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ginonthebus · 2023-12-15T23:21:41+00:00

DS (18 months) has returned from nursery this evening with a cake he's 'made'. Was slightly concerned to see that it's decorated with a full size marshmallow on top. His nursery are usually brilliant with safety etc, but aren't these a major choking hazard? Can't tell if I'm being a bit PFB about this or if it's worth saying something to nursery. DH thinks we'll be 'those parents' if we do...

TheShellBeach · 18/12/2023 14:15

brunettemic · 18/12/2023 13:47

Unless I’m missing something…he’s not eaten it so I don’t get the issue.

It was made at the nursery, where toddlers could easily have snaffled a marshmallow and choked.

jannier · 18/12/2023 14:22

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 13:30

No one is embarrassed 🤣🤣
nor defensive 🤣🤣🤣
when I had my children half of the nonsense that’s around now wasn’t even though of!
we used to be able to eat ice cream, pate, seafood, and all the other things that they now longer advise you to eat!!

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Where have you seen these as choke hazards? When I was a child it was butter on burns, play around rivers unsupervised and take your 3 year old to the rec with you....I didn't die but plenty got injured as the return from every school holiday showed you.

brunettemic · 18/12/2023 14:26

TheShellBeach · 18/12/2023 14:15

It was made at the nursery, where toddlers could easily have snaffled a marshmallow and choked.

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Right, presumably under supervision. There’s all manner of things in a nursery a child can choke on, I still don’t see the point.

fairymary87 · 18/12/2023 14:29

I'd complain that's scary!!!

PastelHouses · 18/12/2023 14:31

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nearlyemptynes · 18/12/2023 14:51

PFB - we better warn everyone that Guides and Scouts are putting all the children at risk with their campfires, actually why are we allowing them to have fires?

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 15:05

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Let me go and speak to my grandchild’s dietitian and their team from SALT, and tell them that they were in the wrong by saving my grandchild’s life by advising us to feed marshmallows as it was the only thing at the time that they could get my grandchild to eat and see what they say!!!!

Tiredalwaystired · 18/12/2023 15:08

How on earth has the human race kept going since marshmallows as we know them were created in the 1800s?

Just take the damn thing off and chop it up.

Yes, it had the potential to be a choking hazard if eaten unsupervised on site but it wasn’t. It was, for all intents and purposes, made as a craft activity. I used to make dried pasta necklaces covered in paint when I was at nursery. I’m sure they were more toxic and dangerous.

This just feels like yet another way for parents to look for ways to demonise childcare providers - it all seems a way to make the parents feel superior.

Blondeshavemorefun · 18/12/2023 15:22

So @ginonthebus did you say something to nursery

Dutchesss · 18/12/2023 15:31

It makes me laugh when people use the reasoning "we always used to do that" as a good reason to do something.
By that logic we should still send children up chimneys and give them a packet of cigarettes.

We learn, we advance - otherwise we'd still be cavemen.

PastelHouses · 18/12/2023 15:33

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Calliopespa · 18/12/2023 15:55

There is ultimately always a risk having toddlers interacting with anything because they are wildly unpredictable. Some posters have indicated the tiny hot choc marshmallows are fine but I know someone whose toddler got one stuck up their nose and had to go to a and e as he couldn’t breathe properly. But on balance the nursery should nonetheless rule out the better known risks. It’s just a question of whether OP takes it upon herself to be the one to pull them up, given her DH favours not going above the parapet on it. I see where he is coming from and think he has a valid point, but also imagine how you’d feel, OP, if they do it again and there’s a problem.

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 16:27

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What???
This is not made up!
have you ever had dealings with these? Were you at the appointments? NO!!

ShittingPeugeot · 18/12/2023 16:58

@Bertiesmum3

You look crazy.

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 17:20

ShittingPeugeot · 18/12/2023 16:58

@Bertiesmum3

You look crazy.

🤣🤣🤣🤣
really?!?
When you can’t even see me 🤣🤣🤣

GnusSitOnCanoes · 18/12/2023 17:36

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 16:27

What???
This is not made up!
have you ever had dealings with these? Were you at the appointments? NO!!

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Of course it’s made up. You’re being ridiculous.

When there is clear guidance that marshmallows are a recognized choking hazard for young children, yet you still choose to feed them to your grandchildren - and also defend this - you’re choosing ignorance over their safety. (As are your children; their parents. But they learned it from you.)

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 20:04

GnusSitOnCanoes · 18/12/2023 17:36

Of course it’s made up. You’re being ridiculous.

When there is clear guidance that marshmallows are a recognized choking hazard for young children, yet you still choose to feed them to your grandchildren - and also defend this - you’re choosing ignorance over their safety. (As are your children; their parents. But they learned it from you.)

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You’re another one that just reads what they want to 🤣🤣👍🏻

Margo34 · 19/12/2023 08:37

Bertiesmum3 · 18/12/2023 15:05

Let me go and speak to my grandchild’s dietitian and their team from SALT, and tell them that they were in the wrong by saving my grandchild’s life by advising us to feed marshmallows as it was the only thing at the time that they could get my grandchild to eat and see what they say!!!!

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I can see you've been updated on current safety knowledge around marshmallows. I couldn't see that you understood why marshmallows are a choking risk. It's because they can be aspirated, that is - breathed in, which would block the airway and cause choking. Adults can (and have) choke on them just the same. It has nothing to do with how good your child is at biting or chewing or how many teeth they have. Just wanted to help clear that up for you.

It also sounds like your grandchild needs a new dietitian and S&L team around them or at least review their credentials!

Bertiesmum3 · 19/12/2023 18:09

Margo34 · 19/12/2023 08:37

I can see you've been updated on current safety knowledge around marshmallows. I couldn't see that you understood why marshmallows are a choking risk. It's because they can be aspirated, that is - breathed in, which would block the airway and cause choking. Adults can (and have) choke on them just the same. It has nothing to do with how good your child is at biting or chewing or how many teeth they have. Just wanted to help clear that up for you.

It also sounds like your grandchild needs a new dietitian and S&L team around them or at least review their credentials!

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This was years ago
thankfully, my grandchild came out the other side and survived, thrived once he was allowed to eat and the feeding tube was eventually removed