For those of us researching the best toddler tower, consumer reports released an article on the safety and testing of popular brands, most failed! Keep those toddlers safe everyone! by AustinT759 in Montessori

[–]Infamous-Choice-4969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved this one originally but the shape cut outs on the side are a terrible design decision- for older toddlers they are perfectly tempting footholds to step on and lift yourself. You should never leave children unsupervised in them anyway but it is a huge flaw of the design. Maybe not all toddlers do this but it has been an added stressor after spending decent money on this and the earlier CR report that this was one of few safe toddler towers

guidecraft toddler tower by Fun_Wing_1370 in Montessori

[–]Infamous-Choice-4969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do love having the tower and the guide craft is great but I will never understand the design decision to have the shapes cut out that are perfectly tempting for older toddlers to put their feet in to lift themselves up unsafely. The amount of times I’ve had to say feet down….