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Wanting to give 9m/o chocolate at Easter?

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TwittleBee · 27/03/2018 21:56

I've seen a lot of parents saying it's selfish / waste of money /sets bad habits / unhealthy etc etc to give little ones chocolate (even at Easter). AIBU for wanting to give my 9m/o DS some chocolate though?

My plan was to make a sugar free mousse made with 100% cocoa chocolate and flavoured with orange.

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Thelampshadelady · 27/03/2018 21:59

Yanbu. A little chocolate treat at the most chocolatey time of the year won’t hurt. Smile
Do what you want to do, not what others think you should be doing.

MyKingdomForBrie · 27/03/2018 22:01

Christ. I was just going to go with a kinder egg..

ChoudeBruxelles · 27/03/2018 22:02

Just give them some chocolate buttons.

Crispbutty · 27/03/2018 22:02

I would have just got a buttons egg.

BellyBean · 27/03/2018 22:02

YABU to give that to your LO and pretend it's chocolate! YANBU to give actual chocolate in small quantities. I'm planning on giving 8mo DD a mini choc Lindt egg.

Flomy · 27/03/2018 22:02

Eggs all the way.

FrozenMargarita17 · 27/03/2018 22:03

Wow op, I just have chocolate buttons for my dd

hidinginthenightgarden · 27/03/2018 22:03

Presumably you weren't planning on letting them loose on a full egg so I don't think this is an issue at all. Everything in moderation is fine.

FilthyforFirth · 27/03/2018 22:03

Each to their own. I have a nearly 9 month old and I wont be giving him any chocolate. At this young age he doesn't need it and can't miss what he doesn't know...

BiologyMatters · 27/03/2018 22:03

Just give them some buttons or a milkybar!

TheFifthKey · 27/03/2018 22:03

Your second child will be crawling around eating bits of discarded Yorkie off the floor at Easter, and you’ll laugh at the sugar-free mousse idea! I mean, do what you want. It’s nice you want to make an effort! But in Normal land loads of people give babies a taste of chocolate at easter and don’t even think about it.

TestingTestingWonTooFree · 27/03/2018 22:04

There’s no need. In a few years time they’ll be hassling you for junk.

Figmentofimagination · 27/03/2018 22:20

Just buy an Easter egg for your DS, give him the tiniest amount and eat the rest for yourself. My DS (11mo) currently has 5 Easter eggs from family members. I'm looking forward to tucking into his white chocolate ones 😂

Ellendegeneres · 27/03/2018 22:34

This time last year ds was about the same age and got hold of chocolate. I mean to be fair, his brother had ‘helpfully’ ‘shared’ forcefed his brother chocolate buttons at Christmas just prior- ds has been screaming for the stuff ever since. Nearly got hold of my expensive stuff the other day, had to pry it out of his mitts and give him chocolate buttons 😂

I say no harm. Kid will turn into a chocoholic and keep the industry in business if anything like my two!

Camomila · 27/03/2018 22:37

I bought DS an Easter bunny gingerbread biscuit last year when he was 11 months because I didnt want him having chocolate yet.

This year his grandma has bought him an easter egg which I get to eat as he doesn't like chocolate.
(I'll buy him another easter shapped biscuit!)

Misty9 · 27/03/2018 22:45

With my pfb my mum bought an Easter egg when he was 9mo and I assumed it was for me to eat until she said it was especially artificial this and that free so he could. I was a bit shocked and told a white lie that he'd had some when in reality I scoffed the lot.

With dc2 I'm pretty certain she'd eaten chocolate buttons by that age... Grin

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TwittleBee · 28/03/2018 08:12

I guess I'm just worried about the sugar content in giving an easter egg. Is it just the sugar peoole are worried about with giving Chocolate? Chocolate itself doesn't have any if it's 100% though which was why I'm making a mousse with it (it isn't just for DS, I'm hosting Good Friday lunch for grandparents who are on a no sugar diet too). Also really worried about how other people (family and friends) will react to me giving DS chocolate (even if it is sugar free?)

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cestlavielife · 28/03/2018 08:16

Stop worrying so much about other people.
A chocolate button or small piece of choc egg won't harm him.

The dessert sounds lovely for the adults

BubblesAndSquarks · 28/03/2018 08:19

Personally I don't see the point, at that age they may well not even like it as its a strong unusual taste. I don't bother with anything unhealthy until around 1 and a half with mine as just didn't see the point.

Having said that if you want to then its not doing any harm, I just personally didn't see the point, they'd probably be happier with something familiar that they enjoy like strawberries or blueberries at that age!

Camomila · 28/03/2018 08:21

I wasn’t actually fussed about the sugar, and I let DS have the occasional biscuit, bit of brioche roll etc from about 9/10m. I just didn’t want to give him chocolate because in my home country it’s one of the things no one gives/is advised against giving before 1 because it’s ‘hard to digest’.

ShovingLeopard · 28/03/2018 08:24

I didn't give my DD any chocolate at that age (was also 9 months at Easter). If I had my time again I'd be much more relaxed about it. A little bit of chocolate won't break them at that age, and it's nice for them to try something yummy. Don't worry about what other people think, he's your DC, and provided his diet is otherwise good, a small amount of sugar won't do him any harm.

RatsInHats · 28/03/2018 08:26

I always got my little ones over 6 months a white buttons egg (and scoffed most of it myself whilst intermittently giving them small bits)

FacelikeaBagofHammers · 28/03/2018 08:26

I'll go against the grain here and say that yabu. He's 9 months with an immature digestive system. Give him until at least a year before you ply him with rubbish (which is mainly for your benefit and not his!)

Blaablaablaa · 28/03/2018 08:33

Seriously don't worry about what other people think. He's your child not theirs. If you want to give him some chocolate then go for it. I gave mine milky bar buttons. I honestly don't think a little bit of sugar will do any harm as long as his diet is good the majority of time. It's all about balance

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TwittleBee · 28/03/2018 08:36

cestlavielife i know i should! Haha. I suffer with horrid social anxiety though

BubblesAndSquarks we have been doing BLW though so he is really good with new flavours. Actually, he apparently likes coffee (he grabbed an almost finished mug of decaff coffee on the side and finished it before i realised!)

Camomila ah brilliant! See this is what I was wondering, if there was more of an issue beyond the sugar. DS is good at digesting, never seen food in his nappy though before so I do know he is digesting (and he is eating because no food left anywhere haha)

FacelikeaBagofHammers what's rubbish exactly in the chocolate? Just wanna know. I suppose I could Google

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