hi fjolat, that was the very same article i heard about, some friends of mine were talking about it at an NCT meet-up so i googled Gill and we were off. coincidentally... i have a nineteen-month-old as well. Tink, I'm goiing to have to go back and look at my quotes again, i did notice that they were substantially altered but didn't see anything about choking. thing is, there's always a choking risk with, er, anything goiing into the mouth... it's whether you're prepared for it and ca handle it that's important. i mean, every parent in the country should have an infant resus course under their belt in my opinion. you never know what's going to happen in a swingpark with someone else's child... as i found out not so long age. turns out the heimlich manoeuvre ocmes pretty naturally in a crisis!