I judged

M.Amy · April 2011

I know it is early for a FFFC or maybe late but here is the backstory:

Dear friends of ours were at a egg decorating party with their 20 month old. They were feeding him popcorn. Now, I didn't say anything when they moved their son from RF to FF at one year because their pedi said it was okay.

But I couldn't get the idea of the little boy choking out of my head. I asked if they were feeding him popcorn and they said yes, they give him lots of different junk food now. I left it at that.

Was I wrong to say anything in the first place or should I have said that popcorn is a serious choking hazard?

dkays · April 2011

Teagan eats popcorn with me at almost every one of my older DDs ballgames. So I wouldn't have even thought twice about this. But with having older DDs, I have been through of multitude of things that are terrifying with raising kids.

BrideBuddies · April 2011

Charlie likes popcorn and I just make sure I break the pieces up and remove the hulls as I give it to him. I guess I'm not that worried about it, since it pretty much melts in your mouth.. compared to grapes and other big choking hazards.

robynlesley · April 2011

My pedi said no to many choking hazards until 18 months--or when your LO had most of the primary teeth (Aaron has 16--all but the 2 year molars).

I've never given him popcorn (possibly because I don't want to see popcorn poop) but he gets grapes often. But I DO quarter grapes. I give whole blueberries, though. They're much smaller.

Pesky · April 2011

That is one of those things that is a parental call to me. While I might judge (and have until DS got his hands on popcorn one time and now glass house), I would be mentioning it to the parents unless I started to see choking. Odds are good they have heard it and just choose to do differently.

Dragonflyer · April 2011

Yeah, unfortunately that is one of those things. Here Noah is 3.5 and he is now just allowed to eat popcorn and yes I still split his hot dogs down the length and make him eat grapes carefully or cut them in half. But, also Noah stuffs his face with stuff and is not careful about chewing.

Now Finn is 20 months old and doesn't really eat anything...still so the thought of him eating or being around popcorn is terrifying.

In any event, you can't really say anything unless it has an effect on your child somehow, like if Finn was sitting next to a bowl of popcorn, I would ask that it be put somwhere out of his reach as he can't eat popcorn yet.

Puckchick07 · April 2011

I probably would've given the side eye.

Popcorn is one of those things I read a news story about once - little 3-year old boy at movie theater with parents and choked - and it stuck with me. Although I realize, there are a lot of choking hazards out there.

fiazo · April 2011

Sienna probably wont get popcorn til she's about 4. LOL If I do give her any before that, I'll probably inspect every piece & if it has the corn shell, I'd cut it off. I never liked popcorn because never fails I always get a shell stuck in my mouth & that nakes me think it's a hazard for her.

robynlesley · April 2011

Actually, now that I think about it, *I* almost choked on popcorn at the movies when I was in high school. It was SO scary.

So no popcorn for Aaron until he's bigger!

stever · April 2011

I'd judge that, but I think I'd judge the "I give him junk food all the time" thing more. We're not health freaks by any means, but treats are just that... treats.

KKMMex · April 2011

I don't necessarily think you were being wrong to mention it. But I know as parents our perspectives can change as we go through different stages with our children. I was a lot more concerned about choking hazards and such the first time around. With our second child I was way more relaxed. I tend not to judge too much on the food front now, because I'm five years into it and I've had my own successes and failures in that area.

katieisawesome · April 2011

Um, really? As long as the child is being supervised and is drinking as well as eating the popcorn, it's not any more dangerous than many, many other things.

The "all kinds of junk food" thing was stupid but I don't really consider popcorn junk food unless it's covered in salt/butter/cheese.

M.Amy · April 2011

Thanks ladies. The longer I am a mother the more I realize we all have our hang ups. I totally let Matt bump and bang himself up and don't worry over every bruise. I figure he is a boy he loves to run around! I know some moms think I should be more careful with him and not let him loose. My hang up is around choking.

fauxshelley · April 2011

Amy, I totally LOL'ed at your title. We have all been there, and given the side eye to other parents before. I think it's hilarious that you treat it like your FFC.

I PPH you girl!

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