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After your toddler gives up their pureed baby food, they are going to have more grown up textures. With a rapidly increasing compliment of teeth, they are ready to enter a whole new world of eating experiences. Even at this time there is still some food that should remain off limits to your toddler because they can be choking hazards.

There may be several factors combined to make your toddler more subject to choking on food than older children and adults. Even once they have a full set of teeth, their chewing and swallowing are still immature; they are also very likely to gulp food when they are eager to get back to playing. Sometimes they are inclined to eat while they are running.

The first thing to avoid is power struggles. Instead, address only those issues that truly are important to you. When you offer choices you can set limits and still allow your child some independence. Try to make a game out of good behavior. The child may be more likely to do what you want if you make it fun. Parents should also try to plan ahead. If you know that certain things will set them off, remind them before hand what behavior is acceptable and what the consequences will be if they do not follow proper behavior. Always praise good behavior. Praise them whenever your child remembers to follow the rules.

You can further reduce the risk of choking by insisting that your toddler eat sitting down. Eating while running and even walking, playing, lying down, or semi-reclining, can present a choking hazard. Since almost any food, including breads and pastas, can cause choking; all toddlers should be supervised while eating. You should prohibit your toddler from eating any food that can be choked on while in the car, especially if there isn’t aa adult present, other than the driver, who could possibly handle a choking incident. You should be extra cautious when you have applied teething gel to numb the gums. Until the anesthetic effects wear off, your child will not be able to chew normally: so only soft foods should be offered. You also need to discourage talking or laughing with their mouth full. This rule will be easier to enforce if everyone in the family follows it.

To be perfectly blunt, this is hooey, and in my opinion has far more to do with parental preferences than it does with sound scientific theory. Simply put, this “method” requires little or no preparation and easily fits into busy lifestyles. Why? Because parents aren’t doing anything! Yes, they may introduce their children to the potty, but that’s about it.

Sometimes it is not always easy to think of logical consequences, especially in the heat of the moment. You can try withholding privileges. Never take away anything they truly need like a meal. Think of something they really like and follow through.

Then there are time-outs. This should be used as a last resort. They are good if you need to break the action such as hitting a sibling. Choose a good time-out spot that is boring with no distractions. A good rule of thumb is your child time in time-out can equal their age. If your child does not go there willingly then carry them there. If they do not stay then stand behind them and gently but firmly hold them by the shoulders or hold them in your lap and explain to them that they are having a time-out. Once they are sitting quietly set the timer, if they start fussing then restart the timer. When the time is up, help them find a positive activity. If you need to discuss the behavior wait a few minutes before doing so.