1) Certain foods like hot dogs, nuts, popcorn, grapes and hard or small candies can cause choking in young children under age 4 as they do not understand the need to chew thoroughly. 2) To minimize choking risk, cut food into small pieces, avoid thick globs of food, check for large chunks, and supervise finger foods. 3) If choking occurs, perform back blows and chest compressions - stand behind the child, wrap arms around waist, place fist above belly button and give quick inward and upward thrusts until object is dislodged or they lose consciousness.

1. Food serving safety Safe eating behaviors
CHOKABLE FOODS TO AVOID
Chocking Prevention avoid talking when eating or drinking
It’s best to avoid the following foods in younger
children. Most children under the age of 4 don’t (Tell your toddler to chew or finish the
understand the need to chew thoroughly or to spit food in the mouth)
the item out. avoid waking when eating and
drinking
-Rounded, small, or slippery foods.
(Tell your toddler to have a sit, or sit
-Firm, but pliable, foods. Items like hot dogs,
we believe that our parents already with him or her)
sausages, and frozen banana pieces can conform to
avoid lying down when eating or
have gotten some choking preventing the shape of the throat and lodge there.
drinking
knowledge for their children. However, -Light, dry foods. Snacks such as popcorn,
(Tell your toddler to sit up, or avoid
tortilla chips, potato chips
Food is responsible for most incident having bed or sofa in the eating area.)
- Chewy, sticky foods.
and is the No. 1 choking hazard among -Stringy foods like celery or spaghetti may
Chocking first aid
children. also be hard for little ones to manage. Performing first aid for a choking child is very
TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF A BABY OR TODDLER similar to an adult. If the child does not clearly grab
their throat other danger signs for a child and an
CHOKING, FOLLOW THESE SAFE FEEDING TIPS: adult include:
-Be careful of big globs of food, such as golf ball-sized,
Inability to speak
pasty globs of white bread or spoonfuls of peanut butter.
Weak, ineffective coughing
Don't spread peanut butter too thick, and monitor how
Noisy breathing or high-pitched sounds while
quickly the bread gets packed into the mouth. The more inhaling

2. whole grains in a Difficulty breathing
bread, the less likely Bluish skin color
So we would like to keep reminding and it is to form a pasty Loss of consciousness if blockage is not cleared
glob.
review the main points and tips with 1. Stand behind the child and wrap your arms
-Check the chunks. around the child’s waist.
you all parents again. Once baby's molars 2. Make a fist with one hand. Place the thumb side of
your fist just above the child’s navel, well below the
appear (usually around the middle of the second year), breastbone.
chunky soft fruits (such as fruit cocktail-type size and 3. Grasp the fist with your hand.
texture) are safe. 4. Make quick, upward and inward thrusts with your
fists.
-Chop soft food into small pieces: sausages, large pieces of 5. Continue thrusts until the object is dislodged or
the child loses consciousness.
meat, gummy candy, caramels and so on.
If the child becomes unconscious, lower child to the
-Hold the hot-dogs. Since hotdogs are neither nutritious floor, call 911, and begin CPR. If you see the object
blocking the airway, try to remove it.
nor safe for baby, don't let your toddler bite chunks off a
hotdog, since a hotdog chunk is about the size of a baby's
windpipe.
-Allow toddlers finger foods only under supervision.
-Teach children to chew food adequately before
swallowing.
-Avoid hard foods and raw fruits and vegetables that snap
into hard chunks, such as carrot and celery sticks, firm
apples, nuts, popcorn, gum, hard candy, sunflower seeds,
orange seeds, cherry pits, and watermelon seeds. Peel and
slice grapes. Whole grapes can cause choking.