If you have a toddler how many of their easter eggs is OK to eat?

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NC for this because I'm scared lol!

Ds just turned 3 has found himself the very lucky owner of no less than 6 easter eggs.

I generally try to limit the amount of sweet things he gets and he's not massively bothered either, I actually think he has more of a savory tooth. So he's eaten one Easter egg plus the sweets that came with it over a couple of days but I won't lie the others are taunting me and he's not looked twice at them. Is mum Easter egg tax a thing or am I terrible!?

It is in my house.

I used to put one in the cupboard or out of sight for a few days and see if the kids notice, if they didn't ask for them or notice I'd eat it 😂

I’d take them out of the boxes to start with much easier for storage. get rid of all the excess cardboard.

Then eat them with him, give him a kids portion after dinner, and you have some at the same time. Enjoy together rather than just eating them when he isn’t around…

although I’m not above saying ‘let’s share the mini eggs one’ dishing up half and then finishing the rest when he’s in bed. I think the key is he thinks he’s enjoyed the mini egg one from auntie X and that’s what matters. If he’d notice, be upset or feel cheated then obviously don’t, but at 3 I think you’ve got time 😂

I don't really have an overly strict approach to junk, I grew up with that so I completely get your point as I know how it affected me and my relationship with food. But I am mindful that he's only small. I think if he was bigger enough to notice and ask about it that's different and I wouldn't even consider it in that circumstance. I also don't really want him getting to think that we get/ need sugary junk every day. Especially when he also gets from grandparents etc, at some point you have to limit surely?

My DD has 2 from last year still. It took her so long to eat the first 1 that I stashed them away and forgot about them.

Ours broke them open to get the inside treats so now i'm slowly snacking on easter egg shell pieces. He doesn't like sweets very much in general so it is a win!

I used to eat lots of my kids easter eggs when they were little. They didn't have any idea how many they had. A small piece of egg a day was enough for them.

My nearly 3 year old has about 6 aswell. He is always asking for chocolate egg. We share some every now and then together

Sorry about all those duplicate posts. I thought I was stuck on the 'drafting reply' and that I'd discarded it. Seems not! 😆

Eat as much as you think he won’t notice. It’s a tactic that worked on my 50 yo DH… 👀

I confess, I was intrigued as to how offensively strongly you appeared to feel about this topic!

Haha I have a 2yo and she had 5 eggs! I've basically shared them with her dad and wee just given her a couple of pieces of each of them. Whivh she was very happy with. I think her biggest enjoyment was opening the eggs really.

Ha. DS2 (aged 2) found four small eggs that the Easter Bunny had hidden in the garden, had an excellent time putting them in his basket, taking them out, putting them in, etc, while having no idea they were made of chocolate. He has now forgotten all about them. I will be eating those. His older brother also found four, has eaten two of them, and has forgotten about the other two. He will probably remember in about 3 weeks' time. The Easter Bunny didn't bother hiding the other 7 eggs in the pack, so I'll be eating those too.

Before 5 we didn't do Easter eggs at all

Lol we rob our kids blind every Easter. Do a bit of baking with them, make cornflake cakes, nest cakes, the classics and then we eat the rest. They get enough sweets from grandparents. Tbh they’re not really that into chocolate they much prefer cakes and biccies.

I would definitely be eating them. I asked family to either get a small chocolate or a book or something like that. My mum got her a bunny toy and small egg. One sister got he smarty eggs that you hide (she hid them for her to find) other sister got a book. Mil got a toy owl. She is 3, we don’t allow lots of sweets anyway as we suspect ARFID so really limit sugar.

One egg is fine, the rest should really be eaten by you. To protect his little teeth. Its the right thing to do.

My toddler has randomly decided he doesn’t like chocolate anymore so I’ve been offering him a bit of his Easter eggs and then eating the rest when he just throws it on the floor. He did use to love chocolate so I’m not sure what’s happened. He’s non verbal so I can’t ask him. I don’t think I would be eating any of his chocolate if he wanted it though.

We had 15 Easter eggs in the house. Kids choose a couple of special ones and then the rest are fair game for baking / adult snacks etc. I took a couple to share with friends on a day out last week.

DS1 (teenager) has masses of eggs. DS2 has 1.
DS1 has been given a deadline of 1 July. After that all Easter eggs become communal property.
DS2 and I are looking forward to our chocolate fest!

Eat what you like but are you actually trying to say you need to eat them because they’re taking up too much space? Lol. It’s 6 eggs.

we definitely share all eggs in our house and any that are in excess we just eat them as parents. Normally let DD age 6 eat about 3 of hers over a week or two. Then any left after easter break me or DH eat

My kitchen has one cupboard for food storage, one for cups plates bowls etc and one for pots and pans and that's it. There is zero counter space. It drives me utterly mad because I love cooking/ baking. I don't get why so many newish build homes now have such awful storage/ counter space in the kitchens! So genuinely yes storage is a problem.

He's also up to 11 eggs after seeing extended family today.

Of course Easter egg tax is a thing.