Righting my wrongs

Dear Safety 1st,

This is a heartfelt apology for all of the public disparaging I've been doing.

Like calling you Safety Last. Or suggesting you use real moms to test your product. And telling everyone I know, including my 198 Facebook friends, that they shouldn't ever buy one of your gates.

After about three weeks of rendering our top-of-stairs gate useless, my husband and handyman cousin fixed the gate. Now, it works as it should. I'm able to hold my baby in one hand and open the gate with the other. It makes you look brilliant, Safety 1st.

I, on the other hand, look just plain wrong. Know it is not often I admit the error of my ways. Just ask my husband.

I was wrong for making Safety 1st the butt of all household jokes. Like, Did you hear the guards at Guantanamo Bay said using their prisoners to test Safety 1st products was just too mean?

And it probably wasn't wise for me to call it the "effing gate." Online.

I apparently made such a big deal about it that my neighbors stopped me in the grocery store to share their own miserable gate stories. Oops.

I'm going to take this as a little lesson in parenthood. Sometimes things aren't as bad as they seem. It's easy to get caught up in the moment, like when you've been stuck on your second floor for 15 minutes with a baby who wants his breakfast. But after a little work and some patience, sometimes things work out.

Some things can be fixed. We just have to stop cursing long enough to let someone else get a word in.

Thank you for your attention to this issue, Safety 1st, as I am sure my baby's safety is your utmost concern.

Sincerely,
Amy McFall Prince

P.S. The Push 'n' Snap Cabinet Lock still could use some refining, I'm afraid. Or perhaps you could just change your target audience and market them as safety deposit box locks.