Grapes for Toddlers

Daisiesinmygarden

I still cut my daughters grapes into quarters because I am convinced she is going to choke on them. I think maaaaaaybe it's overkill. When can you give toddlers grapes whole? Maddie is 20 (almost 21) months.

Oh, and these are the round, not the more oval grapes if that matters.

robynlesley

I dunno... I only started giving Aaron grapes two weeks ago and I quarter them. He's, what, 3 months younger than Maddie? (Will be 18 months on Monday.)

I think I'll keep quartering them until I feel he's not shoving food into his mouth with both hands and going UM! I don't trust him to chew quite yet.

mtnrider

Does Maddie have all her chewing teeth?  Simon doesn't so I still cut grapes into quarters too but I give him a whole string cheese and whole slices of toast and whole bananas and DH says that he could choke on a grape sized piece of cheese he bites off and I guess he's right but for some reason grapes still scare me.  I asked this question on the Toddler Board not too long ago and some people are still cutting up everything.  I say do whatever you're comfortable with!

Daisiesinmygarden

mtnrider:

Does Maddie have all her chewing teeth?  Simon doesn't so I still cut grapes into quarters too but I give him a whole string cheese and whole slices of toast and whole bananas and DH says that he could choke on a grape sized piece of cheese he bites off and I guess he's right but for some reason grapes still scare me.  I asked this question on the Toddler Board not too long ago and some people are still cutting up everything.  I say do whatever you're comfortable with!

 She is still working on her canines. They are poking through, but are not all the way in. Her other teeth are in including her her first molars.

Grapes scare me too. Maybe because they are so perfectly round and slippery! I cut most everything up bite sized except bananas. I think I'll just keep quartering them for a while.

LyndaCarter

I think 20-21 months is about when I stopped cutting the grapes in half. I stopped quartering them much earlier. My mom continued to peel them because she was terrified of them choking until she was almost 2 years old.

Piranha54

I've been giving Ellie grapes now for ages.  Started out quarting them, but for the last few weeks have just been halving.  And yes, every now and then, she'll grab a handfull from the bowl and stuff them in her mouth and I don't really breath until she's done, but...at least she now often recognizes she's stuffed too much in and will spit things out.  Lovely, I know, but it still seems like progress!

M.Amy

I still cut up Matt's grapes - I am terrified of chocking.

M.Amy

I still cut up Matt's grapes - I am terrified of choking.

funchicken

I still cut Stella's in half because I thought I read somewhere that you weren't supposed to give them whole until age 4 or something like that.  They seem like a huge choking hazard to me.

SFAug07

I don't know, Sarah doesn't eat grapes (surprise surprise). I see all the other toddler's still cut in halves (not quarters).

fauxshelley

I cut up Jack's too and I will for the foreseeable future.  He pooped undigested grapes the other day!  Seriously, an entire diaper full of them...   He obviously isn't chewing them up!

lawry13

I cut up Audrey's grapes usually in quarters.  I am scared to death of her choking since sometimes she just shoves them in her mouth.

Daisiesinmygarden

Ya'll don't know how glad I am that I am not the only one.

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We cut them in half

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no way would i give a 20mo child a whole grape - HUGE choking hazard. A friend of mine's nephew died choking on a grape at 2y/o. They freak me out.

i still cut DS1's in 1/2 - and he's about to turn 4.  If we are out somewhere and they are whole he knows he has to bite them in 1/2 before putting in his mouth.

i cut then in 4's for the twins - they are 20mo.