Roper says that as the twins, Elsa and Clio, got older and Elsa began crawling, she and her husband became hyper-aware of any dangerous items that could be on the floor or on a table low enough that the item could be grabbed. Roper says a particular alertness for beverages arose after she left her coffee mug on a low table one day and Elsa grabbed it. Luckily, the coffee had cooled. "To this day, I do not put beverages on the coffee table or side tables when my children or any other children, for that matter, are in the room," Roper wrote. "And I instinctively go around moving cups and glasses away from table edges in other people's homes, whether or not there are children there. I'm loads of fun at cocktail parties."
