Please don't put pins in your mouth
 

I know it's an older article (2012) but I think the lesson is timeless. I never understood just how serious the injuries could be.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...box=1581004313

Wow! Thanks for sharing this, Peggi!

I'm certainly guilty of doing it.

Thank you for sharing this article. It’s an eye opener! I hadn’t even imagined the risk.

Wow...This is incredibly scary! I must admit, I am guilty of doing this...ALL.THE.TIME. In fact, the entire time I read the article, I had a pin in my mouth. I'm so used to doing it, it's become a habit I need to work at breaking!

Goodness, that's scary!

Just, wow. So scary and eye opening. I have put a pin in my mouth but I don’t pin very often. I will certainly try to remember not to do it again.

Guilty! I did get a pin all the way into my mouth once, but I was able to remove it. I also put them in my top instead of in the pin cushion. I've been poked a few times. I've been trying not to do that with a new cat.

Holy cow!!!!!!!! Won’t ever do THAT again!!!

I confess to being guilty of this. I use large head pins and alway put them in sharp end first. This has convinced me to stop doing this immediately! No more pins as of this moment.

Thank you very much for sharing your story. I definitely will not be doing that anymore. Quite an eye opener. Thank you.

I think I read this some time ago, and since then have been scolding myself (and stopping myself) from doing so! I keep *then* telling myself I really need to buy one of those bracelet-style pin cushions! One of these days I will! Good to be reminded.

Wow, what a harrowing story!

Anyone know what a "cotton wool sandwich" is?

My mother used to lecture me about this. Usually as she was hemming one of my dresses with pins in her mouth. :D

I have not counted the times since reading this post that I have said to myself, "don't put pins in your mouth". Guilty but being more aware and hope to break this nasty and dangerous habit. Thanks for alerting us.

My father-in-law used to tell me all the time not to do that. I did it more back then than I do now. I rarely do it anymore and will be more conscience than ever now. Wow, she went through a lot...

Wow, thanks for sharing, I’ve never seen that before. I’ll think twice if I think about doing that again.

Thanks for the reminder-I have been guilty of that many years ago. Finally have stopped. In my dreams I have a mouth full of pins, I am trying to take out without shallowing-strange dream but true.