Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 20:10     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
Anonymous wrote: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.


+1 same goes for grapes, etc.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 20:09     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
I cut them for myself and I'm 40. Pits are a PITA.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 20:06     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My friend made fun of me for cutting them for my 2.5 year old . I'm wondering if I'm helicoptering.


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.


+1. Choking is terrifying and avoidable. You are being a responsible parent. Ignore the friend and keep cutting.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 19:14     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
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
Post 07/25/2016 18:54     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
Anonymous wrote:My friend made fun of me for cutting them for my 2.5 year old . I'm wondering if I'm helicoptering.


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
Post 07/25/2016 18:51     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
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
Post 07/25/2016 18:43     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
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
Post 07/25/2016 18:41     Subject: Re:When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
We never cut them - we pit. My kids still periodically swallow a pit and they are 5 and 6.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 18:39     Subject: Re:When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
My kidi s 4 and I still cut them....I dont want her starting to spit them out at the table......
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 18:31     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
Yes it's the pits I'm worried about so I cut them. Never heard of a cherry pitter
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 18:28     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
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
Post 07/25/2016 18:25     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
I don't ever cut them, I use a cherry pitter.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 18:17     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
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
Post 07/25/2016 18:15     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
I would still cut them.
Anonymous
Post 07/25/2016 18:10     Subject: When did you stop cutting cherries for your kids?
My friend made fun of me for cutting them for my 2.5 year old . I'm wondering if I'm helicoptering.