To be shocked at how different my child is after an afternoon with Grandma?

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Grandma took DD off for an afternoon of fun. dd is nearing three and pretty much potty trained (gentle reminders and using of loos as we pass them) however whilst with grandma has somehow had three changes of trousers due to accidents.

She is chatty and well behaved but has not stopped talking since she got home - at first I thought it was excitement but she just was like a duracell bunny!

She has been attempting to scale the couch numerous times and screaming at the slightest request to do anything. Clearly she is shattered but my god!! are everyones kids like this after a trip with a grandparent? I cannot believe the difference in her today.

Why do Grandparents feel the need to do this? My MIL homestly thought I was being cruel to DS1 when I gave him water to drink.

Sugar high is a myth??? So presumably the sugar crash is too? Infact diabetes is a fairy tale?

FGS.

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the supernanny experiment is interesting, i have heard of a few others in the same vein. it is mainly parents reactions to children being somewhere very very exciting, and eating lots of sugar, and being tired parents then "blame" the sugar

I think sugar highs are a myth.

Diabetes is completely different, obviously.

It can't be a myth.

If I eat a donut or drink coke, I feel rather strange, like Ive got too much energy. Obviously because I'm 48 I can behave myself.

A 3 year old can't.

My dd is like this since we came back from holiday. Really hyped up, talking a lot more, crying at the slightest thing, very demanding. I think they go a bit high after doing things out of their normal routine. Your dd probably had accidents due to the excitement of everything. I don't think it's necessarily grandmas fault here.

Sugar high is a myth. It's like putting petrol in a car, too much petrol won't make the car go faster. There is no scientific basis behind the sugar rush myth.
They have found that it is caused by environmental factors ie over excitement and parental expectations.

let me guess, today's grandma is your MIL?

Sugar high is a myth. It's like putting petrol in a car, too much petrol won't make the car go faster. There is no sci

really but some food colurings come with warnings and stuff...suagry sweets all have these diff colourings and flavourings and chemcials>

So why do I feel weird if I eat too much sugar bruffin?

I don't eat a lot often, but when I do, it has an affect on me.

It is unusual for an adult to feel weird after eating sugar I think. Does it happen if you eat, for example, a piece of homemade cake?

Could be psychological Excusetypos
You know you have eaten a lot of sugar and therefore expect to feel bad, therefore you feed bad, bit like a reverse placebo.

Just google sugar rush myth

Whether the sugar rush thing is a myth or not, it's not unusual for a toddler out of their routine to be a bit hyper or tired on returning from a trip out, is it? It's really no biggie and I don't see action is required.

And- having accidents when out is also pretty typical, esp as she isn't even three. Lots of kids are fine at home and then go to school or preschool and wet themselves loads, due to perhaps other people not y looking for cues quite as much as a potty training parent and due to the child getting immersed n their activities.

DS is quite the Little Emperor after a day at the ILs. He's their only grandchild and they absolutely dote on him. They're also brilliant at playing so he often poos his pants when he's there, because he doesn't want to stop playing even for long enough to visit the toilet.

My dd is 5 and returns a right stroppy madam after being with my mum and dad. It's because they run round after her and she never gets told no. Dd gets to run the show then comes back to where there are rules and stricter expectations. No sugar involved haha :-D

My dd is 5 and returns a right stroppy madam after being with my mum and dad. It's because they run round after her and she never gets told no. Dd gets to run the show then comes back to where there are rules and stricter expectations. No sugar involved haha :-D

If I have a large meal at lunchtime, no alcohol, I feel a bit drunk afterwards. I think it is some kind of food high.

I see some more recent posters have pretty much made my point, but hey, what the hell, I'll add my bit in anyway.

As well as the overall excitement factor mentioned earlier in the thread, I think there is a high chance that your DD was on some kind of power rush, rather than sugar. Being spoiled, indulged and generally ruling the roost with grandma can do this to the sweetest child.

I think we have to distinguish between "hyperactive sugar high" which is ascribed to kids and is a myth and the symptoms of high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) which can cause irritability and drowsiness in adults or reactive hypoglycaemia which can also make you feel ill. That's why people can feel a bit funny after a meal/a while after eating something sugary, especially if they are sensitive to sugar changes or tend to run a bit a low/high-or even if they're pre-diabetic.

at power rush. I am a grandmother. I pretty much let them do what they want when they are with me (within the bounds of safety, of course). It's one of the main perks of being a grandparent.

sugar rush exists. I have no doubt about that. when I was at school the first one or 2 periods after lunch we were all hyper and giddy as fuck. no grandmothers involved.

It's not the sugar, it's excitement from seeing you friends, and running around and so forth. Controlled experiments have proven that (non-medical) sugar rush is bollocks. A PP has used a car analogy which is good, you can't use up more sugar than you can use up, any excess simply gets stored as fat (or simply stored, as in the petrol analogy!).

it really wasn't excitement. it was high school, we were sitting beside our friends in every class, chatting to them on the walk to every class. and there was definitely no running around. we occasionally moved off the radiators to write something rude on the whiteboard but that was it. it was the food.