to not want to put sugar on 11 month old's pancakes?

[OwlinaTree]

Think it seems like too much sugar! Off to a pancake party this morning, don't want to give him a sugary pancake but don't want to offend anyone!

Do you think I could take a banana and pit a bit of that on instead? Or will I look a bit pfb?!

I used to squeeze an orange over pancakes for mine when they were little. They also liked them rolled round mashed banana and cut into bite sized pieces. You won't be the only one avoiding sugar. Nowadays we go for maple syrup.

Banana will be fine. I would have done the same at that age. Just don't announce loudly to everyone that your little one couldn't possibly have sugar thus judging those that do

Will avoid that milky! I am anxious kerberos, trying to tread the line of being healthy but not making food a 'thing'. My dh big comfort eater, we want to avoid that for ds but still want him to enjoy his food! IIt's so tricky.

Sugars in fruit do effect the body in different ways though and so I think they are preferable to sucrose and anyway there's the other good bits to fruit that you don't get with 'neat' sugar.

A tiny sprinkling of sugar is neither here nor there and it doesn't sound like he routinely has sugar. But it's entirely up to you.

I have a recipe that is asparagus and prawns in a creamy sauce with pancakes wrapped up canneloni style - the asparagus comments have reminded me that I need to try this as it sounds gorgeous.

you dont have to put sugar on them if you dont want to, but then youll be giving him pancakes with no sugar, which is mean spirited, neglectful and practically abusive IMO.

andcake what is the advantage of using "fruit spread" when it contains more sugar per 100g than, say, bog standard Sainsburys strawberry jam?

Compare nutritional info: fruit spread and Sainsbury's strawberry jam

As for putting banana on top, aren't they pretty sugary as well? They taste very sugary.

We went to the party and it was fab! There were many choices of topping but no sugar that I saw anyway. We had banana, and he loved it! Thanks for all the advice.

Brit I know what you are saying, that's why I was wondering if IWBU.

Not for babies, I know, but my pancakes must have sugar poured sprinkled on them and then lemon or lime juice. I cannot eat them any other way.

Squirty cream and loads of it for my DTs first ones. It was comical to watch.

Would icing sugar be better?

Probably not.

Until today DS (5) has always preferred his pancakes with no topping at all, this morning he decided he wanted rasins and honey - I think sprinkling just the sugar on would have been healthier but it is a once every blue moon thing so now he is older I don't mind.

DC2 (11 months) had his covered in Nutella!

I did give him some with ham and cheese first but he didn't really like that.

(He will only self feed from his tray but the non sweet stuff was just getting chucked on the floor! He might have gone for them with broccoli though - following on from crazy fillings - as he always eats that!)

Pfb would probably not have got anything remotely sugary...

Branleuse you are like my DM. She looked at me like this when I said DD (2) would have her pancake with a squeeze of orange instead of lemon and sugar, and sprinkled some icing sugar on anyway.

I found out yesterday my mum has been feeding my 14 month old mcdonalds when she has her...so what she has on her pancakes one day of the year seems a little insignificant now.... (which was nutella btw....but she is baby no 3 and standards slide/perspective gained).