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Child Safety: Frugal Baby Choke Tester
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 |
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From the picture's description: This was obviously taken before people started suing sucker companies for choking their babies to death!
Every home should have a choke tester to check if toys and other objects are safe for baby play.
However, commercial choke testers can be complicated to find, expensive, and too small to be effective.
Did you know you already have a frugal baby choke tester in your home?
(No, I don't mean the baby...)
How about an empty toilet paper tube!?
Commercial choke testers are made to gov't. regulation size of 3.5 cm
(1 3/8") in diameter.
Your ordinary toilet paper tube is 4.5 cm
(1 6/8") in diameter.
However, the
Consumer Products Safety Commission in the U.S. has reported many deaths of babies and children who have choked on objects slightly larger than 3.5 cm
(1 3/8") in diameter.
Any toy or object in your home that fits inside this toilet paper tube can be a
choking hazard to your baby or child.
Thanks to Catherine for this Frugal Baby Tip!
Save Your Loved Ones From Choking! LifeVac is a patented life-saving device proven to be the most effective way to help a child or adult during a choking emergency.
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About Catherine: I have been writing my Frugal Baby Tips since 1982, when I was a young divorced mom of two - for my baby product company, Born to Love. I am now mom to three grown up sons, and a grandma - and happily married to a wonderful man. We have rescued two little dogs, Denny and Dexter - and a rescue cat, Bella.
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