I’ve been asked a few times what my absolute must is as a parent. I’ve told people it’s my Baby Brezza, my strap on carrier, or my diaper pail. Today I realized it’s none of those things. It’s my Dechoker

This morning, Decker was crawling back and forth from me to Matt, both of us keeping a good eye on him. Afterwards, I put him in the high chair so I could start making breakfast. We realized his eyes were watering and he seemed like he was struggling with something. After checking his mouth and seeing nothing was in there, but seeing he was still struggling, I grabbed the DeChoker.

After using it, I pulled chunks of WOOD out of my son’s mouth. WOOD!!!! Somehow crawling between us, Decker found wood and shoved it in his mouth.

We like to think that we’re all perfect parents and that nothing will ever happen to our children because we watch them closely. But y’all, children are CRAZY!! Stuff happens! I shudder to think what would have happened to Decker’s esophagus, intestines, or stomach had he gotten that wood down.

So my absolute must as a parent? DeChoker! You NEVER know when you’ll need it, and it’s better to have it laying around than to wish you had bought it if (god forbid) you ever need it!

- Hayden Y.