To not cut grapes

[FreedomBird]

I have a 3 and a 7 year old. And I no longer cut their grapes.

Me and DP had a massive barney about it last night and I’d like to know if I’m BU.

Yes YABU !

The 7 year old should be fine but I would definitely still be cutting them for the 3 year old.

Not for the 7 year old but definitely for the 3 year old. It won't even take a minute so why risk a child choking?

The 3 yo still needs grapes cut. Their windpipes are smaller than grapes at that age.

I’d still cut them

Yes! Cut them. Children die from whole grapes, plus it only takes a minute. No brainer really, 3 is still tiny.

Why put your 3 year old at risk for the sake of spending an extra 2 minutes to cut them?

Why wouldnt you?

YABU - I would at their ages.

I know humans have been eating grapes for thousands of years but grapes are tricky little fuckers and the exact right shape and size to get lodged in a childs throat. For the sake of a couple of extra minutes cutting I'd just do it, particularly for your 3 year old.

I never let mine eat grapes anywhere but at home at the table - no wandering about the house with a bunch the way I did as a child.

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t really. For the time it takes to cut them, compared to the problems that could arise if you didn’t, surely just cut them?

YABU - why wouldn’t you? Since there’s even an issue about which way they should be cut it’s pretty clear there’s a risk.

YABVU

Why wouldn’t you? Laziness? Why risk it ?

You absolutely should be, baffled you need to ask!

I would for the 3 year old, certainly. It only takes a few seconds (as pp have pointed out). Better to be safe than sorry.

YABVU

Uncut grapes have killed children due to choking.

Why on earth would you risk it????

I don't understand your reason for not doing so.

Yes for the 3 year old. They can completely obstruct their windpipe. And cut them length ways, not across.

A doctor friend has unfortunately first hand experience of trying to save several children with grapes lodged into their windpipe, or certifying death. He said that the overwhelming majority were older than you would expect, at 4-6 years old. If they will eat cut grapes I’d cut them up!

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-6-chokes-death-grape-7122409.amp

Why would you risk it? Like a PP said it literally takes a minute to cut them.

Yabvu. Of course you should particularly the younger one.

Yes! Because the skin is tough to break, the grape is moved to the back of the mouth, to be crushed by the molars. When the skin breaks, juice can shoot out and this can trigger the gag reflex. And as pp have said, grape is right size&shape to block.

I’ve only just stopped cutting them for my 6yo and now I hover over her while she eats them to make sure she chews each one. I’m also paranoid about apples after a family friend’s daughter started choking on a piece of apple at 7. Her dad was there and was able to dislodge it but it could have been so much worse!

YABU!!

Could you live with yourself if your child choked on a grape you couldn't be bothered to cut?

I’ll add that when I cut grapes, I cut them into quarters lengthways so they can’t get stuck.

Cut the grapes.