Am I being U and PFB?

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Three people in the last week have tried to feed my 6.5month old DD sugar in various forms (a cake with all the E numbers & palm oil & crap in it), a sugar cube dipped in cappuccino froth & some galaxy chocolate. Am I being unreasonable to refuse? The thought of her having such rubbish at such a young age disgusts me TBH (I know, a little PFB!) They made me feel like I was being unfair on her not to let her have it.

Should I lighten up? (actually, I'm just interested in opnions, whatever the response, she's still not having it yet!!)

I am all for things in moderation- but she is 6.5months!

Chocolate and sugar in moderation are not poison, but, why would anyone give a small baby a fecking sugar cube dipped in cappucino froth? It's not even normal adult food is it? What is with the daft compulsion some people have to give babies shite, I don't get it.

At 6.5month a little bit of milk chocolate or cake will not harm her.

The sugar cube sounds a bit weird though.

More likely to choke on a sugar cube than a piece of cake I would have thought..

yanbu, someone asked me the other day if my 7 month old hah 'had any ice cream yet?' I feel like I am going to have to start stopping people from feeding him soon :(

It takes a while for a sugar cube to melt in boiling hot tea or coffee... a sugar cube is just the same as a boiled sweet..... very very easy to choke on...

That tip about pouring boiling water down the throat was only ever a piss-take in Viz

YANBU, 6 mths is too young. Although my 3rd child did have a chocolate button at 6 mths - his sister shoved it in his mouth in the supermarket when he was yelling. It did keep him quiet, I'll admit! But v.silly of an adult giving your child these things without even asking.

YANBU. I especially hated it when people expressed their sympathy for my baby when I said no. DH's Granny used to try and feed DS1 sugar lumps!

I wouldn't waste galaxy on a baby, but I wouldn't be screaming "unclean" about it either. Just say no thank you and chill out to fuck.

This thread reminds me that my best friend tried to feed by 3 month old a big dollop of chocolate buttercream, yet a few years later had the vapours because my then 4 year old offered her PFB toddler a pom bear.

YANBU

My mother in law puts sugar in the childrens' pop to stop the "fizz". Huh???

Yes PFB and way OTT just say please don't give her those things to the people involved. These things while not great will NOT cause any great harm. Jeez anyone would think they had given her a tot of whiskey and a fag!

YANBU.

However a collegue's DIL and DS (and collegue respects this btw) doesn't allow her 2 1/2 yo DD have any sweets/choc/cake. When they got married recently she was allowed an ice cream as a treat. She (the DD) actually tuts at other children who are eating 'bad' foods. I totally respect this but do wonder what will happen in the future.

their not her

She will most likely spend her life with some sort of eating disorder, or pass on her issues to her own children.

Unless she goes completely the other way as she gets older and realises that her parents have been denying her things that other children get for absolutely no sane reason, and will then pig out in secret at every opportunity.

Either way, it wont be good.

squeaky that's mean! she's a baby. the OP isn't saying that she won't ever let her baby eat sweet stuff.

LOL YANBU!

I have to admit I had to do a double-take at a party we had for my Dparents.

My DNephew was just about to turn 2 years old and he was drinking coca-cola from the bottle. My rather naive Dsis said (in front of a group of us - some parents, some not - sitting with our mouths open) that it helps him sleep! 'That'll be the come down from the sugar' (someone commented). I had a quiet word afterwards that if she was struggling to get him to sleep, then I'd heard (because I really had!) that chamomile tea was quite good. She took the advice in the well-meaning way that it had been said and said that she tried it with him and it worked a treat.

Unfortunately, at his 2nd birthday party she proudly told me that he no longer drank coca cola, but he was walking around with a bottle of Dr Pepper... I gave up then...

OP, I've been in your situation but I wish I'd been as strong as you. It astounds me that people just want to put crap into a baby's mouth - what is it with theit mental state

Fanjo, I was replying to the poster before me, not the Op. :)

YANBU, and I especially liked the last sentence in the opening post OP. That's the spirit!

ah - apologies ! not to self, read back. [GRIN]

I wouldn't be bothered by a taste of cake or chocolate at that age - why was the cake full of e-numbers and palm oil though, where was it from, the Pound Shop?

Sugar cube is a definite no for any child (or adult come to think of it) though.

YANBU The point is not whether these things will harm her (of course they won't) but that OTHER people are trying to feed them to her. They don't get to make the choices about her diet, you do.