HELP!! Dd (2yr) has just bitten a chunk out of an orange (satsuma or clementine) and eaten the bite: skin as well!!

[yousaidit]

... am i being a dithery mum? please tell me she won't have done herself any harm!!! she is absolutely fine (touch wood) .. i only noticed when i took the orange off her and noticed a big bite missing from it!!!!!

She'll be fine.

Completely harmless. Loads of things have peel in, from mincemeat to cakes and so on.

Wouldn't worry about it (though obv preferable if washed first)

she';ll be fine! there is nothing wrong with skin.

She'll be fine, after all lots of things have peel in them.

nothing to worry about at all

ach

as long as she's not choking she'll be fine

I'm sure I remember some research about the pith having magical antioxidant properties as well

LOL at everyone posting within the same minute

I like orange peel

She will be fine

I love chocolate covered orange peel.

Thankyou veryone! i had to go after post as dd and ds both getting v ratty so putthem to bed! then as i was putting them to bed thought that doesn't marmalade have skin in and use zest in cooking, so realised i'd had a daft moment!!

glad to see orange peel is popularthough! do you like how i specifiedthe type of orange in case one had much more poisonous skin than another orange? !!!!