That's cute! My little one liked the dryer when we were at my parents' house this year. He's never got into ours, though, but we leave the door closed when we aren't in there, so I guess that's why.
Just as a warning though. Make sure your little ones know to never do this unsupervised. I remember a neighborhood kid getting locked inside a dryer for hours when we were growing up. It can be dangerous.
If I were you I would have disaplined him instead of taking photos, a Dryer can be dangerous a child a few years back died in a dryer!!!!! Taking photos only encourages something so dangerous
Accidental injury is the number one killer of America’s children, taking more lives than disease, violence and suicide. Prevention is the cure. I am sure you asre as you’re a careful parent. You read the magazines and brochures your pediatrician recommends. You buckle your children up in the car, strap their helmets on when they ride their bikes and watch them around water. Still, dangers lurk where you least expect them. Serious injuries can result from seemingly innocent objects or occur where even careful parents might not think to childproof. Each year thousands of children are hurt by playing in Dryers
CPSC Warning: Freezer, Dryer, Cooler and Refrigerator Entrapment Deaths to Children CPSC Document #5073
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received reports of numerous suffocation deaths involving children who crawled inside latch type freezers, clothes dryers, combination washer/dryer units, picnic coolers, ice boxes in campers, and old-style latch type refrigerators. Most of the victims were four to seven years old. In all cases, the doors could not be easily pushed open from the inside. In some of the incidents associated with clothes dryers, the appliance was accidentally turned on while the child was inside. Children Should never be encouraged to play in appliances.
Frequently, the children were playing "hide-and-seek" and the appliance or chest provided a deceptively good place to hide. When the door slammed shut, the tight fitting gasket on most of the appliances cut off air to the child. This, along with the insulated construction of the appliance, also prevented the child’s screams from being heard. But abandoned appliances are not the only items involved with accidents like these. Entrapment deaths have been reported in products in use or stored in the kitchen, laundry room, basement, or garage. Deaths also have occurred in ice boxes located in campers parked outside the home.
For the past forty years, the Federal Refrigerator Safety Act has required that refrigerators be capable of being opened from the inside. Since then, manufacturers of various other appliances have voluntarily redesigned their products to provide safety doors or interlock devices that help prevent entrapment accidents. However, there are still some appliances in the home that do not have these safety features. Dryers are number one in this regard.
The CPSC recommends that you identify appliances or ice chests in your house, garage or recreational vehicles, which may present an entrapment hazard, and:
Childproof old-style refrigerators and other appliances which are to be discarded or are in storage. The surest method is to take off the door completely and in most cases this is a simple process using a screwdriver. (It is unlawful in many local jurisdictions to discard old refrigerators without first removing the door.) If the door will not come off, remove or disable the latch completely so the door will no longer lock when closed. A third alternative is to fasten the door shut so it cannot be opened. (A chain and padlock can be used if the chain can be secured through the handles so it will not slide off. Strong filament tape wrapped around the appliance several times may be used temporarily. However, tape may deteriorate over time and need replacement.)
Keep children away from old-style refrigerators, freezers, dryers or coolers still in use. And NEver NEver allow them to play in these appliances. Lock the door to your utility room and warn children not to play inside these appliances.
If a child is missing, these appliances and picnic coolers should be among the first places checked. A few minutes may save the child’s life.
To report an unsafe product or a product related injury, consumers may call the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s tollfree hotline number, 1-800-638-2772. The teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-638-8270.
Girl, 3, died after getting trapped in dryer with her kitten By David Sanderson This is taken from a newspaper dated Setp 18 , 2008
I would not want you to go through this heartbreak
A MOTHER broke down in tears yesterday as she recalled how her three-year-old daughter had suffocated after climbing into a tumble dryer with her pet kitten. Sarah Bywater told an inquest that Georgina loved playing in the machine, she even has pictures of her doing so . She was found dead inside the same appliance.
Cute pics but I have to agree about the safety issues, I wouldn't want to let him playin there all the time, and would make sure he knows it isn't safe.. It scares me to think of Maddie getting stuck in there or in any of our appliances. I am glad she hasn't tried climbing in ours, and it is in the basement where she is only at when comes to "help" me do laundry.
We lost one of the triplets for an hour one day. Turns out he crawled in the dryer and his brother shut the door. Playing in the dryer seems like it could be rather dangerous IMO, I don't think I'd encourage it.
Although cute I have to agree.. objects like these are not play toys... they can be very dangerous.. I am glad no harm came to her.. and you are probably thinking now.. OH MY.... as parents we dont foresee all the dangers ahead as our kids grow... only through the mishaps of others do we learn the real dangers that lurk out there...
I probably would have taken pics.. and then later explained to her dryer not a toy... ok.. my 4 yr old does not have good language skills... but you get what i mean..
The photos are adorable but I have to admit my heart skipped a beat because of worry. I'm sure you'll never turn the dryer on again without checking. Bless you and your lovely child.
Can't most dryers be opened from the inside if in the dangerous instance when a child did get closed in there? I have never seen a dryer door that locked from the outside. I imagine anything is possible when it come to children and what they can get into but I would think that it would be something that would be very unlikely. I mean if it happened once that is one time too many and I guess that is why I could understand the point of making sure anyone's child is safe and knows about something like this. I do see though that just on the surface these are extremely cutes pictures. I also think from what i have read here and in other places that you aubrey are a careful parent.
So what if you wanted him to shrink a little bit. ;-)
Just kidding on the last part and I am sure that anyone that has had something as tragic as what April is talking about happen to them would be scarred for the rest of their life as a parent.
How the heck could a dryer keep going with a 3 year old in it? Mine pops open when I dry tennis shoes in it and a shoe hits the door. It stops tumbling when the door opens.
I was going to say what MJ said. I can't see how a child could not get out of a dryer, by simply pushing, even if the door did get closed. Many, many (thirtysomething) years ago when my boys were four and two, the oldest put the youngest in the dryer and turned it on. One rotation and the door popped open and the dryer stopped. I've always had nightmares about freezers and refrigerators, but never dreamed of a dryer being dangerous! :-(
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that way to cute....
Just as a warning though. Make sure your little ones know to never do this unsupervised. I remember a neighborhood kid getting locked inside a dryer for hours when we were growing up. It can be dangerous.
They are adorable photos.
This is new to me. I've never found mine in there...but I'd grab my camera as well!
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Serious injuries can result from seemingly innocent objects or occur where even careful parents might not think to childproof. Each year thousands of children are hurt by playing in Dryers
CPSC Warning: Freezer, Dryer, Cooler and Refrigerator Entrapment Deaths to Children
CPSC Document #5073
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received reports of numerous suffocation deaths involving children who crawled inside latch type freezers, clothes dryers, combination washer/dryer units, picnic coolers, ice boxes in campers, and old-style latch type refrigerators. Most of the victims were four to seven years old. In all cases, the doors could not be easily pushed open from the inside. In some of the incidents associated with clothes dryers, the appliance was accidentally turned on while the child was inside. Children Should never be encouraged to play in appliances.
Frequently, the children were playing "hide-and-seek" and the appliance or chest provided a deceptively good place to hide. When the door slammed shut, the tight fitting gasket on most of the appliances cut off air to the child. This, along with the insulated construction of the appliance, also prevented the child’s screams from being heard. But abandoned appliances are not the only items involved with accidents like these. Entrapment deaths have been reported in products in use or stored in the kitchen, laundry room, basement, or garage. Deaths also have occurred in ice boxes located in campers parked outside the home.
For the past forty years, the Federal Refrigerator Safety Act has required that refrigerators be capable of being opened from the inside. Since then, manufacturers of various other appliances have voluntarily redesigned their products to provide safety doors or interlock devices that help prevent entrapment accidents. However, there are still some appliances in the home that do not have these safety features. Dryers are number one in this regard.
The CPSC recommends that you identify appliances or ice chests in your house, garage or recreational vehicles, which may present an entrapment hazard, and:
Childproof old-style refrigerators and other appliances which are to be discarded or are in storage. The surest method is to take off the door completely and in most cases this is a simple process using a screwdriver. (It is unlawful in many local jurisdictions to discard old refrigerators without first removing the door.) If the door will not come off, remove or disable the latch completely so the door will no longer lock when closed. A third alternative is to fasten the door shut so it cannot be opened. (A chain and padlock can be used if the chain can be secured through the handles so it will not slide off. Strong filament tape wrapped around the appliance several times may be used temporarily. However, tape may deteriorate over time and need replacement.)
Keep children away from old-style refrigerators, freezers, dryers or coolers still in use. And NEver NEver allow them to play in these appliances. Lock the door to your utility room and warn children not to play inside these appliances.
If a child is missing, these appliances and picnic coolers should be among the first places checked. A few minutes may save the child’s life.
To report an unsafe product or a product related injury, consumers may call the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s tollfree hotline number, 1-800-638-2772. The teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-638-8270.
By David Sanderson
This is taken from a newspaper dated Setp 18 , 2008
I would not want you to go through this heartbreak
A MOTHER broke down in tears yesterday as she recalled how her three-year-old daughter had suffocated after climbing into a tumble dryer with her pet kitten.
Sarah Bywater told an inquest that Georgina loved playing in the machine, she even has pictures of her doing so . She was found dead inside the same appliance.
I probably would have taken pics.. and then later explained to her dryer not a toy... ok.. my 4 yr old does not have good language skills... but you get what i mean..
So what if you wanted him to shrink a little bit. ;-)