To ask nursery to cut their grapes into quarters?

[AliceTheCamelHasFiveHumps]

So, DD14m attends nursery.

They give fruit snacks out each day.

They cut grapes in half lengthwise. (I know this for gross reasons 😷)

I tend to do quarters for safety, as per advice.

AIBU to ask them to cut the grapes into quarters??? Or am I being precious 🥺😳

[LouiseTrees]

I thought it only had to be in half. Although I would also quarter at home

[Sapho47]

I never even knew this was a thing

I think I need to get my mum a much better mothers day present this year

[Lancrelady80]

I thought halves (lengthwise) was fine? And would expect common sense to be used over size of grape/tininess of child as to whether to cut into smaller chunks.

If your lo is particularly diddly, just ask if they'd mind, to put your mind at ease. (And present it as putting your mind at ease rather than accidentally implying they don't know how to be safe.)

[Icancelledthecheque]

I think halves are fine (now, with hindsight!)

I used to soak them in warm water to peel them and then cut them in half so I’d say I’m more on the cautious side...

[notacooldad]

I used to soak them in warm water to peel them and then cut them in half so I’d say I’m more on the cautious side
I'd rather not buy grapes°😂😂😂😂

[LouiseTrees]

@notacooldad

I used to soak them in warm water to peel them and then cut them in half so I’d say I’m more on the cautious side
I'd rather not buy grapes°😂😂😂😂

Yep I buy grapes but the baby doesn’t get any.

[minniemango]

Just request she doesn't have grapes.

Please DON'T lie and say she's allergic though, it just makes life harder for children with genuine allergies.

[FFSAllTheGoodOnesArereadyTaken]

Unless they eat in high chairs, requesting that your child doesn't have grapes might not help...in my childs nursery they eat around tiny little shared tables and they all pick up each others food (even when one of them has spat it out or dropped it etc)

[Emeraldshamrock]

in my childs nursery they eat around tiny little shared tables and they all pick up each others food (even when one of them has spat it out or dropped it etc) 🤮 even throughout Covid 😳
I'd prefer quarters too. If it got lodged at an angle it would be a disaster.
I never gave the DC grapes.
I'll never forget the wee boy in pizza hut.

[minniemango]

@FFSAllTheGoodOnesArereadyTaken that's disgusting and unsafe, why do your nursery allow that?

[JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows]

@Emeraldshamrock

in my childs nursery they eat around tiny little shared tables and they all pick up each others food (even when one of them has spat it out or dropped it etc) 🤮 even throughout Covid 😳
I'd prefer quarters too. If it got lodged at an angle it would be a disaster.
I never gave the DC grapes.
I'll never forget the wee boy in pizza hut.

TBH this is a cracking way to build up an immune system.

[JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows]

Anyway halves are fine, although my DC's nursery didn't do grapes full stop just in case.

[JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows]

And for those thinking they're precious - my kids are 5 and 8 and I still cut up their grapes

[AlwaysLatte]

I think I need to get my mum a much better mothers day present this year
Grapes are a pretty crap present.

[JamesMiddletonsMarshmallows]

@Sapho47 wrong thread??

[Sapho47]

@AlwaysLatte

I think I need to get my mum a much better mothers day present this year
Grapes are a pretty crap present.

Depends how old the grapes are

[BloodyCovid]

@minniemango when you’ve got 12 toddles in a room, they’re going to pick up and eat all sorts of grossness - they’re children!

In my nursery the kids would eat each other’s half sucked rice cakes, pick up each other’s bottles and every toy goes in and out of their mouths constantly - it’s how they explore the world and build their immune system.

[BoyTree]

I'd hope that nurseries were a bit more enthusiastic about stopping children from eating each other's food. If one reacted to something, how would they know what it was? And how can they possibly cope with allergies?

[wheredidtheygoto]

I'd ask if it makes you more comfortable. Although I'd probably have told them the dc is allergic to grapesMy son is almost 5 and he's never tasted one.

[SakuraEdenSwan1]

My youngest is 9 and I still slice his grapes up, lengthwise into quarters.

[kittycorner]

@AliceTheCamelHasFiveHumps they should be cutting them into quarters as per advice. The nurseries I used all did this.

Good for you to raise awareness.

[OnlyFoolsnMothers]

Lord I’m a bad parent, nearly 4 never cut my LOs grapes

[ridingonaroomba]

yabu. Send your own pre quartered grapes if you’re that worried

[SmokedDuck]

@SakuraEdenSwan1

My youngest is 9 and I still slice his grapes up, lengthwise into quarters.

Good lord, why?