So.. Paper straws are dangerous

[ilovemykids5]

My 18month daughter wanted a little carton of milkshake that I had just got from the supermarket and they now come with the stupid paper straws. She was in the pram as we was going home and she suddenly starts coughing and choking and then spits out half of the soggy paper straw. I'm all for saving the planet but they need to think of something else as these are no good.

Youngest siblings always have those things earlier, because they see the others having them. I don't think as a one off milkshake is a problem, but maybe the carton has a warning on it for under 3s?

I don't think Karen means what you think it means.

I don’t think any straw is great for an 18 month old. I think as a parent it’s your responsibility to keep your child safe. I’d rather paper straws than plastic that ends up in the ocean as micro plastics

Ahh OP, I was about to be sympathetic about some of the judgmental posts but then you went and used “Karen” as a slur.

OP: I gave my child an unsuitable drink in an unsuitable receptacle

MN: probs not the best idea

OP: you're all Karens.

What were you expecting @ilovemykids5 ?

@ilovemykids5

All of you Karen's kicking off about me giving a 18month old a milkshake. It was a one off as her older sisters (7 and 6) wanted one. Also she wasn't unsupervised either she was in the pram facing me.

If she was facing you then you should really have noticed she was chewing the straw enough to make it break into bits. 18 months is far too young for a straw. It’s such a choking hazard for a baby. Hope she’s ok and you too. It must have given you a scare.

My teen calls people Karen's...are you a teenager OP? For comparison my DD is 13 years old and even I tell her to grow up when she says 'stop being a Karen'
I am wondering if it is actually mutating to mean 'anybody who talks sense but disagrees'

At 18 months I wouldn't dream of giving a child a paper straw without me watching. Surely you would then notice it was going soggy? Especially as she was facing you.

Lesson learnt paper straws are no good for small children who don't know not to chew them. Bit sensationalist to declare them as dangerous. There are lots of things you wouldnt give to an 18 month old itbdoesnt mean they are dangerous in the right hands.

Are you just using Karen as an ageist insult OP or are you also adding class and race in it?

I don't think a milkshake is terrible and paper straws are a pain. Get some reusable ones.

But drop the misogynistic insults.

Oh dear OP. Oh dear.

The misogynistic insult you wanted is Karens not Karen's.

@ilovemykids5

All of you Karen's kicking off about me giving a 18month old a milkshake. It was a one off as her older sisters (7 and 6) wanted one. Also she wasn't unsupervised either she was in the pram facing me.

So you watched her drink it,chew it and then cough it. You were able to intervene immediately and nothing happened. What exactly is the problem then?

You weren’t supervising her very carefully then were you!

If she was facing you in the pram didn’t you notice that she was sucking on it to the point it was going soggy?

Yeah, don’t think this thread is going the way the OP expected 😂
But of course it’s fine to give something unsuitable to an 18 month old ‘just this once’ because her sisters were having one. Unfortunately ‘just once’ is all it takes sometimes

Jeez I think I'll go back to netmums where there less judgemental and stuck up.

@ilovemykids5 see you hun xx

How come, being so rude, how would you fit in netmums? As much as you hate to admit it... we are your kind

@ilovemykids5

Jeez I think I'll go back to netmums where there less judgemental and stuck up.

And probably no SPAG purists either

Try to not constantly insult people who reply to your cringey thread, and spell basic words correctly. Nutmums is better for people who just want ‘ur bubz ure rules hun lol x’ replies.

PP’s have been over the top. It’s not nice pointing out spelling and grammar mistakes (especially when not asked for) and a milkshake is hardly the end of the world for a toddler but everyone just had to keep piling on, why?!

Paper straws aren’t great but I think a toddler chewing on a plastic straw can also cause an injury. Maybe just take a spare sippy cup out with you in future to pour any drink you buy into that?

Jeez! What’s wrong with a milkshake? I’d love to meet these people IRL who's kids only ever drink water or milk and fall away in a dead faint at the thought of juice or fizz!

wow this thread has cracked me up!

OP no with the use of Karens. but yeah paper straws are a choking hazard for young children

@ChrissyPlummer

Jeez! What’s wrong with a milkshake? I’d love to meet these people IRL who's kids only ever drink water or milk and fall away in a dead faint at the thought of juice or fizz!

Nothing wrong with milkshake in of itself.

But giving a possibly, processed sugar/sweetener filled, artificially flavoured milkshake to a 18m old isn't ideal.

It would have been easy enough to buy them plain milk/distract etc