Preventing choking in car

[VillainV]

Oct 4, 2015 22:28:50 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Is my kid the only one who would squirt the pouch all over the backseat? Pouches are the absolute last thing he gets in the car.

I won't say never, but, to date, I haven't given R snacks in the car while we're driving. I will hold out as long as possible to save the mess.

We had a major pouch explosion in the car. Peaches EVERYWHERE. Ceiling, rear view mirror, dashboard, I'm still finding clumps of dried peaches. Never again. He only gets pouches in the car when someone is back there with him to closely supervise.

Cracker crumbs are way easier to clean than peaches.

Am I the only one who thinks that it's more likely a child will choke if they try to talk while eating? I don't get trying to keep your kid talking while they eat....

[pinotgrig]

G gets a cracker after he lets me buckle him in. Unless someone's back there with him, we don't let him eat. Partly because of the choking risk and partly because of the mess. I'm still finding pouch spatter after I tried to let him eat that on his own a month or so ago. I was back there with him but took my eye off him and he squeezed it. :/

[jeaniebueller]

For me with eating and RFing, it's not about the choking as much as the distraction trying to see if he is choking. It's much easier once they are FF and you can just quickly turn and look. Ds eats in the car all the time. It's unavoidable between weekend trips, evening activities, the drive to school, etc.

[thebreakfastclub]

My son RF to 2nd grade. He ate a medium rare steak in the car last night.

[timorousbeastie]

Oct 4, 2015 22:28:50 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Is my kid the only one who would squirt the pouch all over the backseat? Pouches are the absolute last thing he gets in the car.

I won't say never, but, to date, I haven't given R snacks in the car while we're driving. I will hold out as long as possible to save the mess.

Thank you for saying this! I was reading this whole thread thinking, pouches? Really? Nononono! I use the choomee (or however you spell that) caps on them, and even that isn't effective enough to trust DD with a pouch in the car. She can still either shake the pouch enough to still spray a bunch out, or use her teeth to pry the cap off then shake the pouch everywhere. (She has done both before, but luckily just in her high chair, not the car).

I'll stick with goldfish. Much easier cleanup than a pouch.

[shelbyann]

DD eats in the car all the time. We have a mirror. Usually crackers or cereal or other things that clean up easily (and are lesser choking hazards I guess too).

I am honestly surprised that so many of these responses are anti car snacking. I thought this was a totally normal thing.

[jeaniebueller]

Oct 5, 2015 5:40:49 GMT -5 thebreakfastclub said:

My son RF to 2nd grade. He ate a medium rare steak in the car last night.

You have no idea how long I just spent trying to find an image of a kid eating a steak or lobster in a car seat.

[kershnic]

Oct 4, 2015 21:56:34 GMT -5 @fivedogs said:

Oct 4, 2015 21:12:02 GMT -5 kershnic said:

To be fair, my kids are probably in the car less often than many kids. DW usually picks them up from daycare on foot. But we do road trip often. I guess I get it, but it's just something I've never let be a possibility.

Not to be "just you wait", but mine didn't eat much or any in the car at 18 months old either.  I don't think we started with DD1 until around 3 (when I started picking her up before snack was served and DD2 was a newborn and everything took longer), but DD2 is the typical younger child in terms of screentime, sugar, and car food.  When I picked DD1 up at 5 and we went straight home, there was no need for a snack.  It's totally possible to not do food in the car, and I know people who have stuck with that policy for 5+ years, but never is a long day. 

Oh, I know better than to say it will never happen. Just that it never has in the past. I am laughing at myself because I honestly had not considered that people might think of car snacking as a normal activity for toddlers. (Mind you I snack on all road trips, but use the excuse that they keep me awake!)