Today when I collected my 10mo DS from nursery, he was sat on the knee of a nursery nurse looking a bit red-faced and upset, with his old blankey from his box (obviously they had been trying to comfort him, he doesn't usually have his blankey) nursery nurse says hes been fine all day though.
I picked him up and he starts coughing a little bit. He's had a bit of a cough recently so I thought it was just that, however, he goes red in the fac, eyes streaming. I said "It looks like he's choking on something!" and sat him down to pat his back hard. He coughs up a smallish iece of coloured foil and was sick at the same time.
Is it normal for babies to do things like that at nursery or should I be more worried/expect them to keep a closer eye on what he grabs/puts in his mouth? I can't work out if it's commonplace or not and if it can be avoided etc. He'd not just swallowed it that second either as I'd been with him nor was there any tinsel/foil around him.