Wow, it's been years since I did that.

[ximinez]

Nothing can quite induce the special state of panic that you get when one spills a glass of liquid on one's computer desk.

Not that it's the worst state of panic (no, I think the sound that one's daughter's head makes when she swan dives off the couch into the coffee table (which now has a foam liner, 24 hours too late) takes that distinction), but it certainly is special.

Boy, after typing that parenthetical comment, the main point of this post seems awfully trivial, doesn't it? Though I suppose if I had been near the computer after making sure Anna didn't have a concussion, I'm sure I would have posted about it, too...

(For the record, Anna's fine, other than the rather large bruise in her eyebrow, and the computer equipment all managed to stay dry.)

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[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

I would like to point out for the fifth time that nothing could have stopped Anna's swan dive from happening. The coffee table is a flat surface and she crashed on top of it. The corners are round, the edge is round nothing could have prevented her smashing the top. I padded the round edges just as a bonus to give her sometime to bounce off of.

[ximinez]

I didn't say anything about stopping it, just that it really really sucked when it happened. ;)

And, no, she didn't hit the top, she hit the edge. It would have still sucked with the padding, but maybe not as much. Not that there was any way to predict it anyway...

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

Oh, I thought she hit the top. I was coming up with ideas for rubber tiling the top of the coffee table. The coffee table had rounded edges and corners, so I didn't think it needed the padding. Obviously, it does. I will add more padding to the list of things to purchase as soon as we get paid.

[ximinez]

It wasn't round vs. flat vs. sharp and pointy that was the problem, it was accelerating towards it at 9.8 m/s² that was the problem. ;)

On second thought, it would have probably been much worse if it had been a sharp cornered table... *shudder*

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

Yes and no. If the table had 90 degree corners and it was unpadded, we would be in the emergency room getting stitches and hoping that as she got older, her eyebrow hairs would cover it up. Frankly, if it had 90 degree corners it wouldn't have happened in the first place. I would have baby proofed it long before she was allowed to play near it.