Who is BU? feeding a 1y/o marshmallows

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Just had a row with my mum over feeding my nephew marshmallows. I say it's a terrible idea, because if the choking risk. She says it's fine and she wouldn't let him choke. My sister has said she doesn't want him feeding so much sugar.

Who is BU?

She is, they're a choking hazard and completely unecessary, so why do it?

YANBU, in a restaurant near me a toddler died by choking on a marshmallow.

Choking risk? Really?

Unless you mean feeding as in having for lunch.

Even I sometimes choke on marshmallows going down...they expand a lot. Your mum is being silly.

Jesus, they most definitely are a choking hazard. The hospital I used to work at had a 4 year old kid come to A&E choking on a marshmallow - the child died.

How big are they? Has she cut them up?

They are dangerous, they are nearly impossible to dislodge if they get stuck.

Compromise with mini marshmallows?

They are a choking hazard , they can swell in the throat.

Food that is either sticky or really hard (popcorn, marshmallows, hard candies); they can cause your baby to choke. Hard raw veggies (such as carrots), whole pieces of canned fruit, and large round fruits like grapes and jumbo blueberries--all choking hazards.

Checklist: 10 Foods You Shouldn't Feed Baby - Parents Magazine
www.parents.com › baby › health › allergy

Why do people put small children at risk, if the evidence say not to feed them certain foods? It's not as if there isn't enough choice.

She's 'not going to let him choke'? Right, because everyone who has had a kid choke before totally meant it to happen...

Absolutely they are a choking riskand that aside why on earth is she so keen to feed him marshmallows at the age of 1? They are stuffed full of sugar.

Mini marshmallows are even worse.
They go further down before swelling and getting stuck.
Someone in my bereavement group lost their teenager due ti choking on a marshmallow.

I meant to add, marshmallows melt in the mouth, so if the baby/small child inhales, it can act like a glue and block the airways. It's not like removing a hard object.

They swell and stick in the throat. Nigh on impossible to dislodge, child died locally in a restaurant while paramedics worked to try and dislodge a marshmallow from a hot chocolate. Awful sticky unshiftable things.

SIBU. Definitely. It's not like anyone NEEDS to eat marshmallows either, they're easily avoidable.

Yanbu, also why does a 1 year old even need marshmallows. They can't ask for them and they're hardly a health food.
Don't understand why people feed babies such crap.

Dangerous and unnecessary.

Ridiculous to feed a 1 year old marshmallows. They are pure sugar and 1 year olds have no concept they exist. Also a choking hazard.

No good reason to give them to a baby. Your mum is VU.

Apart from the obvious choking risk, your sil doesn't want the baby eating them anyway, so regardless of if your mother is "going to let him choke" or not she is being unreasonable because she's ignoring the babys mother.

*sister, sorry not sil

Thanks, especially for the link. I'm going to show you this to her. I don't think she means any harm but she has a massive blind spot about this and it scares me because I know how dangerous they are.

I was going to say she was bu because they're just pure sugar, but then I read all the replies in which people knew of children who'd died choking on marshmallows. I had no idea they were so much of a hazard, but seeing as they're both far too much sugar for a tiny child and dangerous she's being vvvu.