Would you let a 2 year old take a 5p coin to bed?

[Kathyis6incheshigh]

I'm thinking not, because it's a choking hazard. I'm not being paranoid, am I?

(Am obsessed with choking hazards.... am I also right to not let my one year old play with silver foil for the same reason?)

Thanks!

I wouldn't let my 2 yeard old take a 5p to bed and I also wouldn't let my 1 year old play with silver foil
But maybe we are both far too paranoid

I wouldn't do either of those things either. Not paranoid IMO.

Lol - ds2 is fascinated by money (have found quite a bit in his pockets

I usually have to prise it out of his fingers, while distracting him with a story

But no, def would not let him keep it with him in bed

No. Dd is still a fiend for putting little choky things in her mouth at four and despite knowing why it's dangerous.
5p/2 year old - not paranoid.
But I bet it is love...it was twigs with ds so messy rather than hazardous

no, not paranoid kathy very sensible i say
and silver foil i'd be careful
ds stuck silver foil from wrapped biscuit up his nose recently (on the way to a&e it came down thank the lord)
he's a dedicated nose picker

you are right to be vigilant on these things

OK, what about a 2p or a 10p or a 50p?
(Am thinking maybe I can replace it with one too big to fit if she remembers it tonight.)

LOL @ foil up the nose.

5p is too small - even if didn't choke kids do swallow small coins.

Would some large 'play' money suffice? or are you going to have to replace 5p with £2?!

No, not paranoid.

I have a piggybank for ds and if he finds a coin we put it in that - great way of doing it so that I don't have to 'prise' it out of his fingers. Piggy bank kept out of the way, and not easy to open either!

£2 coin. Look, silver and gold

no, i swallowed a coin when i was 4 and very nearly chocked to death as it got stuck. my mum saved my life

Fab idea about piggybank Mistlethrush - I think she would go for that!

£2 coins are very appealing.

thanks all.

No.

Why on earth would you let a child take money to bed? What is wrong with a teddy?

No. You have to think about the worst case scenario with someone that small.

If you think there is a small chance that a toddler will do something silly - then a few minutes of crying/complaining is worth it.

Oh dear...I've let DD go to bed with a 20p before. Would probably have let her have a 5p if she'd wanted it. She doesn't ever put them in her mouth though...just clutches them in her sweaty little palm.

No, 5p far too small.

LOL Nab3 - you'll have to ask her that.
It was not my idea.....

i wouldnt do either of those things. its not being paranoid, its being sensible.

Why on earth would you have to even ask about that? No No No!!!!

DS is also facinated by money. He doesn't put it in his mouth but I still wouldn't allow him to take coins in to bed.

no never ever ever ,good idea about piggybank though

I wouldnt let my 6 year olds take any money to bed !!

Yuk never mind the choking hazard, the dirt of money, you wouldn't know where it had been previously.