When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
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Anonymous
| My friend made fun of me for cutting them for my 2.5 year old . I'm wondering if I'm helicoptering. |
Anonymous
| I would still cut them. |
Anonymous
| My 3.25 year old can now manage to spit out pits, but it makes me nervous, so if I'm not up for close supervision, I still pit them. IDK, I am someone who gives her, like, knives and stuff, but choking makes me nervous. |
Anonymous
| I don't ever cut them, I use a cherry pitter. |
Anonymous
| If it's pits you're worried about, I stopped around 3.5. Then I started again, because even at 6 he looks like a vampire after cherries with pits. I also use a cherry pitter that does 4 at a time. |
Anonymous
| Yes it's the pits I'm worried about so I cut them. Never heard of a cherry pitter |
Anonymous
| My kidi s 4 and I still cut them....I dont want her starting to spit them out at the table...... |
Anonymous
| We never cut them - we pit. My kids still periodically swallow a pit and they are 5 and 6. |
Anonymous
| My kids are 8 and 9 - we still pit. Swallowing is a concern but also biting down hard on a pit. My friend's kid did this and broke his tooth! |
Anonymous
| I cut them for my 5yo because I don't have a pitter. She won't eat them otherwise but loves them and it's not really very hard. |
Anonymous
You are not helicoptering. Do you know how many children choke on foods such as grapes, hotdogs, cherries etc a year? Keep cutting, ignore your friend. |
Anonymous
| Cutting spherical, airway-sized food for a 2 year old is not helicoptering. It's a recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics based on the large number of preventable, and sometimes fatal, choking episodes in this age group. |
Anonymous
+1. Choking is terrifying and avoidable. You are being a responsible parent. Ignore the friend and keep cutting. |
Anonymous
| I cut them for myself and I'm 40. Pits are a PITA. |
Anonymous
+1 same goes for grapes, etc. |