Relatives buying kids loadsa choc, is it reasonable?

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Ds is nearly 3 and his uncle bought him 3 small Easter eggs this year, brought him some cupcakes and wanted to buy him an icecream. I felt bad because I said no! I don't let ds eat much chocolate because it's not a good habit to get into, he eats choc or cake a couple of times a week. If I spread the chocolate out over a few weeks then ds will start expecting chocolate after every meal!
So am I being a Dick about sugar? It pisses me off that aunties and uncles get to treat the kids without doing all the work or having to deal with the sugar comedown! I doubt very much that I will be able to get my own back as all our siblings are single/anti having kids! Are uncles dicks by buying loads of sugary crap?

Sugar high/come down is a myth.

It's Easter. Chocolate is par for the course.

just hide it and hand it put every so often. or eat some of it yourself.

I think you can let it slide for Easter. And at age 3 you can probably 'help' him to eat it without him noticing!

No-one is being a dick

YANBU to to politely say 'No thank you, he's had enough sugar'. It's not a big deal and I can't think of why it would be.

If your child is affected by sugar rushes and comedowns, that's even more reason to store the sugary stuff away and continue with a couple of times per week.

He' only three so you could just day no and donate them to a food bank, we don't eat a lot of chocolate as a household but Christmas and Easter we have a couple of yes days where the kids can all eat as much as they want, they pig out for a couple of days and have fun and don't bother with it much the rest of the time

But I have 4 stone to lose!
Sigh.

Yup - accept it all with a smiles then hide it at home and dish it out in small portions. It will last ages - my DS is still going on Christmas chocolate!

At that age, I wasn't as bothered because the eggs mysteriously disappeared without the dc noticing. However, now, I find the eggs a bit overwhelming. And it's very hard for me to ration them out for them without being tempted to "help"

you are better off eating a larger amount at one time than spreading it out (from a teeth point of view). Help him eat them or melt them down to do some baking and then you can tell them they are finished.

They're not dicks for giving what is actually not a huge amount of chocolate that doesn't have to be eaten in one sitting.

Just accept it and smile. You can always save it for baking.

So basically he bought him 3 small Easter eggs and some cupcakes and you want to know if he's being a dick?

You said yourself that you allow your child to have chocolate and cake a couple of times a week, so what exactly is the problem?

Surely you'll just give your child what his uncle bought, on the days you'd normally give chocolate and cake, no?

You're being a bit of a grinch.

It's nice your family want to spoil your kids. Its onyl a few days out of a year.

I understand where you are coming from. DD got 12 eggs this year from well meaning family members. DH and I got 4 each plus wine and a box of Ferrero roacher. I find having it all in the house a bit overwhelming to be honest, but that is because I'm a recovered bulimic so totally my issue. I've put it all in a cupboard so I can't see it and will let dd have some when she asks (a little bit a day until it's gone). Whilst we have chocs the are no other treats in the house like biscuits or cake. Last year I threw Easter choc out christmas!

Put some of it in the freezer?

So about 530 calories per egg (100g). Just from uncle 3 eggs is more i expect than a 3yo needs in a day.
1 egg =1/3 callories for the day.
Dd also nearly 3 had some white choc mini eggs (and a couple of jelly bunnies). Though we have had a lot of cake this week as have visitors so a lot of hot x buns.
For young kids it makes sense for parents only to get them 1.
12 eggs is a huge amount!
Even if sugar had no effect, milk choc has caffeine in

Its not healthy for eating food of any sort to be seen as "fun" or a "reward" in my view. Have it because its a gift and i guess it's Easter....but I wouldn't let the kids "pig out" or binge on chocolate for the sake of it. For what? Cant you just have one bloody egg (if it's little half if its those huge ones) and get on with life? Hate the greed fest that Easter/Christmas/Mothers Day / Fathers Day etc sometimes induces.

Naty1 Agreed.

I have an unreasonable hate for the word 'choc'

doubt very much that I will be able to get my own back

Are uncles dicks by buying loads of sugary crap?

Get a fucking grip.

It's chocolate. Is there some rule that says all chocolate must be consumed within a week?

Dear god just ration it. The best before date on mine was in July. 4 whole months.

You are seriously ungrateful. YABU.

I know, I agree. DD will not eat it all. So far she has eaten half of one egg and half of a small bunny. I can't talk sense into my family. I didn't buy any chocolate for thus very reason. Over the next few months it will be used up in cake making etc. DD isn't that bothered by it. Hence the reason I three two eggs away at Christmas from the previous easter!

Just use it for when you would normally give it use chocolate. 15 yr old DD had always done this and had eaten a couple of bits from inside eggs, but hasn't started on a big egg yet.

Has not had

It's once a year ffs. Lighten the fuck up!

My 1 and 3 year old have received 28 Easter eggs so far. I told dh that next year I'm going to send a text a few weeks before Easter asking that no Easter eggs be given and that if people want to give something that it be crayons/ chalk/ bubbles, etc - he thinks this is a bit rude but I honestly don't. I'm also not going to buy or give any eggs at all - just one each for my kids.