I just bumped into a friend who I haven't seen since before the Summer holidays. She has a ds the same age as ds2 - almost 3. Over the summer he choked on a grape (was wolfing them down, like they do). She tried everything to shift it and, realising it wasn't budging, called an ambulance - he was turning blue and almost unconscious by the time it came. He's fine now - but I thought I would pass on the warning.
She asked me "do you cut grapes in half?" and - smug Mum that I am - I said yes. I always do: I read somewhere that grapes and cherry tomatoes are a choking hazard. But I reckon if she didn't know - then it's worth passing on.
Did cross my mind that if one was to pinch grapes in a supermarket one should carry a knife in order to cut them in half first - and that could be construed as going with intent to steal But we won't go there again, eh?