Panicky Rhino here, I think it would be nice for Gecko to have grapes, can she???

[TrinityRhino]

Gecko has eaten chilli, curry, chinese noodles, fuit of lotsof kkinds, veg of all sorts,
she feeds herself, lasagne, spag bol, tatties and veg, tons of things
I am very happy with her range of food she has tried but I'm completely panicking about grapes
dd2 loves as do I and I reckon gecko qwould too btu I've never let her have one

can I?
she is 13 months, she rarely gags on anything she eats now

do I peel them or quarter them or just ha;ve them or is she too young
Is it the shape thast the choking hazard? I.e very round or the skin being weird?

pretty please help me

I would quater them and then give them to her.

It's the size and the fact that they are soft that make them a choking hazerd; they are the perfect size to get stuck in the windpipe and because they are soft they can totally occlude the windpipe. Once stuck, very hard to get out.

cut them up and she should be fine, mine had them at this age just cut up.

They're fine. Just make sure you've paid for them first

its the roundness and the size - I couldn't be arsed cutting them up - I just used to bit them into a mulched shape (and eat half)!

Has she got teeth?

If she's got teeth then by all means give her a grape!

thanks guys
I just quarted a couple (taking it slow ) and she wolfed them down and pointed for more
I've done a few more and she seems fine
thanks everyone

Don't forget that they come out looking much the same as when they went in...

Sorry is this a real gecko or a pet name for a child?

I have odd visions of a rhino feeding grapes to a pet gecko

hi rhubarb
she has 8 teeth now
but I'm still RELLY paranoid
how are you doing??
we ever going to see you again?

lol CD

Give her a grape!

I'm off today with ds and going round to whack dd's swimming teacher later on.

Come round one weekend!

countess I'm shocked that you need to ask

its my little 3rd girl
shes as cute as a gecko

p.s I think geckos are really very, veryt cute btw

oooh thast your thread is it
I haven't gone on to it yet, I saw it as I was starting this one

sorry TR!

TR glad she enjoyed them. I give dd2 them all the time and just cut them in half..well cut in half a vat load and all 3 help themselves.

it's the roundness and the texture of the skin that's the issue, that's why you're supposed to half grapes until kids are 5.

i halve them

advice is to quarter them

went on a paeds emergency first aid course - yikes anyone wjo heard the tales of choking would cut their kids grapes up too

If halving cut them lengthways.......
I'd quarter them though....

I bite them in half, too, kewcumber...

TR - I am as paranoid as you are. I am STILL halving mine for DS1 and he is 3!

I've been a bit slack halving them for ds2 (19 motnhs) until the other day he was helping me unpack the shopping and I hadn't realised he had found the grapes. Luckily I turned round and there he was eyes bulging, choking, completely silently! I whacked him on the back and he was violently sick all over my shooping!

So now I make sure I cut them in half lengthways.

oh god, wallace, how AWFUL. thank goodness he was okay.

Luckily it happened so quickly I didn't have time to panic.

And this is a boy who hardly ever gagged when he started weaning and can cope with literally () any food thrown at him. I think the problem was he loves grapes so much that he couldn't believe his luck to find a whole bunch!

even if dd gets a whole grape (like if we're out and i don't want to look like a precious twat) i try to impress upon her the importance of bursting it before it goes into her mouth. my heart does stop when i see kids throwing grapes into their wee gobs.