Ali, I think you have done an absolutely fabulous job in teaching your baby girl about pretties and how not to touch.

Not even thinking from going to someone elses place, but just going shopping could get extremely expensive - and messy - if we do not teach our child these things.

That said, I do put the stuff I simply cannot afford to replace out of reach. There is always a learning curve and you work with that within your budget and within the realms of safety.

What your MIL did however is crazy! She has already admitted it was out of reach for your DD and she gave it to her! I'd be most annoyed that she gave a 1yo a fragile chunk of dangerous glass to play with! Who in their right mind does that???