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saved4always 12:22 PM 02-05-2013
I would definitely cut them for a 4 year old. Of course, I am super duper aftraid of children choking in my care. My daughter is 10 yo (almost 11) and, if the grapes I buy are "huge", I still cut them for her because of my extreme nervousness about choking. I know. I am a freak. So I may not be the best judge of whether a 4 yo actually "needs" the grapes cut up.

I am so paranoid with my dd because, when she was 2 or 3, she ate a fruit roll up all at once when I was not paying enough attention. It got balled up in her throat and she was choking. I called 911 because I was so scared. I was able to sweep it out of her throat with my finger before the paramedics arrived, but that terrified me. Ever since then, chokable foods make me so nervous.