The Best (and scariest?) Toy

I have one of these on my desk at work. Actually, a whole bunch of them, 'cause I keep adding to my collection. It's become very popular with my coworkers - we try to outdo each other's creations. Believe me, it's oodles of fun building pyramids and whatnot.

We got a small set for Zack a while back, but you really need a larger set to get into it, so he laid it aside and never really created anything stupendous. Also, I'm not so sure I want them playing with these until the twins get older. 'Cause if a young babe were to swallow more than one magnet, it could really mess up the internals.

One magnet swallowed could maybe pass right on through the digestive tract. But when two magnets are swallowed, one might go around a bend in the intestines just ahead of the other one, and then clack - they stick together, pinching the intestines at the bend. Over time the two magnets, stuck together in the gut, can actually rub a whole through the intestines, causing all manner of complications.

And the twins aren't quite talking well enough to say something like, "Mother dear, pardon me but it seems as though those two magnets I swallowed last week are rubbing a whole through my duodenum."

So nope, no little Magnetix magnet balls rolling around the house just yet, thank you very much!