not to let dd (age 3) have things like marbles and carrier bags in her room?

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She is pretty sensible but obviously has her unpredictable silly moments. I only let her play with small toys that she could choke on where I can keep an eye on her and she's not allowed them in her room to play with at bedtime. A friend of hers (same age) has plastic bags, coins and all kinds in her room. AIBU overprotective and unreasonable?

eandemum - not over protective at all.

Sadly, I too was at school with a girl who swallowed a marble and suffered brain damage. She spent several years in a special school before returning to mainstream education but had an unexpected fit one day and died in the classroom. It was very traumatic:( As a result I have always been extremely cautious about marbles and anything similar including gobstoppers etc. Gifts of marbles go straight in the bin or as soon as possible without causing an uproar. Children are unpredictable, and whilst you can't protect from every potential harm you can reduce the chances of a tragic accident by being sensible about obvious risks.

One of the other things I do is stack my dishwasher with the knife blades pointing downwards after reading about a child who died falling onto the open dishwasher with the blades pointing up:(

Oh Humourne! How very and :( for everyone!
I remember children at junior school playing "see how many marbles I can get in my mouth at once" but thankfully I don't think any of us choked at any point (sheer dumb luck).

Yes it was one of those incidents that remain with you for life Thumbwitch:(

Children aren't very good at assessing risks.

I've trained to be a nurse but unfortunately it wouldn't be much use if the child was upstairs and I couldn't hear them choking

I haven't child proofed at all for child no. 3 - he has access to everything his older siblings do. No stair gates, socket covers, padded corners... I tend to be of the opinion that if they bang themselves they learn from it. If he was constantly putting things in his mouth though I would remove small objects like marbles. I think if my children had their own rooms I would be more nervous, but since they are never alone I rely on the older two to let me know if little one is doing something silly.

Anyhow, your house, your rules.

I don't even know why you're asking OP, it's sensible to remove unnecessary and potentially life threatening risks from toddlers. I think you should have more confidence in your own judgement.

If you put the risk back because strangers on a website told you to there would be something very wrong with that picture.

Trust your judgement, keep your child safe, if you think there is a risk to her life or safety then don't take it.