to think giving a 9mth baby a swiss army knife to chew on

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is a) fucking dangerous and b) unhygenic?

So this is not an AIBU by stealth, I'll admit I'm being a little bit bitchy. My DH ran into my XH this morning in the local supermarket en famile, and XH had given his 9-month-old DS his ancient swiss army knife to chew on, which is always in a bunch with his house keys on a long dangling chain.

I'm torn between thinking this is out and out disgusting, or that I'm BU because it's my X. . .

ladies?

Gross.

I'm assuming all the blades were shut.....

I can't see that it's any germier than letting him play with a keyring without a penknife, or anything else dug out of a pocket/handbag, and I see that happenning all the time.

Unhygienic, yes, just like letting them play with keys, mobile phones, money or a lot of other things that get handled a lot. But unless it is a baby with extremely advanced fine motor skills, I think the chances of his being able to open any of the blades are pretty low. Still wouldn't do it myself though...

It's not the letting him play bit that's bothering me, it's giving it to him to use as a teether.

I think at 9 months playing = chewing, doesn't it? Basically anything they get hold of gets put in their mouths and used as a teether.

Well it's certainly not as bad as the baby eating cat sick, which was being discussed on another thread earlier today !

I just think in a supermarket you do what you have to do to keep them quiet. You can't win, if its keys they'd be unhygenic, if its a snack of a shelf you are a theif who probably wasn't going to pay for it, if its a snack from your bag you are making a mess or encouraging childhood obesity/comfort eating, if you let them run about you are irresponsible, in fact, if you have anything other than an angelic baby sitting there strapped in doing nothing you should probably have social services called on you.

Let it go.