER NEVER touched before) that was in transit (and therefore not attached to the wall like normal). Oh thank goodness for FIL, b/c he caught the really heavy unit...DS was only 2 but he still remembers that moment, it was that scary.

There is something like that I've seen at Ikea...it attaches to ceiling and floor. That might be OK. But free-floating, no.

 

[disykat]

It never would have occured to my oldest to climb it. My other son would have had a new favorite obsession. (I still remember the first time I found him on top of the upright piano, and I've had friends tell of finding their toddlers on top of their refridgerator.)

 

[golfgal]

My oldest would have been climbing on that thing in no time flat. I agree, unless you can anchor it, not a good idea. It is really meant to go against a wall not in the middle of the room.

What about building a half wall or something along those lines?

 

[scrapquitler]

I think that it probably could be tipped over (or used as a climbing wall!) by a 2 year old. I wouldn't do it.