Tiny Magnets Can Cause Kids Big Trouble

[browngirl]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/08/210200382/swallowing-tiny-magnets-can-lead-to-big-trouble-for-kids?utm_source=npr&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_campaign=20130809

Both by direct swallowing and by using as imitation body piercings.

If I get around to drawing magnets again I will have to rejigger the magnets I use and the way I attach them to the substrate.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

For the record, none of the magnets that you have sent me have ever come unstuck from their substrates.

[boosette.livejournal.com]

Likewise with mine; still fridge-stuck.

[spacefem.livejournal.com]

Buckyballs looked like so much fun though. Darn crazy kids ruining it for all of us.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*nod* I'm talking about fridge magnets: I used to draw pictures on shrink plastic and glue tiny magnets to the back. Thanks for telling me about alternative magnets!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you -- that's useful info.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you for telling me, bb.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Little children. So troublesome. SO cute.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[guruwench.livejournal.com]

Mine is also still stuck.

[anodyna.livejournal.com]

My magnets did come unstuck! I have them tucked in a drawer but since bb is coming in a couple of weeks I may forego regluing them and just swap them out for flat magnet sheets (I have a supply lying around in a drawer) because of the safety issues. (It will be a while before the baby is able to root around and find magnets but I don't want to forget.)

PS Hugs to you!