close to 3. They are two of the most choked on foods - and i'm a freak about choking hazards... a friend of mine died at age 14 from choking .... so to me, it ain't no joke.
even now when Griffin is eating them i really watch him close - make sure he doesn't jump up to play, put more than 1 grape in his mouth at a time, etc.
We don't really eat hotdots, but I rarely cut up grapes (except for right now, because my DH bought grapes with seeds). She has such a specific method for eating grapes - biting them with her front teeth first - that I'm really not too worried. I do watch her when she eats and she's always sitting down.
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I still cut up hotdogs but not grapes. I do make sure to watch her carefully when she eats them. Like some of the other PPs mentioned, she has a method and always bites them with her front teeth before she actually eats them.
DD doesn't like hot dogs, but I still cut grapes in half for her most of the time. If they're smaller, I might skip it, but bigger grapes I always cut in half. I'm pretty sure at preschool they get whole grapes, which surprises me considering there are some younger 2 y.o. in her class.
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My girls are 2 1/2 and 4 now and we still cut hotdogs for both most of the time - I just slice it once down the middle the long way. Grapes, I stopped cutting them this summer but they can only eat them when we are all sitting down together and they know the rule that only 1 can be eaten at a time. If they are really big, I will still cut them up though.
hmmmm. DS will be 4 in January, and I dont remember the last time i cut up grapes...maybe a year ago? He usually asks me now if he wants his food cut up because it is too big. Sometimes he likes to eat a hotdog in the bun now, and other times he will still ask for it to be cut up. I dont cut it up as small as I once did tho.
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close to 3. They are two of the most choked on foods - and i'm a freak about choking hazards... a friend of mine died at age 14 from choking .... so to me, it ain't no joke.
even now when Griffin is eating them i really watch him close - make sure he doesn't jump up to play, put more than 1 grape in his mouth at a time, etc.
I don't really remember. I still cut up hotdogs if we're at home but not if she's eating one while we're out.
I haven't cut up grapes in a long time.
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