Cutting grapes in half

[devotchka]

Are you guys still doing this? Max seems to be fine w/ chomping on them enough to not choke - do I still need to cut them though?

[teamhayes]

I still cut

[sunshineluv]

I still cut

[Deleted]

Still cut in half.

[laurack]

Yes I cut them! My h gave her a whole grape the other day and said she is fine with them now, look she chews it. Nooooo it only takes one Unchewed grape!

[katfco]

I still cut, not only to prevent choking but also to get him to eat slower. He inhales them!

[Deleted]

Depends if I know he will sit down and not get up then whole but if we're out and about like at the park then I try to cut them. He actually reminds me to cut them

[nls0412]

Still cut. I could probably stop, but it's habit now. I did it for my 6 year old niece today without even thinking twice.

[Deleted]

Lol. These posts today are making me feel disturbingly breezy.

No. I don't cut.

[TrudyCampbell]

I still cut them.

Violet legitimately choked last week on a piece of pizza, which isn't even a "scary" food. It was so awful and terrifying and she was so, so scared and upset by it. I have now taken 1 million steps backwards when it comes to trusting food.

[eav2c]

Mar 19, 2014 16:03:23 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Still cutting, in quarters usually. I will probably keep doing this as long as I'm the one prepping her food.

eta: I might move to halving at some point, though. lol. I halve the smaller ones.

Yep, same here. I am not ready for halving it yet. Especially since O will be mobile soon and food+toddlers=everywhere!

[devotchka]

Mar 19, 2014 16:06:20 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

Lol. These posts today are making me feel disturbingly breezy.

No. I don't cut.

LOL... Thank you. I was starting to feel like an axe murderer  

[devotchka]

Mar 19, 2014 16:06:28 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

I still cut them.

Violet legitimately choked last week on a piece of pizza, which isn't even a "scary" food. It was so awful and terrifying and she was so, so scared and upset by it. I have now taken 1 million steps backwards when it comes to trusting food.

oh no that is scary!!! sorry!

[thedahliharpa]

No stairs, no locker rooms, no public restrooms and NO WHOLE GRAPES!

[muppetinma]

I don't cut. Small or big grapes, he eats them all whole.

He's going through a phase now where he wants to eat everything whole, or at least in bigger pieces. If I cut something up too small, he won't eat it.

[thedahliharpa]

I rarely cut the grapes. I eat them with her and bite half for myself like a mother bird.

[devotchka]

Mar 19, 2014 16:08:52 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

I choked on a grape when I was a toddler, so I am especially paranoid about them. Although as I'm sure everyone knows by now, I'm pretty worried about choking in general. It's a real phobia!

oof i didn't know you did! that is scary. how old were you? ok now i am fucking cutting. 

[showdogz]

Mar 19, 2014 16:06:20 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

Lol. These posts today are making me feel disturbingly breezy.

No. I don't cut.

Yeah, we don't cut anymore either and I let my kid go on our uncarpeted stairs not always attended (though there are only 7 stairs in a row). 

[devotchka]

Mar 19, 2014 16:10:49 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I rarely cut the grapes. I eat them with her and bite half for myself like a mother bird.

are you alicia silverstone or something?  

[Deleted]

Mar 19, 2014 16:10:49 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I rarely cut the grapes. I eat them with her and bite half for myself like a mother bird.

That was the only way Thad got grapes till I stopped caring. I'm not getting a knife out for grapes. I will cut myself.

[thedahliharpa]

Mar 19, 2014 16:12:07 GMT -5 devotchka said:

Mar 19, 2014 16:10:49 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I rarely cut the grapes. I eat them with her and bite half for myself like a mother bird.

are you alicia silverstone or something?  

Lol, no regurgitating involved!!

[devotchka]

Mar 19, 2014 16:14:59 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Mar 19, 2014 16:11:49 GMT -5 devotchka said:

oof i didn't know you did! that is scary. how old were you? ok now i am fucking cutting. 

I guess 2 or 3. I kind of remember it, but not really the choking part, just where I was at the time and my eyes getting watery so the room was blurry. You know how really early memories are just flashes of things. I always wonder if that's where my fear of choking (which didn't really manifest itself until I was about 10) came from.

omg : ( hugs!

[jamaga2583]

Mar 19, 2014 16:06:20 GMT -5 @thadsrad said:

Lol. These posts today are making me feel disturbingly breezy.

No. I don't cut.

This is about where I'm at... We don't cut.

[kdrake8]

Mar 19, 2014 16:10:49 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I rarely cut the grapes. I eat them with her and bite half for myself like a mother bird.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this.

[ruby412]

Still cutting! No plans to stop.

TrudyCampbell, that is so scary. Ughhhh.

[Deleted]

Mar 19, 2014 16:10:49 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I rarely cut the grapes. I eat them with her and bite half for myself like a mother bird.

Haha I do too!

For lunch I usually cut still just because I'm cutting everything else but if she wants a quick snack I give her some whole but make sure to keep an eye on her

[JuliaGulia]

We still cut them in half or quarters if they are big grapes

[devonpow]

We have been giving whole grapes for a while, but I have always been more lax with that. I cut grapes until 2 with Henry and at his 2 year appointment my pedi told me I could stop if I wanted (I asked). She is pretty lax, too, I suppose. 

[imimahoney]

Yep, still cutting. He had a a whole one the other day I freaked out. Still makes me so nervous.

[fusion]

SS: they don't really like grapes . . .