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Do you buy your kids Easter eggs?

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Morningcoffeeview · 07/04/2023 20:15

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.

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MischiefTheChicken · 07/04/2023 22:52

Our children used to get enough eggs from relatives when they were younger so we started a tradition of books from us at Easter. These days in late teens/early 20s they don’t get as much chocolate but they still appreciate a new book 🙂

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Morningcoffeeview · 07/04/2023 22:53

MischiefTheChicken · 07/04/2023 22:52

Our children used to get enough eggs from relatives when they were younger so we started a tradition of books from us at Easter. These days in late teens/early 20s they don’t get as much chocolate but they still appreciate a new book 🙂

That’s lovely. My DC love a book so good idea.

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Mariposista · 07/04/2023 22:55

StreetSpirit3 · 07/04/2023 20:25

Yep, I do an Easter egg hunt in the garden for mine. I hide lots of small eggs around the garden and they get one big one each. I still get an Easter egg off my parents and I’m 42 😂

Never too old. I am 32. I lost my beloved gran last Wednesday, and when I looked through a cupboard in her house to find teabags, I found an Easter egg she had bought for me, probably back in February when she last went out.😢

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Powerof321 · 07/04/2023 22:57

Yes but we’ve no other family now so no other eggs for them so they got to pick a big one each& i gave them some extra pocket money. the easter bunny (they’re older now but still like looking) has always did an egg hunt too with smaller chocolate eggs hidden in the house & garden

Wedoronron · 07/04/2023 22:58

Don't worry OP I used to eat the kids eggs all the time. They got far too much when they were young. The parents who let them eat to gay abandoned at that age in my friendship group have over weight kids whereas in my house my kids are super healthy, have a good relationship with food . Just me that is the lardarse. Honestly you're taking one for the team 😉

Lennybenny · 07/04/2023 23:00

17 and 19 and yes I do. At least 2 each. Always on offer and 1 big, 1 small. No-one else in the family buys them or has ever bought them for them.

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Morningcoffeeview · 07/04/2023 23:08

Wedoronron · 07/04/2023 22:58

Don't worry OP I used to eat the kids eggs all the time. They got far too much when they were young. The parents who let them eat to gay abandoned at that age in my friendship group have over weight kids whereas in my house my kids are super healthy, have a good relationship with food . Just me that is the lardarse. Honestly you're taking one for the team 😉

Atleast I’ll have company in hell 😊

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Mindovermatter247 · 07/04/2023 23:09

Dd is stil youngish, this will probably be the last year the Easter bunny visits… they get one from the Easter bunny… we usually get dd Ty beanie Easter related ones… and DS gets a roblox voucher.. then we do a hunt in the garden.
I remember when I was younger we’d get shit loads of eggs, so I defo don’t do that otherwise they don’t all get eaten.

TooOldToCareAboutOthersOpinions · 07/04/2023 23:11

Yes and they prob get around 12 each from family youngest is 3.
Im not strict with sweets and chocolate so it doesn't phase me too much. They eat healthy meals plenty of nutrients not overweight and active
We were always allowed loads too. In fact i vividly remember one year i had 36 eggs! I was 9.
We have a very large family my parents had 14 siblings are in total, who have had dcs and so forth so loads were recieved.

JMSA · 07/04/2023 23:11

Of course! I can't imagine not getting an Easter egg for my kids, even if they were given them by others.

TooOldToCareAboutOthersOpinions · 07/04/2023 23:12

But we do also share them 😉

hitt · 07/04/2023 23:19

I do because mine never got me one as a child.

Taytocrisps · 07/04/2023 23:34

Ex and I regularly helped ourselves to DD's Easter eggs when she was small. She'd get one from the Easter Bunny, one from each set of grandparents, eggs from her aunts and uncles and the occasional one from a neighbour, school or beavers. She often had eight or nine. That's a lot for a small child. I guess we could have rationed them but they take up a lot of space and we didn't want them hanging around the house forever. One of my sisters used to get her Easter crafts or a magazine - that was really thoughtful and DD really enjoyed doing/making the crafts. She doesn't get so many eggs now. I'm amused at the pearl clutching at the notion of eating your child's chocolate.

To answer your question, I still buy DD an egg even though she's an adult and my Dad still buys me one.

OhMyCherriePie · 07/04/2023 23:38

Yes but not everyone is fortunate enough to have family. If i didn’t buy for my kids they wouldn’t get any

Whattodowithallthebooks · 07/04/2023 23:43

yes one each from us and they get one each from my mum. In previous years when they've had lots from other relatives I haven't.

MeinKraft · 07/04/2023 23:45

Yes I buy them one each and I do the Easter bunny egg hunt thing as well. They also get eggs from various family members (we both have big close extended family nearby), Scouts, school sometimes give them one, DS got one as a party favour, their little friends gave them one each...we end up with A LOT of chocolate. And I do eat some, but I let them get through the excitement of being given it all as I remember the wow look how much chocolate there is feeling from childhood. After a week or so if there are eggs languishing I might eat the ones that I know they don't really like eg. orange twirl.

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 07/04/2023 23:47

We buy a smallish one for each of them (alongside a book with a spring/Easter theme and a small toy). Got some marshmallow chick hot chocolate toppers too.

Then they'll get one from my mum and one from dh's mum. Just got money from other people to treat them with. Dh will probably eat most of the eggs because me and the dc aren't massive chocolate fans but they still want eggs at Easter.

thaegumathteth · 08/04/2023 00:08

Yes buy them one large one each and they get one from one grandparents and one of their aunties.

Youngest also gets small eggs on egg hunt.

They also get clothes for Easter as I always did growing up

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caringcarer · 08/04/2023 00:41

My 3 adult DC and their partners each get an Easter Egg. DH and I get 1 egg each too. My dgc have money to buy a gift as they get too many eggs and DD does not like to ask in-laws for no eggs but she knows I won't mind if the money for dgc is spent on a day out or Lego.

caringcarer · 08/04/2023 00:55

CraftyGin · 07/04/2023 21:47

We've never done Easter Eggs.

This year we have foster child who in full of expectation. I reminded her that we did not do Hallowe'en, nor anything to do with Santa, so hopefully she has got the message.

I'm a Foster Carer too and my Foster Child will get a large egg from me and DH. Another from my adult son and one from his SW. I feel sorry for your Foster child. They are missing out on a lot. Worse still they will be made to feel different to their peers at school who will all be getting Easter eggs. Why are you making them feel left out and different? As for no gifts from Santa, you sound like the Grinch.

Bbq1 · 08/04/2023 01:39

caringcarer · 08/04/2023 00:55

I'm a Foster Carer too and my Foster Child will get a large egg from me and DH. Another from my adult son and one from his SW. I feel sorry for your Foster child. They are missing out on a lot. Worse still they will be made to feel different to their peers at school who will all be getting Easter eggs. Why are you making them feel left out and different? As for no gifts from Santa, you sound like the Grinch.

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Dear God I wish I could buy that poor child a huge egg and lots of Christmas presents. They are in foster care so likely come from an abusive home already. Foster carer sounds almost gleeful gloating about how the child is"full of expectation" but she has been reminded she won't get anything. Sick and cruel and it's playing on my mind. All the simple joys of childhood denied by the original parents and now by the FOSTER CARER toi. Beggars belief really. So sad

midnightblue12 · 08/04/2023 08:00

When I was younger I would get so excited Corning down to my Easter eggs in the morning, even when I'd outgrown the Easter bunny!
Lovely memories!
My son has been counting down the days for his Easter egg!

So yes I get my boys Easter eggs. I actually get them multiple Easter eggs because I keep eating them 😅

Flatandhappy · 08/04/2023 08:28

Yes, now adult “kids” still get something chocolate, eggs or rabbits, and this year I have found the cutest chocolate Bilbys (we are in Aus). Our 3yo granddaughter has a cuddly Bilby toy as she genuinely won’t eat chocolate, she spits it out if you give it to her, We have found eggs you can fill yourself and are going to fill them with cherry tomatoes which are her favourite food for an Easter egg hunt. We are not being precious, just responding to demand!

DustyEmbroidery · 08/04/2023 09:02

I buy DS an egg, he is 22 and also DH who is 50 something:)

DH will buy me some tulips or daffodils, I don’t really like chocolate.

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