Just a quick warning - we had the night from hell last night with my 27 month old needing surgery under general anaesthetic to extract a 10 cent coin from his throat. It's routine surgery, but there is a tiny risk of mortality and waiting for him to come out was terrifying. It only took seconds for him to swallow it, and since he initially threw up another coin and then calmed down I thought he was fine until we discovered that he wouldn't eat.

Don't let your children play with your purse, or anything else that they could choke on.

Thanks for the warning. My nephew is 27 mths and always going thru my sisters bag and purse. Ill pass the info on to her.
How scary for you and your DS, I hope he is recovering well

Thankyou for the warning.

Guess I'm going to have to change my approach to teaching Em how to save. A couple of months ago, we started emptying my bag of any coins that were in there into those $2 shop money tins. Always under supervision, but as you said, it only takes seconds.

Will have to stop doing that

No, don't. Just make sure you are close enough that she never gets the chance to put them in her mouth.