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to not mind my 18month old ds have an ice cream or lolly if its hot/social occasion/on the beach

128 replies

peanutdream · 27/03/2011 18:33

me and my dh are having a right old 'debate' about whether ice cream for under 5s is ok.

i think it is basically harmless to have as a treat. dh thinks it is unacceptable. i think he is being a bit ott.

aibu or is he?

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ThatsTheWayWeRoll · 27/03/2011 21:04

What kind of -unrealistic eejit- precious parent would deny a babby an ice cream?

Please don't tell me he thinks she is going to shun sweeties all her life for raisins covered in youghurt? boak

AintMissBeehiving · 27/03/2011 21:15

My 20 month old is an expert icecream eater. He would NEVER let it fall out of a cone Grin

Live a little peanut's dh!

mellicauli · 27/03/2011 21:17

Here you go.. Waitrose do ice lollies made of 100% fruit juice

www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Fruit-Juice-Lollies-Waitrose/22878011

2.34 for 8. There is no added sugar. Only that found in fruit/juice. (I assume the kids can eat fruit?)

I did the no sugar thing with DS1 (now nearly 7). They said he wouldn't develop a sweet tooth if he didn't get used to it in early childhood. I can tell you from experience, this is not true.

MissVerinder · 27/03/2011 21:19

Innocent smoothie tubes are nice if you freeze them then squish them about in the packet a bit, for an ice cream alternative. Otherwise, if you're that bothered, make your own, as others have suggested, or even better, start your own non-corporate ethical ice cream co-operative.

mellicauli · 27/03/2011 21:20

I also now think - do you eat sugar? If so, how can you expect your children to be better than you are? Is it really a fair expectation?

ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 27/03/2011 21:26

Mini Milks that's it!

That has been annoying me since my first post!!!

cat64 · 27/03/2011 21:32

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FannyFifer · 27/03/2011 21:35

Having read the whole thread, your DH is a twat.

herladyship · 27/03/2011 21:41

I HATE ice cream.. Yuk

exoticfruits · 27/03/2011 21:45

I agree cat64, I have lovely photos of holidays and faces covered in icecream! I don't see how you can have a holiday without one! (I also don't see why you hating icecream has any bearing on your DC,herladyship-I have different tastes to my mother).

Stangirl · 27/03/2011 21:55

My DD has eaten ice cream since 6months and had a lovely Marshfield Farm chocolate one today at 13months. Why on earth wouldn't he let your child eat ice cream?

Psammead · 27/03/2011 21:55

I hate seeing children or pics of children covered in ice-cream.

It's so sticky, and sticky is one of the yukkiest things ever.

Ice-cream to eat is fine though. Whyever not? Make ice-cream yourself and you know what goes into it.

14 month old DD had a spoonful of ice-cream today for dessert. She doesn't seem to have turned into a sugar junkie.

And she didn't get sticky.

cat64 · 27/03/2011 21:58

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Psammead · 27/03/2011 22:01

I don't mind dirty.

It's sticky that bothers me.

As a child I hated the feeling.

I am not putting down your lovely photos of your children - I am sure they are extremely precious to you and bring back wonderful memories.

I just don't like stickiness!

Knackeredmother · 27/03/2011 22:02

Every time I read a thread like this it reminds me what a bad parent I must be!
It wouldn't even enter my head to consider whether an under 5 was allowed ice cream. I thought it was an obligatory part of childhood!

Psammead · 27/03/2011 22:02

Confused Grin

Psammead · 27/03/2011 22:03

Not you, me!!

Oh God - you ever get a feeling that you should just stop digging?

welshbyrd · 27/03/2011 22:05

Your DH is being very unreasonable

All my childhood snaps from the beach as a child, were of me holding an ice-cream, normally upside down mind, I mean between it falling off the cone, melting, how much does a child actually eat? with lollies, doont know about anyone elses, but my kids always let is melt to much, or bite at an awkward angle, n it falls of stick to floor
Ice-cream is the least of your worries, as bumperlicious said, cat food, sudocream are going to be a regular between meals treat, I can assure you, soap is my DDs favourite at the moment Blush

DitaVonCheese · 27/03/2011 22:07

Round here ice cream contains cream and fruit, maybe a bit of sugar but probably less than a box of raisins. DD loves it, can't remember how old she was when she had her first one but not very old I don't think. Generally she eats half a cone then I get the rest, so she's not just mindlessly gorging either but stops when she's full/bored.

Nom :)

(Psammead, I don't mind dirt, not too bad with stickiness but can't bear grease eg someone putting their entire hand into a packet of crisps or tipping them out onto their palm - yikes )

CatIsSleepy · 27/03/2011 22:09

peanut your dh needs to unclench a little

actually, a lot

Psammead · 27/03/2011 22:11

Oh see, I can do grease.

I was always the only child at the seaside not wanting ice cream. Especially with the risk of the wind blowing it into myhair Shock

Made up for lost time when I was old enough to eat it without making a mess Grin

roses42 · 27/03/2011 22:12

Fgs the best thing about being a kid is being able to have an odd ice cream, Or shock horror ladyofthemanor a fruit shoot.

The odd one isn't poison and wont lead to a life of addiction, lol

I pity your kid tbh.

You really have no idea.

roses42 · 27/03/2011 22:13

That was to ladyofthemanor btw

worraliberty · 27/03/2011 22:15

e numbers and the 'its a gateway to a lifelong sugar habit' or something along those lines....

I disagree. I think over hysterical parents who can't treat (and treat being the operative word) their young children occasionally are the 'gateway' to all sorts of unhealthy eating habits when the child is old enough to buy sweets/junk food etc for themselves.

Lighten up!

LadyOfTheManor · 27/03/2011 22:27

Roses do as you will for your child, and I'll do the same :)