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To think one Easter egg a child is enough

225 replies

brexitstolemyfuture · 13/04/2017 08:26

I'm not a total killjoy, but i want to limit their intake to one over Easter and give away the others.

Even just one contains 16 tea spoons of sugar! Seeing as sugar is linked to diabetes, obesity and cancer i do want to limit it. They've been given 8 eggs each so far, with at least two more to come over the weekend. It's just too much imo.

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LookAtTheFlowersKerry · 13/04/2017 08:28

I say this every year. We have a huge family and everyone buys the kids eggs. It's obscene.

I tend to let them have free rein until it's all gone, so they have a humongous chocolate/sugar intake over a few days while they're on school hols. Rather than trying to limit it and having a house full of chocolate for weeks.

Pollydonia · 13/04/2017 08:30

Its once a year. I used to give mine 1 on Easter Sunday, 1 on the Monday then we would melt the eggs down and make rocky roads to share with dgp's.
Giving their eggs away would be very harsh!
Alternatively get wider family to get them a small toy/ activity book instead of an egg .

neonrainbow · 13/04/2017 08:31

10 eggs is far too many. I would donate 7 or 8 to a food bank.

AnoiseAnnoysanOyster · 13/04/2017 08:31

Yanbu, I buy the dc an egg but they don't need loads from everyone else. Luckily family tend to buy a small toy which I'm more than happy with. My 2 year old does not need 6 eggs.

treaclesoda · 13/04/2017 08:32

Mine get loads too. But I just keep them. They're usually still eating them in August. They've still only eaten half their sweets from Halloween...

limon · 13/04/2017 08:34

I let her gorge on this occasion as it's only easter and Xmas that there is chocolate overload. To be honest she's pretty good at self regulating.

EnglishRose1320 · 13/04/2017 08:35

I can understand how you feel and that much chocolate regularly would be insane but it is only once a year. However Thier are your children, if it's too much for them you decide.
We have bought ours a very small egg (which is chocolate they probably won't like much) because they will love what comes with it. We do this because we know they will get loads from family.
If you don't think they will notice a few being skimmed off the top of the pile I'd suggest dropping them off to a food bank.

Runningissimple · 13/04/2017 08:35

I just used to ration them to a small amount a day and then bin them in June when no one cared or noticed anymore! Grin

At least you can do that with little ones. The amount of crap my teenage children can consume (unbeknownst to me) is heart attack inducing. Bloody bags of maoams Shock

Mrscaindingle · 13/04/2017 08:35

I was coming on to to call you a kill joy but admit that 10 eggs per child is way too much. I think just one egg each is a bit a bit mean, my kids got 4 each with probably another one today which I think is fine but they're teens now and not tiny and I think eating them in a few days is better than having them hanging round the house for weeks.

Avioleta · 13/04/2017 08:35

Mine will probably get given quite a few but they won't eat them all in one go. I just save them up and they eat them a bit at a time. They still have Christmas chocolate on the go so we'll probably get around to finishing them in September sometime.

dowhatnow · 13/04/2017 08:39

You can never have too many easter eggs!

Let them eat one on Easter day then ration the rest.

SpreadYourHappiness · 13/04/2017 08:39

I used to get 15 - 20 eggs a year when I was a child because my birthday sometimes coincides with Easter (shitty present to buy a child whose birthday is near Easter, by the way).

My parents never rationed them or gave them away, thankfully. I just ate them as and when I liked.

Bubblysqueak · 13/04/2017 08:43

We've only just finished Christmas chocolate and I expect Easter chocolate to last until Aug/Sept. Just because they have then it doesn't mean they have to eat them all at once.

upperlimit · 13/04/2017 08:43

My kids have 2 eggs each and some smaller ones to have an Easter egg hunt. I think 10 eggs is far too many and not because of the sugar content. It just seems so over the top and unnecessary.

Maybe I'm a killjoy too. Grin

Grilledaubergines · 13/04/2017 08:51

DC get a fair few, although teenagers now but when they were younger we'd let them have what they wanted and then we used the rest in recipes.

I do think though that this trend now of Easter presents is bloody ridiculous. Easter hampers, expensive toys etc.

Easter = chocolate.

And hot cross buns. Proper ones, not salted caramel, chocolate orange, gold leaved. But I digress.

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Gramgram · 13/04/2017 08:56

I understand where you are coming from. DGD gets chocolate eggs from an assortment of relatives. DD limits her intake, but they end up hanging around for months. I decided this year not to bother with chocolate eggs, so she has a book and book token, a nice tin of chocolate shortbread and some new clothes. It might make me a meany but at least we're not creating the great wall of chocolate eggs, which has happened in previous years.

underneaththeash · 13/04/2017 09:00

Me too - DS1 has weight issues and my heart sinks every time someone shows up with another egg. They have 4 each so far (which is way too many). Luckily we're going away on Easter Monday, so a couple of them will disappear before we get back.

Itaintme · 13/04/2017 09:01

I think it's mean to give away your kids Easter eggs.

PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 13/04/2017 09:04

Dd is too young for eggs at the moment. Is it not a thing that the parents just eat them? Grin
10 is too many for 1 child - I got that and suffer with weight issues (not just down to Easter eggs but it didn't help)

Whatsername17 · 13/04/2017 09:04

My 5yo still has one left over from last year. It is obscene but no one in my family listens when I ask them not to but chocolate. I've bought dd1 (5) a dvd and put 'movie night' stuff in an easter basket - popcorn, a lemonade a small egg. Dd2 (12 weeks) is getting some rattles. I've already been warned by mil that two family members have bought my12 week old baby a chocolate egg. I will smile and say thank you but inside I'm a bit Hmm.

MangoSplit · 13/04/2017 09:05

I'm lucky that my DC don't seem to get given many eggs. One from us, one from my PILs, that's it I think. 10 eggs per child is crazy!

Soubriquet · 13/04/2017 09:05

Yanbu

My dc already have two each and not one of them is from me or dh. I was going to get them one but decided actually why bother? They already have two and will probably get another 2 coming to them. That's 4. They don't need anymore sweets or chocolate, they have lots of toys and books so this year we aren't buying them anything

KitKat1985 · 13/04/2017 09:06

10 does seem a lot, but I wouldn't give them away as it feels a bit mean. Can you just let the kids have one a week for the next 10 weeks (obviously check the use-by dates first so you use the ones with the shortest dates first)? That way they get all their chocolate but it's spaced out so it's not just a mega chocolate binge.

LouBlue1507 · 13/04/2017 09:09

YABU.. It's one time in a year. If you're so against your children having Easter eggs, tell family not to buy them. I hate the 'give them to a good bank' suggestion. People haven't bought eastser eggs to be donated to someone else otherwise they'd donate them themselves.

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