Freaking out. Apple seeds

[jadey_fae]

My 2 year old girl loves apples. Normally I chop them up for her avoiding the core etc. However my OH gave her her tea tonight whilst I washing up He let her eat the whole apple including the 5 seeds in it!
I know that apple seeds contain cyanide but a quick google said that an adult would have to eat alot to harm them but nothing about a toddler. Now I am freaking out.
Can anyone reassure me she wil be ok and this wont harm her? Sooooo scared. Thanks for reading.

 

[KayBea]

she will need to eat a whole load & im talking thousands in one go. xx

 

[qpaulina42]

she'll be fine. For one thing, the outer seed 'shell' not broken down by digestion, as apples have evolved to spread by being eaten, and then transported (complete with some fertilizer) to a distance away from the parent tree.

 

[freckleonear]

Eating the whole apple is fine.

 

[winegums]

Oops never heard of that. Mine have been eating whole apples, core and all since they could chew

 

[LegoHouse]

She'll be ok!

 

[suzib76]

Agree with everyone, she will be fine. Lana eats the whole apple seeds as well all the time

 

[holly2234]

She will be fine. My DD eats whole apples too. Ever since she could reach the kitchen table and took one down and ate it and refused to surrender it!

 

[jadey_fae]

Thank so much ladies for reasurring me. She was fine this morning. x

 

[R_x]

My LO has eaten a whole apple too. Never knew about the seeds

 

[pinklightbulb]

I'd never heard of that. Eamon eats pips :/

 

[freckleonear]

Please don't worry. As a previous poster said, the outer protective coating stops the pips being digested, so no cyanide is released. Even if the pips are smashed up, our bodies can detoxify small amounts. You would have to eat over 100 apples within a short period and thoroughly chew every single pip before the cyanide had any effect!

 

[lovehearts]

Id never heard of this. My son ate a whole apple the other day at nannies and hes been fine x

 

[RachA]

My son used to eat the whole apple too and he's fine now. Never had any problems. In fact thinking about it my 11 year old nephew has always eaten the whole thing and still does now and there is nothing wrong with him either.