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Easter eggs and babies....

43 replies

storminabuttercup · 13/04/2011 14:30

genuinely interested in your views on this

my DM and DGPs have bought eater eggs for DS (8 months)

Now would i be a bad mummy if i let DS have a bit of these now and again, or would a bad mummy eat them herself?

I will of course accept them, but havent quite decided yet...

Mumsnet jury - what do you think?

If it helps they are those small milky bar ones.....

Grin
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stressheaderic · 13/04/2011 14:33

Oh, DD was only 9 weeks old last Easter and got 3 Eggs Hmm We scoffed the lot.
At 8 months, I wouldn't mind giving a few tiny bits of white chocolate as a treat...but I'd be eating most of it (egg-givers don't need to know this though).

YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 14:33

You should be sent to prison ..NOW!!

LaWeasel · 13/04/2011 14:34

I would share a tiny bit and eat most myself!

I started off saving DDs chocolate, but it just got silly with a huge ever growing pile.

Katiepoes · 13/04/2011 14:42

My DD is 10 months and we will ahev the same situation. I believe it's my job as her mother to protect her from empty calories and sugary evil by eating her chocolate treats myself. This noble action will also protect DH from possible death by chocolate.

(Would her granny be suspicious if I said she fancies a Toblerone egg?)

nethunsreject · 13/04/2011 14:43

Eat them yourself.

They are wasted on a baby anyway.

soppypreggyloon · 13/04/2011 14:51

Mums NEED chocolate FACT!
Babies don't really. At 8mo it's up to you if you want to give dc a bit. I started out giving ds teeny tiny bits but now he's 2yo he's got a fair idea if mummy isn't sharing! Enjoy it while it lasts! :)

Sirzy · 13/04/2011 14:53

A little bit won't do any harm!

Ds is 17 months and I know I will have to force myself to eat most of his eggs!

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storminabuttercup · 13/04/2011 14:56

I'd got an idea it'd go this way. So i will let DS smell it taste a little bit (he's had the odd bit anyway) and scoff the rest. I may tell anyone else who wants to buy him one that he will only eat green and blacks ones though!

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Bringonthegoat · 13/04/2011 14:56

YABU - demand ask for the large ones then eat them yourself you can share Grin

kreecherlivesupstairs · 13/04/2011 14:58

Of course YANBU. It is your duty as a loving mother. You know it is.

SkinittingFluffyBunnyBonnets · 13/04/2011 15:00

Baby gets a button sized crumb....you get the rest. Mothers privelege. Grin

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storminabuttercup · 13/04/2011 15:01

oooh my lovely gran has just called to say that she has got DS an easter egg (i know this as i was with my mum when she bought it this morning for her as she cant get out) and she's just said she is going to get me a bottle of wine because she knows i'm a lush partial to the odd small glass!

Nice!

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storminabuttercup · 13/04/2011 15:02

actually maybe my gran should have stopped buying me easter presents by now!

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ChippingInMistressSteamMop · 13/04/2011 15:03

At 8 months I'd let him have a little bit every now and then but I'd eat the rest myself... I'd see it as my duty as his mother Grin and anyone giving Easter Eggs to a baby should expect that (if they've any sense - if they haven't... who cares what they think! ).

upahill · 13/04/2011 15:05

Your baby needs to understand the concept of sharing NOW.

(you don't have to show him the eggs or tell him that he is actually sharing but as long as you get your 'share' your job is done)

ladyintheradiator · 13/04/2011 15:07

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carney · 13/04/2011 15:10

I'd definitely eat it yourself! Feel smug as it's better for your DS if you have it!

sausagesandmarmelade · 13/04/2011 15:12

I'd give your DS a tiny taste....a miniscule amount and then eat the rest yourself!

YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 15:14

Green and Blacks eggs

I have an obsession to eat their choclit at the moment.

That's it i'm buying ten one tomorrow.

Where can i get a G&B eggy plz?

*Disclaimer - choclit means chocolate - my posts are never intended to offend - Grin

Psalmead · 13/04/2011 15:14

DD is 15 months and will be getting a button from her easter egg. The rest I will eat for her own good.

[martyr]

Adair · 13/04/2011 15:15

Well, if you are still breastfeeding then you should eat them, that way you both get the benefit.

In fact, may insist on getting an egg for 11 week old ds.

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storminabuttercup · 13/04/2011 15:18

YouaretooniceNOT - i think i saw them in morrisons

athough, i would prefer a bar than an egg, always did as a kid. of course in those days a bar of chocolate worked out cheaper gram for gram. nowadays easter eggs seem to be quite cheap!

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YouaretooniceNOT · 13/04/2011 15:19

Thank you storminabuttercup

I shall do my shopping there and raid visit the G&B shelf on Friday Grin

Sidge · 13/04/2011 15:35

My DDs don't get Easter eggs.

I feel quite hard done by actually, with no opportunity for stealing sharing them.

confuddledDOTcom · 13/04/2011 15:39

I second the breastfeeding comment. Same is also true if you're pregnant. It's essential that you eat it so they get it all.