1.8 Inhaling nuts, raisins, and raw fruits and vegetables
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This article is from the Solid Food for Infants FAQ, by David M. Poduska poduska@cis.ohio-state.edu with numerous contributions by others.
1.8 Inhaling nuts, raisins, and raw fruits and vegetables
From: larrabee@cse.ucsc.edu (Tracy Larrabee)
My daycare people told me that their pediatric consultant gave a
presentation to a local daycare seminar and talked about the problem
in inhaling nuts, raisins, and raw fruits and vegetables. They said
the doctor was about in tears as she talked about how important it was
not to give small children small, hard, inhalable pieces of food.
They gave me a time cutoff, and all I registered at the time was that
it would be when he was well into the toddler room--so I would guess
sometime after 2 years old.
They said cooked raisins or fruits or vegetables are fine, but things
easily inhaled can be dangerous. Note that an inhalation hazard is
different than a choking hazard.
--
Tracy Larrabee larrabee@cse.ucsc.edu
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