Getting frustrated by everyone giving my toddler chocolate!

[Toddlerbeast]

It's been almost every morning this week where someone has just handed my toddler an Easter egg or Easter chocolate gift.
Then I have had the battle of trying to prize chocolate out of a confused toddlers hands. Some days I've let him have some but he's such a fussy eater so he ends up missing lunch then gets irritable.

When I was young we had no chocolate until Easter Sunday, parents would keep all the chocolate until Easter morning then we'd wake up to all our eggs from family etc.

I've tried pointing this out to my parents but they just like the actual giving treats to my child regardless of how I feel.

Don't get me wrong, I do let my child have treats but only once he's actually eaten a meal otherwise 'real' food gets missed.

Am I being unreasonable to expect people to check with me before they hand chocolate to a 3 year old?!

Christ I've just set out the Easter egg hunt for 2x 5 year olds and a set of 1 year old twins - there's probably 50 eggs not to mention the mini eggs on the table (elder kids only of course!) and the chocolate rabbits - large ones - I'm definitely going to hell 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

“I’m allowing mine to have a few cacao nibs as an extra special treat on Sunday - after their usual sprouted quinoa with rainbow salad/turmeric-dusted chickpeas. Apparently low in sugar and high in antioxidants, you can get them in Waitrose”

Is that a joke I can’t tell???

Agree with posters who say just take (most of it!) away from small child and either eat most yourself or dole it out over the next few months.it’s not poison. People seem determined to be upset by absolutely anything and unable to bear their child being a bit put out for a few moments. I’m pretty sure my mum wouldn’t let me have stuff on occasion, and very sure I didn’t let mine have exactly what they wanted all the time. They still love me (and hopefully will bring me chocolate today!)

Before DD was born we had the idea of having little sweet treats and such. Now she's nearly 7 I'm glad we relaxed it. DD received from family this year around 12 eggs, big family. She only got one from us. She's allowed to eat them as she's got them over the last 3 weeks and I think she's eaten one so far. I've found that over the years by not refusing DD sweets or treats she seems to have a better relationship with food. She loves fruit, likes some veg, enjoys trying new foods with the view if she likes it great, if not it's fine. If she got given an egg over last few weeks she was ok to eat it but she's saved it herself. May not work for other kids but I don't see a massive issue with allowing these treats especially once a or twice a year.