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Toddler has eaten too much sugar

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SickAndTiredAgain · 30/01/2022 14:37

DD (2.5) got into a box of chocolate I’d been given - totally my fault I was hanging some washing on the airer in the next room while she watched tv, and the chocolate was up on the bookshelf. She generally doesn’t take things off shelves so I didn’t even think (and I hadn’t eaten any of the chocolate so wouldn’t think she’d even know it was food really, we don’t eat much chocolate generally).
Anyway, she has eaten so much. Far far more sugar than I would ever give her, and far more than I’d eat in one go.
What can I expect now - I’m anticipating fairly copious vomiting pretty soon? Is that a given? If she’s ok in a couple of hours, will she probably keep it all down?

I know no one can say, and I’m just overthinking really, but I don’t really deal that well with vomit and am still suffering with some pregnancy nausea/sickness so could really do without toddler vomit setting me off as well. She had a vomiting bug earlier in my pregnancy, and a day of morning sickness plus vomiting toddler was miserable.

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inheritancetrack · 30/01/2022 15:27

She'll be fine. Maybe some loose poo, but fine.

Hospedia · 30/01/2022 15:33

You also don't need to give her lots of water to drink, plan sedate activities, or give her something plain for dinner to balance out the sugar.

You can crack on as normal, it's chocolate not meth.

Ellowyn · 30/01/2022 15:36

Give her milk and some thing protein to eat - maybe a cheese stick. She'll be fine.

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Greenmarmalade · 30/01/2022 15:37

You don’t need to do anything. It’s a bit like Christmas or Easter in most homes- just a bit of sugar.

topcat2014 · 30/01/2022 15:40

It's a myth that too many sweets make you sick.

It is not going to happen and is just your phobia talking

20week · 30/01/2022 15:40

At Christmas my 2 year old took hers and her siblings chocolate and stuffed the lot, shoving the wrappers under the bed to hide any evidence. You honestly don't need to do anything.

Toanewstart22 · 30/01/2022 15:40

Unusual
At that age, natural restriction kicks in

Teddansononmyown · 30/01/2022 15:45

When DD was 3 I left her with my then MIL. DD went feral and ate a full sized easter egg which MIL had left out before she noticed and stopped her. One of the £10 eggs, so the full egg and other choc.
I wasn't present for it but apparently it was an hour or so of out of control activity, tears then a sugar crash where DD napped for hours.
Weirdly now she is incredibly good at self regulating so if it turns out your DC is sick with it, it may have a long te bonus effect!,

FoamBurst · 30/01/2022 15:48

Nothing will happen.
She'll be fine.a

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 30/01/2022 15:49

At Christmas and Easter I just let mine get on with it. Never had any vomit, hyperactivity or sugar crash so she'll probably be fine

Rainbowcake88 · 30/01/2022 15:50

She's not a dog it won't kill her 🤣

PaperTulip · 30/01/2022 15:51

She'll be fine. Sugar doesn't make you sick unless she has underlying diabetes which is vanishingly unlikely in children. It was almost certainly less sugar than the 100g of liquid glucose they make you drink for the GTT during pregnancy.

There was a thread recently about adults who were ashamed about binge eating sweets and asking for advice on how to stop. Some of the confessions were quite shocking...like eating entire family packs of chocolate or biscuits in one go, or multiple packets after each other. The human body is made to handle a lot more than what is assumed "normal".

AddingMustard · 30/01/2022 15:55

Nothing will happen! I'd make sure she has a lot of water to drink and cut down on the sweet stuff for a couple of days. Don't beat yourself up about it. My friend and I were dared to eat a 1kg bar between us when we were teenagers. We survived, no vomiting involved but we did stay away from chocolate for a while after that

ApplesinmyPocket · 30/01/2022 15:55

It would never have occurred to me that she'd vomit after chocolate! I'm pretty sure that's your anxiety talking so i hope you feel better soon, OP.

I'm also pretty sure she won't be 'bouncing off the walls' as per a PP - hasn't the 'sugar makes kids hyperactive' theory been disproved?

godmum56 · 30/01/2022 15:56

there isn't anything to wear off. www.bbc.com/future/article/20130722-does-sugar-make-kids-hyperactive

Lovemusic33 · 30/01/2022 15:59

She will be fine. My dd pinched a whole cheese cake when she was 2/3 and didn’t vomit. And I’ve known children eat several Easter eggs in a row and survive 🤣

Hollyhead · 30/01/2022 16:04

When DS was 2.5 he ate 1/2 time of quality street when Dh and I were debilitated by flu.

Zero noticeable effects, not even hyper.

I’d offer lots of drinks or water and milk to help water it down a bit and maybe something protein based (ham or something?) to slow down the sugar release if you’re particularly worried.

HairyShins · 30/01/2022 16:06

She'll be fine.
Might poo a bit more than normal and will probably "crash" at some point (so that's something to look forward to) but she won't die from eating a full box of chocolates.

SecretaryOfNagriculture · 30/01/2022 16:07

Go brush her teeth. Keep chocolate out of reach from now on.
There's nothing else to get in a flap about.

DoctorSnortles · 30/01/2022 16:07

She’ll be absolutely fine. I’d take her out for a little wander round the block for a bit of fresh air, if she was mine, and be prepared for her having a bit of trouble getting to sleep - chocolate contains caffeine.

Moaningturtle · 30/01/2022 16:07

it’s a fairly typical toddler incident, my niece once ate a whole box of Roses at that age!! Nothing bad will happen other than maybe a tummy ache and massive sugar crash, she’ll probably sleep well!

endofthelinefinally · 30/01/2022 16:09

It will go through very quickly and come out the other end remarkably unchanged.

MIL decided to give toddler copious quantities of tomato juice, pineapple juice and chocolate. The next day was an endless round of very full nappies (we were toilet training but nowhere near speedy enough), but he wasn't sick or in pain.

SophieSellerman · 30/01/2022 16:12

I'm also emetophobic, OP, so I sympathise with that. However, my DC all did similar when they were younger, and none of them ever v-d as a result. I don't believe the stuff about sugar and hyperactivity, either - sugar or lack of it never had any bearing at all on my children's behaviour. One of mine once ate an entire tub of M&S chocolate brownies as a toddler (she climbed onto the worktop to get them). I was quite sure she'd be sick, but she wasn't!

DrDinosaur · 30/01/2022 16:13

I don't remember myself, my children, or any other children of my acquaintance ever vomiting after eating shedloads of Christmas chocs or Easter eggs.
As long as you don't force her to eat/drink anything she doesn't want, as suggested above, she'll be fine.
It was chocolate, not poison.

Newyearnewme2022 · 30/01/2022 16:23

My dd ate a whole pack of Jaffa cakes when she was 3, she wasn’t sick.
I mean this in the kindest way but maybe seek help for your phobia, you have a toddler and another one on the way, there’s a whole lot of vomit in your future.

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