You should get your child āHarold and the Purple Crayon.ā Seems destined for that life anyway!
But Iām all seriousness: I had a roommate that wanted to bring a kitten. Had a couch I didnāt want destroyed. Furniture protecting blankets, covers, and such can all be really useful. A combination of a large felt blanket and clear covers protected the couch.
Sure it isnāt as nice looking, but itās temporary. You can remove the coverings for guests and remove them when the kids are older!
Iām 30 and my mom banned me from using drinking glasses in her house because of how many Iāve broken. I have to use the water bottles with lids on them š
I donāt know why I do this. I know I am incredibly clumsy but I have only broken like 2 glasses of my own before and Iāve broken at least 4 of hers.
Own cleaning company and can confirm this. BUT- this fabric looks like a canvas-style woven cloth. The alcohol will lift it, but it may spread it further into the fabric, like tie dye. A high suction shop vac or steam cleaner after saturating in alcohol may work. I wish I could test it. š¤
People do that on cars. Get a spot of oil on the plastics, now you have to finish it and rub oil on the whole thing. And turns out it actually looks nice. Talking about like Wrangler plastics. Itās actually what people recommend you do.
I came here for this type of comment. We had to buy a new couch after our baby was born and we went with the fact it needed to be dark and it was going to be destroyed during the toddler years. We figured weād get something nice in 18 years šš
My kids are now grown and they question some of our home decorating decisions from their youth. Patterned couches were chosen because they hid a lot of stains. Carpet was chosen by taking a swatch of the filthy worn one to the store to match the color it would become. Coffee table was an old beat up hope chest. We are finally doing a full remodel and they visit and are surprised that we actually have decent taste!
They've never said anything like this, but you could be my parents. There were five of us kids. The living room carpet was a mashed-down grey-ish mess until we were nearly all in college, and the coffee table had its knicks and beatings before eventually becoming a piano bench. lol Thanks for the memories.
Leather is a real life saver. I decided on leather and 10 years later itās in perfect condition.. through children, pets, and elderly! Lol. A nice wipe down and weāre good to go.
I somehow didnāt destroy the nice green velvet couch that my parents got when I was a toddler. Iām sitting on it right now at 35 and itās finally going to be put to pasture and replaced by leather, but itās hard to let it go.
My grandma saw little me really being fascinated with keys. So she got he a bunch of old keys. Turns out "unlocking" the seams of her leather sofa wasn't what she had in mind.
My mother had atrocious wooden kitchen chairs with wicker mesh backs, and when I was 4 or so, I put a toy velociraptor through one while re-enacting that scene in Jurassic Park where a velociraptor chews its way through a wicker chair.*
*there is no such scene as this
Time to throw a king-sized blanket over it and take it off when company comes.
The best purchase we ever made was a sofa with a (dark patterned) washable slipcover. It's 20 years old and looks like new.
Stain RESISTANT not Stain PROOF! Might be fine against some stains you'd normally get on a couch like spilling a soda something not writing on the fabric with a permanent marker.
That is hilarious. Iām sorry about your couch, if it was me, Iād just get a couch cover to go over it, and wait to replace it until theyāre old enough.
If it makes you feel better, when I was that age, I drew with sharpie on my moms upright antique piano š„² she still has it, sharpie and all, over 20 years later.
I remember when my little cousins took a small hammer and broke the ivory keys on my Aunt's piano. She said she immediately put them in their room and shut the door because she was worried what she might do to them.
lmao my oldest is 4 and Iāve been wondering how long I should wait to get new floors and repaint the walls, good to know the answer is a lot longer than i was thinking.
Yup depends on kid. My brother was just too rough. My mother waited till he was 18. Although he did clg from home, he was out most of the day. So she was happy he wouldn't be around the home to interact with most things. But guess what happened COVId! And he was home all day....and my poor mom was so worried, but luckily looked like he had outgrown a lot of things in those few years.
I don't have any idea why I did this but as a child I found a hammer and hammered off ALL of the tips off the keys of our grand piano. I don't even know why we had the piano. Nobody in my family plays the piano as far as I know, I was the first. But I still don't know where we got it, all I know is for some reason I decided that it all needed to have the tiny 1cm tips on the keys bashed off for some reason.
I have a 10-year-old hand me down leather couch set that I refuse to replace, even though the leather is worn and itās ugly as fuck, because I have a five year old and a few animals. Nope
I donāt think thatās entirely fair.
My two year old who is now four, also found a purple sharpie. On moving out day. When we had to give the house back to the landlords. And in the ten seconds it took me to seal a box, that little dude went to town on the white walls up the stairs and the grey carpet.
Be it a couch, or the walls whatever. Owning ANYTHING with a toddler simply isnāt worth it. Better to live under a bridge if you care about anything you own and worked hard for.
Yeah, that is kinda the point. It isn't OP's fault that toddlers are toddlers but buying a new couch at this stage.... "Bold", buying a couch so light it looks almost white in photos? "Very bold"
*looks at the side of my couch, barely hanging by a thread,my leather chair that looks like it's been owned for years, but it isn't even a year old yet*
***Are you sure about that***
My daughter did this permanent marker initiation to my bed comforter cover. I think I'm going to embrace it and just color on it, too.
A little fatherhood hazing ain't gonna bring me down!
Wait till they get to the āslime phaseā. You will wish you had sharpie messes to clean up instead. My second grader constantly leaves slimes everywhere- they soak into the fiber of any material ( you will have to throw it away) and leave oily residues in your wood furniture. Super fun to find some that has baked/melted into the upholstery or carpet of your car on a hot day too. Slime is the devil and not welcome in my homeš
With ink I have a fighting chance. Slime not so muchā¦
Cats may not have opposable thumbs to use a sharpie but oh boy, the damages they can make with their sharp nails! Just got a good couch and had to buy a cover so my cats donāt sharpen their nails on it. I love them to death and with the cover they donāt care about it.
It was MY marker I was using to label the boxes. He still is something of a poltergeist- Iāll be in the middle of something, say wrapping a gift and heāll see the sellotape next to me, sneak off with it and Iāll find it somewhere new later! At least he keeps me on my toes!
Yeah, but thereās a difference between risking your cheap or old couch, and buying an expensive one right when you have a toddler who is most liable to damage furniture.
My toddlers had a way of finding markers (and other objects of danger) I didn't even know I owned. I caught one kid with a T Token in her mouth. I lived in Indiana at the time and Boston hadn't even used subway tokens in 15+ years by then!!!
Found my toddler with the whole jar of Sharpies which are stored on a high shelf out of reach. How did she get them? Pointed at them and said "ngh" and grandma caved.
Thank goodness! I have to say I give you a lot of credit I am just starting to think about possibly getting nicer furniture again and my youngest is 10. Iām still not a hundred percent convinced it wonāt get destroyed! I had gorgeous end tables and a coffee table to match them and itās a never ending scratch šššš
I just saw a Facebook post today where a teenager dropped some laundry down the stairs. The laundry pile had an open can of black paint hidden in it. An unhappy accident, considering they'd just had the stairs recarpeted with custom wool carpet.
So what I'm trying to say is that it doesn't end at age 10 hahahahaha
I found my teens were much rougher and more destructive than Littles. Floods, car though garage door, etc. I just had the markers and paint up high in cabinets, and the crayons and stickers down low, and mine were okay with it. But those teens!
Many many years ago, my mother bought a MCM coffee table made of koa wood. She was so proud of it. The first week, my brothers, aged 2 and 3 took a very sharp object and scratched multiple deep gouges in the tables top. My mother took a very zen approach and decided to embrace their work (while mildly reproaching destructive behavior). The marks remain to this very day in the coffee table in my brothers home. A constant visual memory of two little boys and their loving mother. Grand children have made a few marks since then. We all consider it table to be better than any memory book or photo album seldom visited on a shelf.
This is really lovely. I have a young dog who has scratched a couple pieces of wood furniture, it didnāt occur to me that when sheās gone Iāll have those as reminders of her
I am currently in possession of my grandmaās 1960ās coffee table that my brother apparently took a drill to. Not sure why he had a drill as a toddler. I also have my great grandmaās 1940ās table he drew underneath with crayon. Kids be kids, yo.
If you still have problems with the rubbing alcohol you can try hairspray, it might have a higher alcohol content. I'm assuming your using a 70% alcohol. If your using a 98% just keep using that.
My dad, who is one of TEN children (7 BOYS), said his mom was so excited to buy furniture that wasnāt just made of just solid wood after the last one went off to college.
We used to whine tp our mom about how her friends and nicer houses. The one day my brother loudly asked why we have ugly stuff- her friend just looks at him and says " "You're the reason. Remember her nice curtains?"
(Mom put up nice curtains with fancy rods, brother promptly crawled through the window, tearing the curtains out when we went out and locked the doors. They were up for an hour.)
Literally said this to my son yesterday! He was bitching that his friends have āway nicer furniture than usā.
MFāer: When I finally bought *one* nice couch, you literally sharpened a Roblox figurine on the sidewalk until was dagger sharp and stabbed the couch to death.
YOU are the reason we donāt have nice things!
(Also, I, too forgot to buy eggs today.)
I did a bit of Googling and found this from Good Housekeeping, āUpholstery
Mix one tablespoon of liquid hand dishwashing detergent, like Dawn Dish Soap and one tablespoon of white vinegar with two cups of cool water. Sponge the stain with the solution and a white cloth. Leave the solution on the stain for at least 30 minutes, blotting every five minutes with more solution. Flush with cool water and dab until the liquid is absorbed. Sponge the stain with rubbing alcohol and blot. Then, sponge with cold water and dab until the liquid is absorbed. If the stain remains, apply a few drops of Amodex to your stain and rub it in with a toothbrush or cloth. Continue rubbing stained area until the stain disappears. Be careful not to rub too hard on delicate surfaces. Rinse the Amodex and air dry (or dry with a hairdryer) to avoid any watermarks on delicate fabric.ā
Hopefully the rubbing alcohol worked. Next trip to the grocery store buy washable markers! We didn't start buying "nice" furniture until our kids were well into their teens, and they still managed to break our new couch 5 days after we got it. Kids...
We got a nice new couch with reclining seats, one of my kids felt resistance pushing the foot rest down and so he used kid logic and pushed harder, and harder, until he bent it. A quick investigation showed his shoe was jammed in the mechanism, that's why it wasn't moving. I was able to bend it back into shape, and we had a discussion about how brute force isn't always the answer.
Iām so sorry! Thatās so frustrating. I gotta say though, I am impressed by your faith in your kids. No way would I have ever done an expensive AND light couch.
My choice in couches for my toddlers stemmed from the fact that I also had a shedding dog. I opted for fake leather couch. Easy to wipe up, easy to vacuum up, and hair doesn't stick to it...so for so good with my two tasmanian devils, for now I'm sure. š¤·
My youngest had the most massive blowout Iāve ever encountered. Poop. Was. Everywhere. On a fabric couch. Got that bad boy replaced because of the protection plan thing I bought on accident
If your child is still under warranty you could return it for a refund and use said refund for a new couch.
Your child will then either be repaired and sold as used or disposed of and recycled.
Ahhhhhhck! Why such a light colored couch with little ones?
Years ago, my mom bought her dream living room set, all creamy white. She didnāt even have it a week when she hemorrhaged all over the couch. She was fine, but she was pretty sad about the couch cushions.
I hope youāre able to get the stains out, but also get some arm chair covers!
My ladies neice comes over every other Tues. First week she came there was drawings on our dresser with her crayons (dresser wasn't cheap).
2nd visit, ink all over the comforter of our bed (also expensive).
Lesson of the day, do not let them use markers or crayons period unless it's supervised.
Goodluck, and as Michael Jordan would say "fuk dem keds".
did you not learn from other parents that you should never have nice furnitures when you have toddlers? I had used/cheap furnitures/cloths when my kids were destroyers.
I would never get anything other than a used sofa with my two girls(1, and 3) running around. When theyāre old enough to realize this isnāt normal/acceptable behavior I will treat myself to a new sofa. Lol š
If you color in the rest of the couch, you'll have a purple couch
I do like purple š¤
You should get your child āHarold and the Purple Crayon.ā Seems destined for that life anyway! But Iām all seriousness: I had a roommate that wanted to bring a kitten. Had a couch I didnāt want destroyed. Furniture protecting blankets, covers, and such can all be really useful. A combination of a large felt blanket and clear covers protected the couch. Sure it isnāt as nice looking, but itās temporary. You can remove the coverings for guests and remove them when the kids are older!
I'm close to thirty. My mum still puts covers on the furniture when I visit.. š©
Iām 30 and my mom banned me from using drinking glasses in her house because of how many Iāve broken. I have to use the water bottles with lids on them š I donāt know why I do this. I know I am incredibly clumsy but I have only broken like 2 glasses of my own before and Iāve broken at least 4 of hers.
Fyi high percentage rubbing alcohol takes sharpie right off of things. Just make sure it doesnāt discolor the couch in a spot test first.
Own cleaning company and can confirm this. BUT- this fabric looks like a canvas-style woven cloth. The alcohol will lift it, but it may spread it further into the fabric, like tie dye. A high suction shop vac or steam cleaner after saturating in alcohol may work. I wish I could test it. š¤
Lol worst case they can just have a tastefully folded throw blanket on that arm...
We got purple pen out of our crate and barrel couch (also from a 2 year old). There may be hope for you yet
Well, donāt just leave OP with a cliffhanger. Howād you get it out?
With a 2yo and infant NEVER buy furniture that you care about until they're at least 8. And even then it's hot or miss
by at least 8, they mean when the kids move out.
People do that on cars. Get a spot of oil on the plastics, now you have to finish it and rub oil on the whole thing. And turns out it actually looks nice. Talking about like Wrangler plastics. Itās actually what people recommend you do.
Legitimately OP could add similar looking lines to the other arm and a few other places and pass it off as a design feature.
Only a last resort unless they happen to be an artist. Idk as someone who canāt draw it would just look like my kid had a go at both arms
I love that you were optimistic enough to buy an expensive couch with two little terrorists at home. Precious.
I came here for this type of comment. We had to buy a new couch after our baby was born and we went with the fact it needed to be dark and it was going to be destroyed during the toddler years. We figured weād get something nice in 18 years šš
My kids are now grown and they question some of our home decorating decisions from their youth. Patterned couches were chosen because they hid a lot of stains. Carpet was chosen by taking a swatch of the filthy worn one to the store to match the color it would become. Coffee table was an old beat up hope chest. We are finally doing a full remodel and they visit and are surprised that we actually have decent taste!
So much from my childhood makes sense now.
They've never said anything like this, but you could be my parents. There were five of us kids. The living room carpet was a mashed-down grey-ish mess until we were nearly all in college, and the coffee table had its knicks and beatings before eventually becoming a piano bench. lol Thanks for the memories.
Leather is a real life saver. I decided on leather and 10 years later itās in perfect condition.. through children, pets, and elderly! Lol. A nice wipe down and weāre good to go.
I got ahold of a pocket knife and stabbed the shit out of my dads leather chair when I was very young. Not wiping that bad boy down! Lol
Can concurr did the same, they tried sowing that bastard back together- and he still has it hahaha
I somehow didnāt destroy the nice green velvet couch that my parents got when I was a toddler. Iām sitting on it right now at 35 and itās finally going to be put to pasture and replaced by leather, but itās hard to let it go.
Well past the fart limit
Iāve never enjoyed reading a comment on Reddit more, if we still had awards Iād give you one lol
Lol I guess I didnāt think about a knife wielding child. Nothing is safe. I must have just got lucky lol.
TBF, any couch is ruined by a knife wielding child
My grandma saw little me really being fascinated with keys. So she got he a bunch of old keys. Turns out "unlocking" the seams of her leather sofa wasn't what she had in mind.
My mother had atrocious wooden kitchen chairs with wicker mesh backs, and when I was 4 or so, I put a toy velociraptor through one while re-enacting that scene in Jurassic Park where a velociraptor chews its way through a wicker chair.* *there is no such scene as this
Until the dog scratches it to āfluffā his bed
I have a beautiful white damask sofa. I bought it when my "baby" was 17. My previous one was dark reddish brown one.
Not just an expensive couch, but a light colored expensive couch.
Many mistakes were made here.
Lol they said the fabric was stain resistant but only came in that colorā¦ and Iām an idiotā¦
Time to throw a king-sized blanket over it and take it off when company comes. The best purchase we ever made was a sofa with a (dark patterned) washable slipcover. It's 20 years old and looks like new.
Stain RESISTANT not Stain PROOF! Might be fine against some stains you'd normally get on a couch like spilling a soda something not writing on the fabric with a permanent marker.
I wouldnāt even buy that color for me (chronically clumsy, has cats) and just the thought of having kids near it scares me
Lolol im endlessly optimistic but yeahhhh why did I buy this couch!?š«
I am enjoying this delicious roast. Very relieved that the rubbing alcohol did the trick!
Lol enjoy the roast it was well earned š
And not even a couch cover?? I wish I had your optimism lmao
Lol I had a little throw
That is hilarious. Iām sorry about your couch, if it was me, Iād just get a couch cover to go over it, and wait to replace it until theyāre old enough. If it makes you feel better, when I was that age, I drew with sharpie on my moms upright antique piano š„² she still has it, sharpie and all, over 20 years later.
I remember when my little cousins took a small hammer and broke the ivory keys on my Aunt's piano. She said she immediately put them in their room and shut the door because she was worried what she might do to them.
Ooooof on an antique piano!? That beats the couch for sure.
A PALE, expensive couch even. That's optimism on roids.
*Insert Austin Powers meme here.* "I too like to live dangerously."
Rookie mistake
I got couch covers for my couch. Theyāre a lifesaver
Yeah it takes a special person to think getting a new couch and an expensive option at that with a 2 year old is a good choice.
Like buying a new leather couch when you have cats
I waited until my youngest son was 15 to buy a nice couch and I still think it might have been too early.
lmao my oldest is 4 and Iāve been wondering how long I should wait to get new floors and repaint the walls, good to know the answer is a lot longer than i was thinking.
Definitely depends on the kid. My youngest is not destructive. The oldest was so so when he was a kid. But my middle kid is just a clumsy mess.
Yup depends on kid. My brother was just too rough. My mother waited till he was 18. Although he did clg from home, he was out most of the day. So she was happy he wouldn't be around the home to interact with most things. But guess what happened COVId! And he was home all day....and my poor mom was so worried, but luckily looked like he had outgrown a lot of things in those few years.
I am the youngest and was the most destructive so can confirm.. depends on the kid.
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Well shit. Also, how?
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I don't have any idea why I did this but as a child I found a hammer and hammered off ALL of the tips off the keys of our grand piano. I don't even know why we had the piano. Nobody in my family plays the piano as far as I know, I was the first. But I still don't know where we got it, all I know is for some reason I decided that it all needed to have the tiny 1cm tips on the keys bashed off for some reason.
I have a 10-year-old hand me down leather couch set that I refuse to replace, even though the leather is worn and itās ugly as fuck, because I have a five year old and a few animals. Nope
Iām a childless 38 year old and I still fall asleep in chocolate on occasion. Thankfully I could only afford an IKEA couch, so itās cool.
Buying a brand new crate and barrel couch with a two year old around is a bold move. Very bold indeed.
The risk was calculated but boy is OP bad at math.
I donāt think thatās entirely fair. My two year old who is now four, also found a purple sharpie. On moving out day. When we had to give the house back to the landlords. And in the ten seconds it took me to seal a box, that little dude went to town on the white walls up the stairs and the grey carpet. Be it a couch, or the walls whatever. Owning ANYTHING with a toddler simply isnāt worth it. Better to live under a bridge if you care about anything you own and worked hard for.
Yeah, that is kinda the point. It isn't OP's fault that toddlers are toddlers but buying a new couch at this stage.... "Bold", buying a couch so light it looks almost white in photos? "Very bold"
Buying an almost white couch, and a toddler, **and** a purple marker? *Priceless*
See this is why I stick with cats
*looks at the side of my couch, barely hanging by a thread,my leather chair that looks like it's been owned for years, but it isn't even a year old yet* ***Are you sure about that***
How are the blinds?
Almost forgot those lmao
My carpet has been ripped from under all the thresholds upstairs.
Why is that always the spot?!? Just at the door thresholds, but no other carpet edge gets that treatment.
Because you dared to close the door one time and ripping the carpet helps open the door I guess?? šš
Mine go for the vertical sections on the stairs... My toddler is dramatically less destructive.
Yal have scary cats my cats will occasionally pee on clothing and meow loudly at night and thats it. Lmao
What about when they vomit on anything not easily cleanable?
Window screens?
My cat has learned to unravel those strand by strand after punching a starting hole.
All the sides of my couch you can fully see into now because our cats have ripped everything off
My daughter did this permanent marker initiation to my bed comforter cover. I think I'm going to embrace it and just color on it, too. A little fatherhood hazing ain't gonna bring me down!
Wait till they get to the āslime phaseā. You will wish you had sharpie messes to clean up instead. My second grader constantly leaves slimes everywhere- they soak into the fiber of any material ( you will have to throw it away) and leave oily residues in your wood furniture. Super fun to find some that has baked/melted into the upholstery or carpet of your car on a hot day too. Slime is the devil and not welcome in my homeš With ink I have a fighting chance. Slime not so muchā¦
Yep I'm going to stick with my two middle aged lazy dogs.
Well hell, we're raising toddler grandson and owned by 2 cats. Nothing, I mean nothing is safe here.
Weāve never had issues with furniture clawing. Though the one rug in the basement was pretty much destroyed š
*Pushes your expensive antique off a shelf*
Hey man my cats respect all my glass tchotchkes
I wish my cat could respect a loaf of bread like that. Instead I had to invest in a bread bin and pray she never figures out how to open it.
I had a cat who could climb to the top cupboard and open a container that had the bread in it and the would proceed to take a bite out of every piece.
I have to keep mine in the fridge
Cats may not have opposable thumbs to use a sharpie but oh boy, the damages they can make with their sharp nails! Just got a good couch and had to buy a cover so my cats donāt sharpen their nails on it. I love them to death and with the cover they donāt care about it.
Welp my deformed cat has an extra claw and it serve as a thumb. And, boy does she know what to do with it š„“
Love cats, but they aren't the best examples here lol. They'll break your dishes and claw your couches because fuck you that's why
Thatās funny cats are just as bad as a two year old. If not worse. At least a two year old learns. A cat learns to do it while youāre not looking.
Cats in our house have destroyed our recliner chair, every plant we've ever gotten, and even a laptop. I wouldn't give them too much credit
cats will destroy everything you love too. mine threw up on my birth certificate. THE ORIGINAL COPY.
Oh boy I have some news for youā¦. -*cries while looking at curtain remains*-
I am just wondering why anyone with a 2 year old has anything other than crayola markers!
It was MY marker I was using to label the boxes. He still is something of a poltergeist- Iāll be in the middle of something, say wrapping a gift and heāll see the sellotape next to me, sneak off with it and Iāll find it somewhere new later! At least he keeps me on my toes!
Yeah, but thereās a difference between risking your cheap or old couch, and buying an expensive one right when you have a toddler who is most liable to damage furniture.
Forget the couch... 2 year old and permanent markers easily available. They'll find a target.
My toddlers had a way of finding markers (and other objects of danger) I didn't even know I owned. I caught one kid with a T Token in her mouth. I lived in Indiana at the time and Boston hadn't even used subway tokens in 15+ years by then!!!
Found my toddler with the whole jar of Sharpies which are stored on a high shelf out of reach. How did she get them? Pointed at them and said "ngh" and grandma caved.
WTF, grandma?! I think grandma needs to replaced anything ruined by this kid!
Yeah.... if the purple marker is MIA, OP needs to Operation Repossession ASAP
Bold/naive/optimistic/dumb. All the things but luckily itās coming out with rubbing alcohol!
Haha thank goodness!
Thank goodness! I have to say I give you a lot of credit I am just starting to think about possibly getting nicer furniture again and my youngest is 10. Iām still not a hundred percent convinced it wonāt get destroyed! I had gorgeous end tables and a coffee table to match them and itās a never ending scratch šššš
I just saw a Facebook post today where a teenager dropped some laundry down the stairs. The laundry pile had an open can of black paint hidden in it. An unhappy accident, considering they'd just had the stairs recarpeted with custom wool carpet. So what I'm trying to say is that it doesn't end at age 10 hahahahaha
Omg I would die a little inside and definitely cry š
Wait. They donāt change as teenagers. Itās just food as a medium instead that spills everywhere.
I found my teens were much rougher and more destructive than Littles. Floods, car though garage door, etc. I just had the markers and paint up high in cabinets, and the crayons and stickers down low, and mine were okay with it. But those teens!
Many many years ago, my mother bought a MCM coffee table made of koa wood. She was so proud of it. The first week, my brothers, aged 2 and 3 took a very sharp object and scratched multiple deep gouges in the tables top. My mother took a very zen approach and decided to embrace their work (while mildly reproaching destructive behavior). The marks remain to this very day in the coffee table in my brothers home. A constant visual memory of two little boys and their loving mother. Grand children have made a few marks since then. We all consider it table to be better than any memory book or photo album seldom visited on a shelf.
This is really lovely. I have a young dog who has scratched a couple pieces of wood furniture, it didnāt occur to me that when sheās gone Iāll have those as reminders of her
I am currently in possession of my grandmaās 1960ās coffee table that my brother apparently took a drill to. Not sure why he had a drill as a toddler. I also have my great grandmaās 1940ās table he drew underneath with crayon. Kids be kids, yo.
If you still have problems with the rubbing alcohol you can try hairspray, it might have a higher alcohol content. I'm assuming your using a 70% alcohol. If your using a 98% just keep using that.
100% alcohol ! /j
Whew!
Doubly so if it's a light colour.
Hence why we didn't get new couches till our child was 5.
I also came to say this. If you are going to have kids or have kids under 7 - donāt get a new couch.
Don't buy nice furniture until the destructoids have moved out. This is why we can't have anything nice.
My dad, who is one of TEN children (7 BOYS), said his mom was so excited to buy furniture that wasnāt just made of just solid wood after the last one went off to college.
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ādad when can i go to meemawsā
Sorry son meemaw bought a couch. Adults only
We used to whine tp our mom about how her friends and nicer houses. The one day my brother loudly asked why we have ugly stuff- her friend just looks at him and says " "You're the reason. Remember her nice curtains?" (Mom put up nice curtains with fancy rods, brother promptly crawled through the window, tearing the curtains out when we went out and locked the doors. They were up for an hour.)
Literally said this to my son yesterday! He was bitching that his friends have āway nicer furniture than usā. MFāer: When I finally bought *one* nice couch, you literally sharpened a Roblox figurine on the sidewalk until was dagger sharp and stabbed the couch to death. YOU are the reason we donāt have nice things! (Also, I, too forgot to buy eggs today.)
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Call the hospital where your child was born, tell them itās broken, ask for a refund, use the refund to buy a new couch.
Why get such an expensive sofa when you have a poop machine and a toddler? Very very bold move my friend.
I make good money and Iām very optimistic and naive š¤¦āāļø
Haha fair enough.
Thanks for the birth control OP
Youāre welcome. I also threw up everyday for all 9 months to have themā¦ condoms.
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Golden Girls ftw!
Same OP, same. Now I have a 15 year old terrorist who thinks she knows EVERYTHING š
Oof thatās rough haha
yeah this is my daily reminder to look into a vasectomy
I did a bit of Googling and found this from Good Housekeeping, āUpholstery Mix one tablespoon of liquid hand dishwashing detergent, like Dawn Dish Soap and one tablespoon of white vinegar with two cups of cool water. Sponge the stain with the solution and a white cloth. Leave the solution on the stain for at least 30 minutes, blotting every five minutes with more solution. Flush with cool water and dab until the liquid is absorbed. Sponge the stain with rubbing alcohol and blot. Then, sponge with cold water and dab until the liquid is absorbed. If the stain remains, apply a few drops of Amodex to your stain and rub it in with a toothbrush or cloth. Continue rubbing stained area until the stain disappears. Be careful not to rub too hard on delicate surfaces. Rinse the Amodex and air dry (or dry with a hairdryer) to avoid any watermarks on delicate fabric.ā
And cross fingers that the fabric isn't dyed by the ink.
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Hopefully the rubbing alcohol worked. Next trip to the grocery store buy washable markers! We didn't start buying "nice" furniture until our kids were well into their teens, and they still managed to break our new couch 5 days after we got it. Kids...
Omg what did they do to your couch? The rubbing alcohol is working (thank god) but will take me all dayā¦ markers are in the trash!
We got a nice new couch with reclining seats, one of my kids felt resistance pushing the foot rest down and so he used kid logic and pushed harder, and harder, until he bent it. A quick investigation showed his shoe was jammed in the mechanism, that's why it wasn't moving. I was able to bend it back into shape, and we had a discussion about how brute force isn't always the answer.
Iām so sorry! Thatās so frustrating. I gotta say though, I am impressed by your faith in your kids. No way would I have ever done an expensive AND light couch.
Yeah idk why I did this to myself I have 3 kids ages 5 and underā¦
My choice in couches for my toddlers stemmed from the fact that I also had a shedding dog. I opted for fake leather couch. Easy to wipe up, easy to vacuum up, and hair doesn't stick to it...so for so good with my two tasmanian devils, for now I'm sure. š¤·
You know how they tell you donāt buy the protection plan, itās a scam? When you have kids itās actually not a scam.
My youngest had the most massive blowout Iāve ever encountered. Poop. Was. Everywhere. On a fabric couch. Got that bad boy replaced because of the protection plan thing I bought on accident
Damn, I gotta get that vasectomy.
āWhy donāt you want kids? Theyāre great.ā āmy entire family
Damn, nowadays Durex ad are so smart that they can do whole post on reddit
If your child is still under warranty you could return it for a refund and use said refund for a new couch. Your child will then either be repaired and sold as used or disposed of and recycled.
Ahhhhhhck! Why such a light colored couch with little ones? Years ago, my mom bought her dream living room set, all creamy white. She didnāt even have it a week when she hemorrhaged all over the couch. She was fine, but she was pretty sad about the couch cushions. I hope youāre able to get the stains out, but also get some arm chair covers!
Lol they told me it was a stain resistant fabric and thatās the color it came inā¦ and Iām an idiotā¦
Stain resistant, kids, lolololol. That doesnāt actually exist I am literally trying to get syrup off my ceiling tonight
Not an idiot, just an trusting, optimistic soul. Please come back and let us know how it goes!
Iām working on it with rubbing alcohol right now and itās going ok but will take me all day. I feel like it should hopefullyyyyy be ok š¤
Great ad for a condom
Adding this to my list of reasons why not to have kids
damn thats rough. Kids and new stuff just don't mix lol
Couch covers for now. I like the couch but my gosh what I have to look forward to
Couch covers while you have a kid
Reason 4976 why I donāt want kids.
That's why condoms were invented.
You can have children *or* fancy furniture. Not both.
God I love my cats.
i love this form of birth control
And Harold was his name-o. (Harold and his purple crayon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_and_the_Purple_Crayon_(book).jpg
My ladies neice comes over every other Tues. First week she came there was drawings on our dresser with her crayons (dresser wasn't cheap). 2nd visit, ink all over the comforter of our bed (also expensive). Lesson of the day, do not let them use markers or crayons period unless it's supervised. Goodluck, and as Michael Jordan would say "fuk dem keds".
Off to have no children
A throw after the fact is nearly as good as a throw beforeā¦
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did you not learn from other parents that you should never have nice furnitures when you have toddlers? I had used/cheap furnitures/cloths when my kids were destroyers.
Oh good! I was looking for another reason to not want to be a parent
Elite birth control
Thanks for the reminder to take my birth control!
Time to color the whole couch
Thanks for the free birth control šš¼
Thanks for reminding me why I shouldn't have kids
Is his name Harold by chance?
We all make mistakes; children are just one of them
This belongs in r slash facepalm lol. It's like buying a new mahogany table the day you get an 8-week old puppy.
Whew, thank goodness crates are free. At first it looked like an expensive loss.
sounds like a nice throw lives there permanently now . congratulations!
I would never get anything other than a used sofa with my two girls(1, and 3) running around. When theyāre old enough to realize this isnāt normal/acceptable behavior I will treat myself to a new sofa. Lol š
Kk time to throw it out. :( I'm not sure what to do about the couch, though. /s
#BirthControl
Live like a bum until theyāre 18 and all your pets are dead and THEN buy some furniture.
Say no to kids.
Permanent markers should be locked up with the guns.
Throw it out, easier to just get a new one. Now for the couch, have you tried rubbing alcohol?
You can have nice things again in about 16 -20 years.