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Mum warns parents to cut up grapes after four-year-old daughter nearly dies eating a whole one


Cut grapes up before you give them to kids (Picture: Getty)

Laura Lou Chambers faced every parent’s worst nightmare when her daughter started to choke.

She’d given four-year-old Olivia a bowl of grapes and decided not to cut them up.

But Olivia got one stuck in her throat and was struggling to breathe.

Luckily she was ok but Laura wants to warn other parents to cut up grapes for their little ones.

Posting on Facebook, Laura said: ‘Last night Olivia nearly died.

‘And it was my fault.

‘I made her and Oscar a snack, handful of grapes and some dried cereal.

‘It was the first time since hearing about that poor child who died chocking on a grape that I didn’t cut them in half.

‘I figured- she’s almost 5, she isn’t the kind of kid to shovel food and choke, and I was rushing to finish cleaning the house.’

Laura said the kids went upstairs while she continued hoovering but when she switched it off, she heard Olivia struggling at the top of the stairs.

The post continued: ‘I knew in an instant what had happened. I ran to her. She couldn’t breathe.

‘She had gone to chew a grape and it had shot to the back of her throat, gone down and got wedged.

‘I turned her over and hit her as hard as I could between the shoulder blades and still nothing. She was looking me dead in the eyes and her lips turned blue as she couldn’t breathe.at.all.

‘Jamie finally managed to perform some manoeuvre on her that sent this grape pictured flying across the room.

‘I lay here now watching her sleep I’ve cried most the night & my heart hurts as I look at her chest where there are still nail indentations from where she clawed at her throat for air.’

Laura posted the story on Facebook to warn other parents of the dangers and to remind them to cut grapes and similar foods up so children don’t choke.

‘PLEASE let this be a reminder to all the parents out there – my life nearly changed forever last night all because of my carelessness,’ she said.

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