Whole grapes at children's birthday party

[LucyJones]

Right or wrong?
Opinions please!

why not?

But what if one of them chokes.... or the grapes will get squashed into the carpet

they should be cut?

how old are the children?

Wrong! They should be eating chocolate fingers.

children were 3

I thought wrong because in the paper a little girl died after choking on 3 grapes - grandma got 2 of them out but couldn't reach the third

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surely they would remain completely untouched at a party? They always do if there is junk food alternative.

aw come on cod - opinions needed

Oh god, I have 3 children and have never cut a grape...

cut or not at all
choking is my thing

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Chocolate fingers all the way. Cadbury's of course!

yes, and a child chocked to death at a school here on a meatball doesnt mean meatballs should be off school dinners though, does it? [puzzled]

cut up for me. Dcs love grapes but I'm a worrier. tbh adults choke to death on the most ridiculous things so unless you stop them eating at all there is always a risk, whatever they eat.

not saying grapes shouldn't have been served, just thought maybe cut up?
But then maybe it's just cos I read that horrendous story in the paper...

I'd cut them up
it is a serious choking hazzard esp at a party when kdis are runnign around and wolfing down food
imo

i still cut grapes up for my 2 year old but not my 5 year old

Wouldn't serve meatballs either.

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belgo - do you mean at a party or in general?

Would never have dreamt of cutting grapes for a three year old. Obviously a bad mother...

SIL, Earth Mother - only parent who makes me feel inadequate - definitely gave her two year old uncut grapes the other week. It's obviously endemic in our family.

why on earth would you NOT have grapes at a 3 year olds party?

people get run over / we cross roads
cars have crashes / we drive our kids around
people get bitten by dogs / we go to park
people drown / we go swimming and have naths

u cant wrap children up in cotton wool forever!

lol at belgo and the grapes squashed into the carpet

btw i have choked on a tomatoe

my sister has choked on a doughnut and toast
my mum on a sweet
and my uncle on ornage

therefore maybe tomotos, oranges sweets AND doughnuts should also be banned

Ive never cut up grapes either.Mine always bite them in half first anyway!