At what age did you give first give chocolate?

[Hobby2014]

Just that really.
When did you start letting your children have chocolate?

[Hobby2014]

Anyone?

[SachaF]

My SIL gave my ds chocolate cake when he was 6 months old - it was his first food! We were at a party and all his cousins were having chocolate cake too. He enjoyed it but I didn't enjoy the cleaning him up so much :)

[Gunpowder]

I discovered DD could pull herself up when I left her by the coffee table for a minute and came back to find chocolate all round her mouth. I think she must have been about 9 months. It was the Lindt 90% stuff that tastes like coal. Was quite impressed by her sophisticated tastes tbh.

After that, very occasionally from 1-2 years old. Now she's 2, I only get through most days by bribing her with smarties on chocolate buttons.

[Gunpowder]

*or

[Heels99]

2 years

[loudarts]

Around 12 months, Ds loves milkybar buttons

[originalusernamefail]

1 his bday cake was a mahoosive chocolate hedgehog (neither my DS, DH, Ddad or myself due to greedy family members at the party but that's a whole other thread). He doesn't get it regularly but if we are having some we will share.

[nottheOP]

His birthday cake was the first sweet and more regularly after he was 18 months. He is 2.5 now & does get something nice to bribe him on the weekend days

[howtodrainyourflagon]

all the way through pregnancy and daily in breast milk.
DC1 - about 10m
DC2 - helped himself to a chocolate brownie at 5m
DC3 - standards had slipped by that point and this was probably around 6.5m

[originalusernamefail]

• he was one
  And
  
• got any cake
  Sorry folks, on the night shift and going slightly mad. Wishing for will have to do with.

[forwarding]

I have picture of DS completely smeared in chocolate cake at about 7 months old.

He loved it.

What's the particular relevance of chocolate op?

[justabigdisco]

Blimey, this is refreshing. Usually on MN everyone comes on saying 'my PFB didn't even know what chocolate was until she was ten'. I can't remember what age mine was exactly, but under 1, prob 9-10 months. It's only chocolate! Everything in moderation is the key.

[forwarding]

Give it time...

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

She helped herself to some at about 9 months I think. I occasionally give her a little bit if I'm having some and she had milky buttons in her Christmas stocking!
Why do you ask? You don't have to ever give them chocolate if you don't want to, it's not a milestone! Just as a little bit won't do them any harm as babies, as long as you're not using it as the main ingredient in every meal.

[Jackiebrambles]

At Easter! He was 13 or 14 months and I suppose I was a bit pfb about it. He's nearly 2 now and doesn't really have it so hasn't got a taste for it yet.

I'm sure when he does I'll be in trouble as I'm crap at saying no :-/

[Hobby2014]

Thanks everyone.
DS has just turned 5 months. A certain family member keeps trying to get me to give him chocolate. I haven't started weaning yet. Waiting til 6 months. They bought him chocolate for Christmas and I said thanks but he's not having it yet. They then pulled face and said well he can have some right? I said no. Next time I saw them they then started grilling me about Easter and will I let him then. I said I wasn't sure. Got another look. DH agrees with me so they can do one tbh.
Just then started questioning myself and thinking am I being too PFB?

[MissHJ]

About 10-11 months. He is now 16 months and has a small milky bar or something occasionally. To be fair he seems to prefer cake to chocolate

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

Definitely wouldn't give them chocolate as there first taste of solid food!

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

*their

[Gunpowder]

I don't think you're being pfb.

[YoniMitchell]

We first tried a chocolate mousse/yoghurt thing when DS was 11 months (was offered as a dessert at PILs) - he wasn't impressed and has shown little interest in chocolate per-se so we've not wasted it on him given him any since but he will scoff a choc chip brioche if it's going begging

[blushingmare]

Around 2. She didn't show much interest before then and would have been just as delighted with a strawberry, so I didn't see the point. I don't think I'll get away with if for so long with DS though - at 8 months he's already trying to swipe everything that goes into my or his sister's mouth!

[GoldfishSpy]

DTs were 1 - I made a chocolate cake for their 1 st birthday. Straight chocolate was later - about 2 for buttons I think.
Ds3 lunged at and had a suck on a toblerone I was eating last week - he's 5 1/2 months. Going to try to hold off a while though until it's deliberate!

[bambinibop]

Probably about 10 months I think. She's almost 1 and has some every now and again usually because she has spotted me eating it!

[GoldfishSpy]

And they didn't have Easter eggs till they were 3 we ate them