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If we could calculate the total hours we’ve spent carefully cutting our kids’ grapes into quarters, the sum would probably add up to a depressing chunk of our lives. But despite the tedium of the task, it’s definitely necessary. Food is the most common choking hazard among kids, because their tiny airways — “[A]bout equal to the diameter of their little pinky,” says Hansa Bhargava, MD, senior medical officer at WebMD — can’t handle even foods that seem small and easy to swallow.
But toddler moms, rejoice! Because a product exists that’s going to simplify your life so much — one of those things you didn’t even know you needed, and yet once you have it, you wouldn’t want to go without it.
First making the rounds in 2020 on TikTok, this handy little gadget is trending again, and for good reason: it’s brilliant. The OXO Tot Grape Cutter quarters grapes (and other foods!) in a snap, freeing parents’ time up for, well, things that are more fun than cutting up grapes.
When your kids get older and don’t need their stuff cut up any more, you can still use the OXO Tot Grape Cutter to cut down prep time on salads (or, you know, whatever else you’re putting grapes or tomatoes or olives in).
Something that will simplify our daily life, that we can use for years to come, at this price point? Sign us up!
