tennis balls as baby toys
Jill Boyce
son Jimmy (14 months) entertained for quite a while this weekend: a
can of tennis balls. He would take the balls out, one by one. Then he would
put them back in. Sometimes he would use gravity to get them out, sometimes
he would just reach in. He would try putting the cap back on the can, and
take it off. And then, of course, came throwing the balls. (They bounce quite
nicely off of the kitchen floor and the coffee table and Daddy's head. )
Jill Boyce (mother to Jimmy, 14 months)
ji...@sol.asl.hitachi.com
Laura Floom
>I just wanted to suggest to everyone on the net a cheap toy that kept my
>son Jimmy (14 months) entertained for quite a while this weekend: a
>can of tennis balls. He would take the balls out, one by one. Then he would
>put them back in. Sometimes he would use gravity to get them out, sometimes
>he would just reach in. He would try putting the cap back on the can, and
>take it off. And then, of course, came throwing the balls. (They bounce quite
>nicely off of the kitchen floor and the coffee table and Daddy's head. )
Here is another idea - go to a sporting good store and buy practice golf balls.
They are the perfect size for little hands, and you can get a dozen or so
for a few bucks. They look like light weight golf balls, or tiny wiffle balls.
They were a big hit with Jeffrey when he was about 1 year old. Real Golf balls
were also a hit, but too dangerous if they get thrown or dropped.
Laura Floom
Paula Burch
lau...@beowulf.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom) writes:
>
> Here is another idea - go to a sporting good store and buy practice golf balls.
> They are the perfect size for little hands, and you can get a dozen or so
> for a few bucks. They look like light weight golf balls, or tiny wiffle balls.
> They were a big hit with Jeffrey when he was about 1 year old. Real Golf balls
> were also a hit, but too dangerous if they get thrown or dropped.
Matt found one of these while we were carrying Will around the
perimeter of the public golf course one day. Will loves it. I
worry that it's a choking hazard, because it seems small enough to
fit into his mouth. What do you think?
I just bought Will a wonderful high-bounce synthetic rubber ball.
The package says 'not recommended for children under three'. This one
*has* to be a case of not bothering to test it to see if it's safe--
it's two inches in diameter, far big to ever be a choking hazard,
and too tough to be bitten into a choking hazard. I think it has to
be safe. Anyone disagree? I want to hear about it if you do!
Paula Burch
pbu...@bcm.tmc.edu
Chris Himes
Burch) says:
>
>
>I just bought Will a wonderful high-bounce synthetic rubber ball.
>The package says 'not recommended for children under three'. This one
>*has* to be a case of not bothering to test it to see if it's safe--
>it's two inches in diameter, far big to ever be a choking hazard,
>and too tough to be bitten into a choking hazard. I think it has to
>be safe. Anyone disagree? I want to hear about it if you do!
>
Safe for Will, maybe, but how about you? Our son has quite an arm
and he is capable of beaning someone across the room. All "hard"
balls are banned in our house for that reason! His dad does have
dreams of raising a major league pitcher--the Cubs could use one!
Chris Himes--mom to Doug "Hurler" Himes, b. 9/17/91
Paula Burch
Chris Himes <CL...@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>
> ...how about you? Our son has quite an arm
> and he is capable of beaning someone across the room. All "hard"
> balls are banned in our house for that reason! His dad does have
> dreams of raising a major league pitcher--the Cubs could use one!
We're in big trouble, here. Matt has been amusing Will for months by
gently bouncing his beach ball or a sturdier (8") ball off of his head.
Will thinks this is great. I can only hope that when his capabilities
catch up, he'll aim at his daddy, and not me. I don't like even a beach
ball in the face. Or anything else. I've been very strict in abstaining
from any pie-ings that go on (yes, odd lifestyle) elsewhere, to avoid
getting cream pie in my own contact lenses or sinuses, for example. The
menace developing at home never even occurred to me.
Paula Burch
pbu...@bcm.tmc.edu
mad...@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
>
> lau...@beowulf.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom) writes:
> >
> > Here is another idea - go to a sporting good store and buy
> > practice golf balls.
>
> fit into his mouth. What do you think?
>
I recently read that nothing much bigger than a peanut will lodge in
the trachea, so a golf-ball-sized object sounds safe (as long as it
stays in one piece).
My mailer is pulling the old "too much included text" ploy, so I'll
just add that I'm also concerned about the safety of finishes on
objects a small child might mouth. I don't know how to tell whether
the paint on a napkin ring is safe to ingest, for example.
--
Heather Madrone
(mad...@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us or ..netcom!cruzio!madrone)
Jan Silbermann
>> I worry that it's a choking hazard, because it seems small enough to
>> fit into his mouth. What do you think?
>
>the trachea, so a golf-ball-sized object sounds safe (as long as it
>stays in one piece).
This can't be true- grapes and popcorn are also choking hazards abn they
are considerably bigger than a peanut.
Most toy stores sell plastic tubes that you can use to test if
objects are small enough to be choking hazards.
JAn
Dave Gavin
> I just bought Will a wonderful high-bounce synthetic rubber ball.
> The package says 'not recommended for children under three'. This one
> *has* to be a case of not bothering to test it to see if it's safe--
> it's two inches in diameter, far big to ever be a choking hazard,
> and too tough to be bitten into a choking hazard. I think it has to
> be safe. Anyone disagree? I want to hear about it if you do!
>
> Paula Burch
> pbu...@bcm.tmc.edu
were three if they bent over and bounced a ball (basketball usually)
the ball would come up and hit them in the face....super balls tend
to bounce erratically (sp?)
Lynn Stein
While it's unlikely that a golf ball will get lodged in the trachea (I
doubt one would fit, even in an adult), it's quite plausible that it
would get stuck in the mouth of a small child. This can still range
from scary to deadly, so I'd be careful.
I personally liked wiffle balls when my kids were little, and
cloth-covered foam balls (like nerf, but less likely to have the foam
break apart) when they were a bit bigger.
Lynn
Jennifer Brindle
>In article <20pmr9$n...@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>, pbu...@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) writes:
>> I worry that it's a choking hazard, because it seems small enough to
>> fit into his mouth. What do you think?
>
>the trachea, so a golf-ball-sized object sounds safe (as long as it
>stays in one piece).
Choking isn't the only hazard. A small object can get lodged in the
mouth (trust me, my eleven-month-old has already done so) and he
can't get it out. It may not be life-threatening, but he sure get
s scared and I'm sure it hurts.
Jennifer
Ephraim Vishniac
>While it's unlikely that a golf ball will get lodged in the trachea (I
>doubt one would fit, even in an adult), it's quite plausible that it
>would get stuck in the mouth of a small child. This can still range
>from scary to deadly, so I'd be careful.
You can get practice golf balls which are plastic, hollow, and
perforated. Even if your child gets one completely in his or her
mouth, they can breathe right through it.
We have a marble raceway from Playskool in which the "marbles" are the
size of golf balls. They're solid except for perforations which extend
all the way through. I'm sure this was done to reduce the choking
hazard. YMMV, but Jordan could get them in his mouth before he was a
year old.
--
Ephraim Vishniac Thinking Machines Corporation ...for by error of some
eph...@think.com 245 First Street calculator the vessel often
Cambridge, MA 02142 splits upon a rock that should
have reached a friendly pier...
jeff gilmour
Just a suggestion...watch out for jagged edges on the can since they are opened
with a beer can style tab. My son likes tennis balls too..:)
Rey Berin 3791
>son Jimmy (14 months) entertained for quite a while this weekend: a
>can of tennis balls.
>
I wouldn't recommend a can of tennis balls because of the sharp edge left
when the top is pulled off. If you want to give a child tennis balls then
then buy a brand called Tretorn(I think they still make them) that come
in a box. :)
Rey