{"id":4530,"date":"2013-05-02T21:09:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T20:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=4530"},"modified":"2023-11-04T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T08:22:11","slug":"choking_hazards_and_ferocious_toddlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/choking_hazards_and_ferocious_toddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Choking hazards and ferocious toddlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/helen\/blog\/images\/Marble_run_1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe oddest things turn out to have 3-year age limits because they are &ldquo;choking hazards due to small parts&rdquo;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Max-Liquidator-Eliminator-colors-vary\/dp\/B000H8D5N4\">Foam noodle water squirters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crayola.com\/products\/64-ct-pipsqueaks-skinnies-washable-markers-product\/\">Felt tip pens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lajbansson.se\/tunneltlt\">Play tents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blaelefant.se\/sv\/artiklar\/leksaksmat-grill-med-grillspett-i-tra-leksaker-matleksaker.html\">Toy barbecue set in wood and felt<\/a> (ours is slightly different but also has a 4-year age limit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have never hesitated about letting Adrian play with any of these since before he was even two. To me, these are great toddler toys. And marble runs, too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWell, I would not give marbles or felt tip pens to 6-month babies who still explore the world with their mouths. But surely two-year-olds are well past that stage? It makes me wonder what sort of kids these safety standards are based on.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd how are these toys even choking hazards? The caps on felt tip pens, yes. But noodle water guns? For them to become a choking risk, the kid would first have to tear off a piece. That&rsquo;s not going to happen easily in normal play. Does the average toddler behave like a wild animal, attacking everything with their teeth and claws?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oddest things turn out to have 3-year age limits because they are &ldquo;choking hazards due to small parts&rdquo;: Foam noodle water squirters Felt tip pens Play tents Toy barbecue set in wood and felt (ours is slightly different but also has a 4-year age limit) I have never hesitated about letting Adrian play with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[759],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life_with_kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4530"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18092,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530\/revisions\/18092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}