to think this is an inappropriate thing for a 2 year old to play with of am I over reacting?

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My DS went to ILs yesterday with DH.

When they came home DS was saying something about a butterfly and DH said his mum has a bowl of glass beads with some glass animals in that she lets DS play with. I asked him if he was watching him and he said no as his mum and step dad were.

IMO, even if he is being watched, I don't think it is an appropriate thing to play with. My nan agreed but am I over reacting seeing as they were watching him?

I think it rather depends on the child.
Some will manage to cut themselves on a spoon, others are extremely careful.
In general though I would have no problem with this.

Now, the man I saw driving with his DS on his knee (sharing his seatbelt) while chatting on a mobile, him I have a problem with.

DS1 often brings things to me and tells me to "put that up there" - presumably so that he can't get it, cos it's dangerous LOL

Hmm, many replies. Yes DS is my 'PFB' and I make no appology for that. He is also constantly putting things in his mouth still, which I thought he would have outgrown now but he hasn't. Thats why I have more of a problem with what he way playing with.

And to the comment about the drip drip feed saying about GPs not on the ball . It wasn't a 'drip drip feed' I just forgot about it in my original post. I tend to forget that everyone doesn't actually know all the facts.

I'm not convinced though, even though there was only 1 person who agreed with me. Sorry.

So what was the point in posting then?

Because I wanted to know what others thought. I am genuinely surprised at the replies, especially when my nan agreed with me (without me saying I thought it was inappropriate first) and my nan used to have the button tin etc when I was younger. I played for hours with that thing. I was older than 2 though.

no is a stupid thing to play with I think, far more interesting things for a 2 year old to get into

Yay hana there are 3 of us now.

If these glass bits were Murano glass 'souvenirs' then they are pretty sturdy.

No I agree with you DP!

My mother had a big bowl of multicoloured glass pebbles. Well she had a few breakable thinkgs about the place but they were the most attractive to dc.

All my dc when they were small would home in on them like magnets. They really looked just like sweeties. I just wished she'd put them away, mainly because with three dc all very young at once it was hard to see who had nabbed one.

Having said that they all survived I suppose. But those little glass animals you mention are often very deicate. It wouldn't take much to snap one and cause a nasty cut.

I used to go into houses we'd be visiting and do a sweep of the room moving breakables and iffy stuff out of the way and up onto higher levels. I must have looked like some obsessive Feng Shui enthusiast arriving

WRT the OP I'd say YABU

WRT the kitchen scissors in the garden, my DDs have always been allowed scissors. Dd2 is just 2 and can follow a line etc etc etc. They are also allowed to use my kitchen scissors if cutting card or flowers with me. BUT they would not be allowed to use them unsupervised in the garden, where I presume they are walking about? With large kitchen scissors? A fall with them would be nasty, and my very careful 4 year old still falls occasionally.

It very much depends on the child. I had an incident with dd1 at this age when we were walking outside. She suddenly started choking - no sound, terrified expression, mouth wide open. I slapped her back and an acorn shot out of her mouth. I'd been right by her side 'supervising' and it happened. She had a tendency to choke on things. DD2 put things in her mouth all the time but I don't remember her ever choking.

Personally, with three dcs I do keep marbles and things away from my toddler so it's not a pfb thing. It's just an awareness that choking can happen. Fishing marbles out of your child's mouth on a regular basis isn't particularly safe or sensible. There's a good chance a child could swallow or gulp at the wrong moment.

Totally unreasonable, but then again I probably live on the dangerous side. My DDs (nearly 2 and nearly 4) have a box of glass beads they play with all the time. I frequently find them in inappropriate places.