Do you buy your kids Easter eggs?

[Morningcoffeeview]

And if so how old are they?

Mine and nearly 2 and 4. I’ve never got them eggs and tbh I don’t really give them all that we get given. They get given so many 6+ each and they are only small. They get the odd one but they get so many. DH and I tend to scoff them instead… In fact I’m eating one right now.

Jesus Christ, calm down. 😂

Do you have issues with food OP because you seem very worked up?

Sorry, I just feel people are intentionally misinterpreting my posts and taking my comments to the extreme!

The eggs aren’t confiscated they’re shared. I’m not the fun police 👮‍♀️

DD normally gets around 7 eggs - 5 from relatives, one from her godmother and one from us/the Easter bunny.

DP and I get one each from the Easter bunny too - and usually something from each other. So we get two things.

DD’s “egg” items are often pretty small - eg Freddo or Buttons small egg; Lindt bunny, etc. They’re not the £10 whoppers you see on the top shelves of the supermarkets! We don’t usually eat much junk food or chocolate or sweets as a family, so I don’t really have a problem with a stash of Easter eggs on Easter morning. It’s only once a year and it’s a nice tradition that feels really special for young kids. You can always ration them out over the following months!

When she was little we’d also do a mini egg hunt around the house, which she still enjoys even if she doesn’t believe in the Easter bunny any more. To be honest, she prefers the mini eggs to the bigger eggs.

It does last ages. Doesn’t mean I want to store it for ages. If it was left to my eldest it wouldn’t get eaten at all.

Are you struggling to comprehend that a nearly two year old is still one? So I could use those ages interchangeably and still be accurate? I thought you were super intelligent.

I’ve just seen that you do have some issues around food so that’s probably where this is coming from.

Let your kids eat their chocolate. Have a good Easter.

My DD doesn’t really like justchocolate (likes biscuit type things with choc like Kit Kat, malteasers etc) so I’m left with 6 eggs to eat that she’s had from various people.

I got her a Peter rabbit teddy/egg set from Morrisons & some cheap headphones instead.

Low blow. I don’t agree. They’re allowed chocolate they just share their eggs with me. my 1 (nearly 2) year old has no concept of how many eggs he’s received.

Nope my DC don’t really like chocolate unfortunately. One has ASD and won’t eat any chocolate and the other is definitely more savoury. So we’re just putting some money in their bank accounts.

This sounds really sad. Aren’t foster parents supposed to give a fostered child a bit of a sense of normality? Why can’t you buy a couple of £1.50 chocolate eggs or a Lindt bunny? Most kids in the U.K. will probably get some kind of chocolate, sweets or present for Easter, Passover or Eid and also if they’re secular — just for the general holiday.

Seems really unfair for a foster kid to miss out on what is quite a normal part of life. 😞

What do you get them for Easter if not eggs OP?

Yep, age 6, she gets an egg from us a character from Aldi (this year mermaid) plus an egg from my mum and an egg from husband's parents.
She's very good at regulating, i can give her a whole egg and she'll only eat maybe a quarter before saying she's had enough.

@CraftyGin that poor child. What a misery guts you are. Holy fuck.

Where does it say she has problems surrounding food? I can't find it

Yes although they are all in their 20s
I always get posh one from DH

We do crafts like the Easter bonnets and as I said we did an egg hunt when DSS was here too - so we did that bit early so he didn’t miss it.

I’ve not got them a particular gift - they’ll get an egg/chocolate on the day (as I said eldest isn’t bothered about it). Last year I got them a toy instead. They seem to have had a lot recently so won’t get anything special in addition to the stuff we’ve already done. Probably by next year my eldest will have an expectation and so I’ll mark the day with a gift/special egg.

They are still small so there isn’t the same expectation don’t forget. This was the first Christmas my DS properly understood.

On another post I shared that I have an eating disorder. I don’t agree there is a correlation here and think it was in bad taste to make that suggestion. I can still have an objective opinion about Easter eggs for kids.

Aw sorry to hear that op. I don't agree that should have been brought up even though I kinda disagree with other things you've said.x

Doesn't sound like the kids are missing out, they're still getting eggs and doing fun easter related activities.

craftygin I was a foster mum and you are supposed to respect the child's culture and reduce stress and trauma
I assume you are Jehovah witness or some similar ?
Poor child has know deprivation neglect abuse

What do you do that's exciting and joyous ?

Not meant as a low blow at all. You have said you have disordered eating on other threads so will likely have a skewed view on this unfortunately.

Thanks - this was intended to be a lighthearted post not a character assassination. My DH partakes in egg eating and he categorically does not have a disordered relationship with food.

I buy one & we make one.

My son doesn't get given any by any other people, so that's it though.

That doesn’t mean that every view I have on food is dominated by my own disorder. Are you suggesting I can’t have a rational thought process? It is entirely possible to have an objective opinion even if I struggle personally. Don’t be so ignorant.

I’ve always said my DH eats the eggs - does that make his thinking skewed too.

Yes we still buy Easter eggs for our adult dc and a tiny one for gc and ourselves, usually hotel chocolate or lindt. Chocolate lovers don't have an age limit.

Horrible.