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We did. DS was introduced to real Legos a few months before he turned 4 and DD was almost 1. We always supervised very closely when she was around them and we've never had an incident. We keep them out in the living room and my younger LO mostly ignores them. Now, when we have younger children come over, we move the Lego table to my son's room and the younger children stay in the living room.

We have the regular ones and we just try to keep a close eye on the LOs when they use them during playtime! I Put them away in my office at night.

I am on the fence about thus right now ... I am hoping we can wait a little longer on the Lego for DS because DD is into everything!

@winniebee: We did buy real Legos but we keep them in the basement where DD2 isn't allowed to play. I'm not sure where we will keep them when we move.

My evil ILs got my 3.5 year old the little legos for Christmas and so we are stuck with them. Right now he plays with either happily, but he wouldn't take kindly to me getting rid of the small ones. Our rule is that he has to play with them on a surface, or in his room. If I find them on the floor, I put them in an old jelly jar until the jar is filled up and he can have them back. Or I sweep them up and throw them away-- after all it wasn't ME who bought them so wtf do I care if they all magically disappear? Haha, but really it is a motivator for him to keep them up.

We started with Juniors when he turned 4, and it has grown exponentially over the past 4 months We've been adding regulars to the Juniors since they all just fit together.

My youngest just turned 2 and doesn't put them in his mouth, but he LOVES to pull everything apart, leaving big bro in distress. We have them relegated to a corner of the living room in an area that's not as attractive to little bro (a high table).

Cam's speech therapy recommended these to help him follow written and verbal directions, so Lego time is during naps to reduce the destruction. He loves it so much he will push E into his room, turn off the light, close the door, and say, "nap time!" It's actually a time I really enjoy spending with him and not really something my husband has the patience for so he and I usually pick out a small vehicle every week or two and build on a day when he could use a little motivation.

@winniebee: Lego Juniors are the same as the size as the small regular Legos. Just less pieces. Simple things to build. And the best part is most instructions are pictures (no reading required) and very easy.