You can safety proof all you want, but your child is guaranteed to surprise you with something you didn’t think of.
Zoe and I returned from the grocery store the other day and proceeded to put the food away. She just loves to help pull things out of the bags and take them over to the refrigerator. Of course she does this under complete supervision to prevent unnecessary food spills (as if there are necessary ones.) Plus the bags can be dangerous as well.
Somewhere along the way she found an avocado, which she loves, so I let her hold it. Once we were done, my wife needed a hand with a project she was working on, so I helped her out.
It took about 5 minutes to help out and when I turned around, we realized that Zoe had started eating the avocado. Like an apple. With the skin on.
From here we switched into panic mode, getting her to spit out the tough avocado skin that was in her mouth. She resisted, but we were able to get it out and avoid a choking incident. Of course after that she got to eat the part of the fruit that she was supposed to eat.
Now I just need to write the publishers of What To Expect The First Year and get them to add “unpeeled avocados” to their list of safety proofing hazards.
