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to not want to give my baby chocolate yet? Or is it ok?

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Newmummytobe79 · 30/03/2012 10:56

Just need to find out if I'm being mean really!

I know a family member (with DC) is getting my baby an easter egg.

Baby is 6 1/2 months old.

I don't really want to give my baby chocolate until fully better than at the moment! weaned.

Is this mean? Is it ok for baby to have a little bit?

I just know they'll be waving it around in baby's face and I don't know if I'm being unreasonable in saying no not yet and then taking it home to scoff myself! Grin

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puds11 · 30/03/2012 11:14

my daughter didnt have any until she was 18months, and i wish id never given it to her!
she didnt care about it until the first time shes had it, now she obssessed.
You dont miss what you've never had

Mrsjay · 30/03/2012 11:15

say oh thanks very much i will scoff that later seeing as my baby is 6 months old Shock he is to young for chocolate , Grin

FondleWithCare · 30/03/2012 11:16

I wouldn't give chocolate that early either, 6 month olds just shouldn't be having that much sugar IMO.

valiumredhead · 30/03/2012 11:36

Just thank the friend and eat it yourself!

CheshireDing · 30/03/2012 13:06

I think it is a very odd thing to buy a baby.

There is no way I would let our DD (6 months next week) have chocolate. As others have said "what you don't have you don't miss", she will probably have to wait until she is about 2 before being allowed to try chocolate.

I suppose at least your baby is a bit older than my friends baby who was just 3 months when friends Dad tried to let him taste sweet chilli sauce Shock. Friend was NOT impressed.

SophieLeGiraffe · 30/03/2012 13:13

My Mum's got my 13mo an easter egg, it's ok because it's organic Hmm

I was planning on saying thank you very much and then just not giving it to him. But then I forgot it - actually genuinely forgot it - anyway. He hasn't had chocolate yet, I'm in the if he doesn't have it he doesn't know he's missing anything camp, for which reason he's also never had anything other than water or milk to drink.

Impatientwino · 30/03/2012 13:18

YANBU - your baby - your decision

Currently pg with DC1 so no exp but I guess I wouldn't have a problem with a chocolate button/small piece say but an easter egg is a bit much! I don't like having my hand forced about things either so it's going to be interesting knowing our families when my time comes!

My MIL bought DNiece when she was nearly 2 for Easter a Tinkerbell watering can with a few small choc eggs in that her mum and me ate and she had the watering can which she absolutely loves. Win win!

However YABVVVVVVVVVVU to start a topic about chocolate at lunchtime because now I want some!

Pandemoniaa · 30/03/2012 13:18

There's always someone who genuinely thinks that little babies need Easter eggs and you won't persuade them that it is madness to give one to a 6 month old baby. But at least you get a nice little hoard of chocolate that you'll need to shamelessly scoff protect her from.

FWIW, I kept ds1 away from chocolate until he was nearly 2 (he had a June birthday so didn't discover sweets until the Easter beforehand) and it just seemed sensible. ds2, of course, was scoffing the stuff very much earlier. But still nowhere near as early as 6 months.

CinnamonStix · 30/03/2012 13:19

I've been called mean for not giving DS any chocolate - he's just over 2 years. He knows what chocolate is and nursery accidentally gave it to him once, but he knows it's something he's not allowed and will happily eat an apple instead.

Don't feel pressurised in giving your baby chocolate earlier than you're ready to, they've got a whole lifetime ahead to eat as much chocolate as they want. But hopefully, holding off will mean DS won't care for it all that much when he's older.

EndoplasmicReticulum · 30/03/2012 13:28

Eat the Easter egg yourself, let the baby play with the box.

My first son was born at the end of Jan, so he was about 8 weeks for his first Easter. He got eggs from well-meaning relatives who have forgotten that small babies aren't supposed to eat chocolate - or maybe they were in the 1970s, who knows. Anyway, I enjoyed the eggs and I am sure my milk was therefore slightly chocolatey for the benefit of the baby.

issimma · 30/03/2012 13:33

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MyMelody · 30/03/2012 13:40

I think generally most people that buy babies Easter eggs don't actuallly expect them to eat it anyway, its more of a gesture.

This family member may be buying Easter eggs for other, older, children in the family and didn't want to leave your dc out.

RunningOutOfIdeas · 30/03/2012 13:42

YANBU As others have said, give the baby a tiny bit and put the rest away for yourself later.

MIL bought DD 2 Lindt bunnies when DD was nearly 2. I was annoyed because DD was dairy intolerant. MIL could not believe that this extended to chocolate. So I thanked her and said we would put them away for a time when DD could better tolerate dairy. I found one last week at the back of a cupboard. DD will be 4 next month. The bunny is out of date. I should have scoffed it 2 years ago.

I am officially a mean mummy though. I was trying bribe DD to take her antibiotics this morning, by having a chocolate button ready. DD spat the bright yellow, stains instantly, liquid over my bed. I had the spoon in one hand and the button in the other and I needed to grab a tissue to start cleaning up. So I ate the button in front of DD, so I could free one hand to get a tissue.

DuelingFanjo · 30/03/2012 13:46

It's entirely up to you, though there are always plenty of people who will claim you are depriving your child by not letting them have chocolate. They are fools who should do what they want with their children and shouldn't be commenting on the choice you make for your own - at least as far as giving sweet treats with no nutritional value goes anyway.

just say no. My DS is 15 months and he was given a chocolate selection box at Christmas. I ate it. He won't be getting an easter egg because we don't do easter, if we are given them I will eat them myself or give them away.

Meglet · 30/03/2012 13:48

Yanbu.

I still eat most of the dc's eggs and they're 5 & 3. I am mean.

Flisspaps · 30/03/2012 13:49

I'm a bad parent, I had no problem with giving 6mo DD chocolate. It's just food. I'd not have given her a whole Easter egg, but that's mainly because I don't get them any more and I'm greedy, so I eat the bulk of it.

Bartiimaeus · 30/03/2012 13:55

Oh wow, DS is 6 months and it never crossed my mind to give him chocolate yet! Started weaning about 5 weeks ago but he's loving his fruit and babyrice (I know, not popular on MN but he loves it) so much that I don't feel the need to "treat" him.

We're going to friends for Easter. We often stay with them and we always buy them and their children presents to say thank you for having us. This year we're getting the children easter eggs instead of toys, although I did have a bit of a wobble about whether the 15 month old needs chocolate or not. DH just said its the thought that counts so both children will get one, but we'll leave it up to the parents who eats them!

Bartiimaeus · 30/03/2012 13:57

I am looking forward to seeing his first taste of ice cream this summer though! (my parents look after him and have been banned from giving him his first taste! I want that experience myself)

LifeIsButtercream · 30/03/2012 14:04

YANBU - a tiny piece won't do any harm but I was the same when DD was 6months, she had a little bit of Organix chocolate pudding at Christmas but didn't encounter 'chocolate' chocolate until she was 1.

She is now 3 and this is the first year she has an Easter egg of her own (the last two years she has had a Easter cuddly/toy) A little bit alongside a balanced diet is fine for a child, but YANBU to not think it is necessary for your baby - she will not 'miss out'!

Maybe check the sell by date on the egg and eat it put it to one side if it will still be in date when she is old enough to have some.

MadameMessy · 30/03/2012 14:11

Yanbu.
Mil always buys chocolate eggs for children from the very first Easter. Can't understand it myself as she always tells me how mean I am for not letting dds have chocolate that early so she knows they won't be eating it.
More for me :) but I did really hate the mean thing

NarkedPuffin · 30/03/2012 14:18

My MIL bought then 15 week old nephew an easter egg and was Shock that he wasn't given any while she was there Grin

Smile, say thank you, eat it yourself.

heronsfly · 30/03/2012 14:23

I have bought my dgd a lovely cadbury milk tray egg that my dd informed me the baby really wanted, I know exactly whos tummy that will end up in Grin

chillikat · 30/03/2012 14:25

I agree with everone else - thank them for the egg and scoff it yourself. Maybe encourage other relatives to buy baby easter eggs too ;)

I'd give 1yo DD a taste of chocolate as I do with cake and other stuff but not a whole Easter egg. We were given a knitted easter chick with a creme egg in it, not sure whether it was meant for DD but I've scoffed the egg :o and chucked the knitted chick as it had stick on eyes that DD would try to eat.

mousymouseafraidofdogs · 30/03/2012 14:27

chocolate is not the worst sweet around, but I would wait.
both mine had a first taste of chocolate around 12m old and get it occasionally as a treat. I prefer it to other sweets tbh.

RachelWalsh · 30/03/2012 15:22

I can't remember how old my son was when he first had chocolate tbh, somewhere between 6 months and a year I suppose, I don't remember it being a big issue in my mind. Food is food, everything is ok in moderation.

This has reminded me I have a bag of mini eggs in the cupboard which I am now going to scoff in an entirely immoderate fashion.

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