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Custom Table Topper for Babies who Cruise

Monday April 3, 2006
This is a great idea -- a soft, padded table topper for your coffee table. It's custom made to fit your table and it comes off easily for times when you don't need it, like when company's coming. It's also got my favorite feature of any baby product -- it's machine washable.

I know I could have used something like this when my son was cruising furniture and learning to walk. I always thought total strangers at the grocery store were going to call child protective services on me for odd looking forehead bruises or his busted lip. We considered getting one of those pleather looking pads that fit on the edges, but eventually we just got rid of the coffee table for a while, since he was a real Evil Knievel. The Little Tumbler would have been a great solution for us.

Comments

April 3, 2006 at 10:35 pm
(1) joanna says:

I completely agree. I am a plastic surgeon-and a mother of two-and know for a fact that the “table topper” has saved my girls from countless lacerations and brusies. I wholeheartedly endorse this product!

April 4, 2006 at 9:34 am
(2) Susan says:

This product is terrific. It protects your toddler . . . and after the toddler years it surely can be used to protect the table. Reversable and washable. Its just great.

April 4, 2006 at 11:11 am
(3) Tom says:

What a great idea! It lets us grandfathers deal with our wandering attention during tense ESPN moments and still fulfill our safety watch duties. I could even have used one on my desk during my working years. How about one that fits a bar configuration?

April 4, 2006 at 5:54 pm
(4) Kirsten says:

This is a great product! I have had mine for months and it has saved my son from countless bangs and bruises, not to mention many tears. We did have the leather pads that fit on the edges only originally and the baby pulled them off in seconds flat. We were so happy when we found the Little Tumbler! It also is asthetically pleasing in our living room which is a great bonus!

April 18, 2006 at 6:03 pm
(5) Jennifer says:

Wow! I am an aunt to an active little guy who’s kept me on my toes. I wish I had this when he was “tubling” onto the table. I probably would have been much more at ease watching him!
Great product!

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