About cutting grapes

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We have a 2.5 year old and the other day I noticed DH was cutting grapes widthways for her. I said that you’re meant to cut them lengthways in order for them not to be a choking hazard. I notice today he’s put some grapes out for our daughter and again they’re cut widthways not lengthways. I asked him in future to please cut them lengthways but he’s refusing!

WIBU? Am I being over the top?

I think quarter ways is probably best but there’s no way he’d agree to that.

@PettyContractor I know of a 27 year old woman who choked and died whilst eating a grape, yeah she clearly shouldn’t have been given the grapes

He prepared her nursery bag yesterday and I checked if he had given her grapes. He had and they were cut up in quarters!

Probably resist the temptation to say "You looked it up, didn'tcha? And I'm right, aren'tn I?"
Just check surreptitiously from time to time that he's still doing it correctly and leave it at that.

At least he has the wit and the care to do it properly now, even if he has a fragile ego, possibly combined with a touch of "Miss Triggs' boss syndrome".

No way being over the top.

Ds is 6 and I always cut his grapes. When I picked him from school one day she said they had had grapes and I look horrified and asked his 1-1 worker if she cuts them really panics me grapes and kids!

Would it really be the end of the world if you were 'over-cautious'?

I know of a 27 year old woman who choked and died whilst eating a grape, yeah she clearly shouldn’t have been given the grapes

I'm not sure if you've concluded that children should eat uncut grapes, or adults shouldn't eat whole ones.

If adults eating cut grapes is a thing, I've not come across it. To be fair, I wasn't aware cutting up grapes was even a thing for children, before I had one.