MIL added sugar to baby’s food

[sunflowers365]

I’m cross because my MIL added sugar to porridge she made for my daughter (15 months). Makes me fed up as I have been keeping her off sugar all this time. There’s no need for her to add sugar when she enjoys her porridge as it is and obviously sugar is terrible for babies and kids😡.

Me. Porridge is disgusting without lots of golden syrup.

PFB.

Lol

My parents and DH are porridge traditionalists so put salt on it.

They are pure affronted by sweet porridge but I prefer sugar snd DD prefers honey.

DS is the black sheep though as he doesnt like porridge 😳

Have you ever accidentally tasted human breast milk?
It is the sweetest, sickliest food ever! Like that sweetened, tinned milk people use to make coconut ice.
After that I was personally a lot less concerned about the whole concept of not letting babies try sugar in case they get the taste for it.

Ah you're getting a ribbing but this would really annoy me too tbh. Though I wouldn't choose it as a hill to die on I'd inwardly be steaming.

If it was habit and done with no ill intent, give her a break she was trying to help and will be less inclined to in future if she is treading on eggshells for fear of doing something wrong. Just ask her not to in future.
If she did it because she knows you don't want to and it's some weird one upmanship then that's a different story.

Exactly

Have you ever tried breast milk?

Fair point.
Breast milk 7g (naturally occurring sugar) in 100ml.
Formula milk 4- 7g (added sugar) per 100ml
Fanta 3.8g sugar per 100ml

I sometimes think parents are a bit uninformed about what is in most foods when they recoil in horror at the mention of SUGAR!
Many boasting about never giving their toddler sugar while feeding them pouches of Ella’s kitchen and a constant stream of raisins.

This thread has really made me fancy a bowl of sugary porridge

That would annoy me, but it’s not a catastrophe.

My mum would have been giving mine sugary tea if I’d not had words!

Oh I remember going mad at my dm for doing this. Also at dmill for giving my baby rusks!!! I understand exactly how you feel but honestly, with hindsight I really wish I’d just shut up. Your dc will eat a lot worse when they start going to kids parties etc and a bit of sugar on occasion really won’t hurt them. I know it’s difficult but I’d have a quiet, calm word and leave it at that.

I don’t understand why the OP doesn’t reply? Is it just to set the cat amongst the pigeons, or are they upset that most people don’t share their upset?

Nah it’s a wind up or a journalist.

This will probably pop up on one of those shit online daily mail “articles” entitled
Mums fury over her mil’s behaviour at Christmas

so everyone can snigger at the hysterical mumsnetters.

I was like this with my PFB as well.
Once you get onto the next kid, you stop caring about these things as much.

Yeah it definitely pays to unclench and view any minor deviation from a healthy diet as fairly harmless in the grand scale of things.

You can always spot the little one at parties who is never allowed a sugary treat. They’re always wide eyed at teatime sat at the table ploughing through the stuff they’ve put on their plate while everyone else has got down and started playing Pass the Parcel. 😂

So annoying when they don’t come back to clarify any questions. Obviously not going in the way they expected or wanted . More likely just jumping on the bash MIL trend . Hope you thanked MIL for helping look after little one by the way .

Gosh, I never knew this thread would create so many replies! Thank you everyone! I wasn’t massively angry, more just didn’t make any sense to me to add sugar to a meal that my daughter was happy with!!! Of course I thanked my MIl!!! Of course, it’s not the end of the world. It’s just strange to me. I let my child have a bit of cake or whatever and I’m not going to be super strict when she gets older. For now though she is so young and she doesn’t even know what sugar is, so i prefer to keep her off it. Have a happy new year everyone.

Don't go back ever, and now you started another thread about how bad she is.

You haven’t really answered any of the questions op.

Its not that strange if mil doesn’t know your child likes porridge unsweetened is it? Did she make it while she was looking after her? Or make it for everyone and give some to dd?

Im assuming she’s visiting for a few days over Christmas and isn’t aware you feel so strongly about this?

Your follow up post is quite a departure on your original stance that “sugar is so bad- I’ve kept her off it”..but you’re saying you do let her have cake and treats? So it’s a non issue then.

Porridge is nicer wirh a small bit of sugar.

In your opinion!
The idea is to train babies/young children that it is not.
Habits for life.

Some foods are just better with a touch of seasoning though.
I don't think chefs will stop using salt, pepper, sugar.
In general, the human palate prefers the taste.

We are talking babies/ young children and getting them used to expected tastes for a healthy life not adults and fine dinning!
When I first was given a cup of tea at around 10, it was given to me with sugar in and that is how I continued to take it. At 15 when I was fed up of being overweight ,I started to drink tea and coffee without sugar. Many Many years later I can’t stand sugar in tea and coffee.
Sugar contains no nutrients and is just not good for you.
BTW: I have very little salt in my food and don’t eat fast food. When I eat in a restaurant, I always have to ask them not to add salt as it always tastes too salty to me.

Did you specifically ask her not to?