DH gave our two year old chilli coated peanuts whilst I was at work

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I wouldn’t dream of giving her a whole peanut. I asked him why, and he said he was sat with her and she was chewing properly. Aibu to think that’s really risky regardless?

I'd be annoyed too OP. Whole nuts are strangled advised against until age 5. Big choking risk.

But any food or drink can be a choking hazard! My dad choked on coffee. He went blue and dropped to the floor, my mum picked him up and did the Heimlich manoeuvre on him. He still drinks coffee now...

As long as they were being supervised while eating then don't worry.

Just as an aside I watched somebody on a bus feeding pollo mints to a baby and a toddler. They coped with them

*But any food or drink can be a choking hazard! My dad choked on coffee. He went blue and dropped to the floor, my mum picked him up and did the Heimlich manoeuvre on him. He still drinks coffee now...

As long as they were being supervised while eating then don't worry.*

Of course any food can be a choking hazard.

It's the risk. Clearly less of a risk with a bit of bread for example.

The food items mentioned in the NHS guidance have more risk associated with them. And probably recorded as responsible for more choking.

As an extreme If you had to choose to put a glass marble or a strawberry in your child's mouth which you choose? They could choke on either or not at all. But the risks associated with one are higher.

Yeah mine smoke a ten pack everyday and seem to cope fine.

Yes, me too! I knew about the risk of choking on nuts as a child!

The NHS is guidelines. Which many consistently change.

They have only just changed the do sleeping advice. Peanuts were off limits to pregnant women then not. People do things everyday that aren’t within NHS guidelines.

And yet, no one has been able to link a common trend of kids chocking to death on peanuts. Even the ones who have breathed in bits of nuts and got them stuck, could have done that with any food.

And yet the advice is still to supervise children when eating? What’s the point of it makes no difference?

or is it that supervising does actually increase the chance of being able to do something if a child chokes?

I’m a carer. Fully first aid trained 👍🏻

*The NHS is guidelines. Which many consistently change.

They have only just changed the do sleeping advice. Peanuts were off limits to pregnant women then not. People do things everyday that aren’t within NHS guidelines.

And yet, no one has been able to link a common trend of kids chocking to death on peanuts. Even the ones who have breathed in bits of nuts and got them stuck, could have done that with any food.*

Ok. It was pointed out to me by a health visitor about 25 years ago.
It was common knowledge then. Nothing new really.

And of course people ignore guidelines. So what? Read this thread.

Doesn't make it less of a risk.

Peanuts are one of the top most common foods for children to choke on

Yes quite. As if the NHS just made it up for the hell of it

This 100%

I'm going to say that my mother knew a couple, the husband was a GP. They were sitting at the table and their little boy of about two was in his high chair. They gave him grapes. He started choking, his father quickly stepped in to try and dislodge the grape.....that little boy died so no you've every right to panic even if your DH was first aid trained.

Yeah I'd be annoyed too, it's a choking hazard, the right size to get lodged in the throat. Same with uncut Grapes, mini eggs, boiled sweets etc.

Regardless of whether she was chewing it only takes one to get accidentally swallowed whole - A quick Google of choking hazards includes nuts.

Definitely cut nuts up don't do pureeing though that's OTT. The only food I've ever choked on was lamb tikka masala when I was a child it was chewy and I was lazy I've choked on steak as an adult also the same issue I didn't chew enough.

I know of two deaths from kids choking. One was a carrot stick the other a marshmallow. The kids were in the 4-6 year range.

They are not rules.

They provide advice and guidance which you can chose to follow or not.

What was pointed out?

That children should be supervised when eating?

when I had my eldest the midwife and go told me eating peanuts during pregnancy would increase the risk of my child being allergic to nuts. That’s not the case now either. Being told something 25 years ago doesn’t make it more credible.

No one has managed one link where this choking hazard has caused a lot of death or even almost death. The biggest danger appears to be breathing in fragments.

So many people saying ‘cut it up’, that increases the chance of a child breathing a small piece. Which actually looking like a bigger risk than choking. That’s odd because that’s coming from people who also agree that it’s a huge choking hazard and should be avoided.

Even breathing it in It’s extremely rare.

What was pointed out?

That nuts were a choking hazard for small children along with various other things.
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That children should be supervised when eating?*

when I had my eldest the midwife and go told me eating peanuts during pregnancy would increase the risk of my child being allergic to nuts. That’s not the case now either. Being told something 25 years ago doesn’t make it more credible.

It's not because I was given that info 25 years go but that it remains NHS advice still. The guidelines haven't changed in at least that time.
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No one has managed one link where this choking hazard has caused a lot of death or even almost death. The biggest danger appears to be breathing in fragments.*

Someone posting a link is hardly the test of veracity. I haven't looked for one. CBA.
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So many people saying ‘cut it up’, that increases the chance of a child breathing a small piece. Which actually looking like a bigger risk than choking. That’s odd because that’s coming from people who also agree that it’s a huge choking hazard and should be avoided.*

No idea. It was easy enough just not to bother with nuts when my kids were little.

Even breathing it in It’s extremely rare.

Maybe because people follow guidelines.

You’ve made me want chilli peanuts now.

They are very nice! Slightly annoyed they finished them all. Ha

I agree that a child that age could choke on a whole peanut. I think the chilli makes it more risky. I've done it myself - done a kind of gasp cough on something spicy and it's "gone down the wrong way".

When DS was very young he wanted to try peanuts, I let him have a few one at a time, and I sat there going CHEW, CHEW,CHEW…………

Two weeks later we were going past the crisps section and he started saying chew chew chew, in a manner most frustrated, I was in the queue for the checkout when I finally figured it out. 😂

If a bit of peanut is lodged in a child’s lung the lung itself can become inflamed by reacting to the peanut. A friend who was surgeon had operated on children and he had to remove part of the lung in some cases due to the damage.

On a child specific first aid course I was told no peanuts for under fives. Reason given was if they were ingested to the lungs ( which I’d have thought wasn’t good whatever the food) the coating on peanuts could cause specific damage.
This was several years ago so not sure if it’s current thinking but I wouldn’t give peanuts to a small child, lots of other things they can eat.