Giving an under 2 haribo!

[Sadbri]

Okay so I'm almost sure I'm not being unreasonable. My little girl attends a nursery and is in the baby room. Yesterday I was given a small pack of Haribo from a member of staff. They told me it's a gift from one of the children as they've turned 2 and has gone up to the next room.
I'm sorry correct me if I'm wrong but who gives out haribo as a gift in a baby room! Cake, biscuits I can understand but small sweets which a little one can easily choke on seems silly. Am I being a bit of a snowflake mum or is this normal? X

@Thisreallyisafarce
I would have thought the fact they are soft would be the reason they could be choked on.

I think they’d just slide down!

I would have been a bit 🤔 with 1st, but by the time 2nd was 2yrs old Haribo, crisps, biscuits etc were just so normalised. I bet the child had older siblings. It's very easy to exist in a bit of a bubble (not always a bad thing!!) it will deffo not be the last thing you are shocked about😉

Sadbri

The real choking risk comes from objects that are too rigid to be pushed back out of the airway. There's obviously a chance a child could choke on a gummy bear or similar, but I don't think more so than any other food. And they have to eat.

They are not babies. They are two. There is a presumption they can chew and swallow soft food items. There is a presumption they will be supervised.

I would influence OP.

Unclench not influence.

Wouldn't be my choice to give out at 2yo but I agree that cakes and biscuits are often difficult due to allergies (although in DD's school, there are lots of vegetarians so even sweets are tricky).

I imagine the nursery had to pass them on. I have only just let DS have the odd haribo (or similar chewy sweets) and he's 3.5yo.

If you were asked instead of giving it to your kid then it's an odd choice but I wouldn't be bothered. Personally I'd rather not due to the choke hazard etc. And would hand out mini milky ways or fruit bars (let the parents choose which one they want to give DC) I wouldn't be loosing any sleep or getting any greys over it though!

and Haribo

I'm so confused, I only feed my kids home cooked non processed foods for their main meals and most snacks. But they have all had sweets and stuff before the age of 2! How weird!

I used to love it when this happened. Guilt free Haribo for me and DS had no clue. Now DS is 3 and totally aware. And as he has allergies, haribo are actually quite good choice for him.

I agree they aren’t a great gift for a 1 year old (my DD just turned 1 and I wouldn’t let her eat them), but nurseries usually want you to give a gift to all the kids so no one is left out. Ours definitely police what they get as usually now he’s older it’s given to them at snack or lunch time, but the other week there was a full size bar of chocolate in his box from someone generous and they said they gave the kids a few pieces at lunch and then gave the bars for them to take home! My lucky day!

Its not like she gave you a bag of aniseed balls,those tiny packs of haribos have about five riny sweets in them

My DS gets a Haribo after his weekly swimming session. He's 22 months. It's not a problem. There are worse things he's trying to eat...

Used to happen to my Dd all the time. She's only just recently started liking sweets like haribo at age 7. Just stash them in your handbag for when you fancy a snack!

I don’t even let my 4 year old eat them! Now I feel like a total dickweed.

I don’t even let my 4 year old eat them! Now I feel like a total dickweed

I agree with you op, it's an odd choice of treat for a baby room and I wouldn't have been happy with that with either of mine. Luckily the nursery staff are sensible and gave it to you so you had the choice.
More importantly, how ridiculous that they've started giving birthday sweets at 2 years old. It's almost expected at school now but at nursery you can still get away without doing it.
Finally, don't the nursery celebrate with cake so that the birthday is acknowledged and then they get to deal with the allergy issues?

Maybe that’s the only thing they could afford or found at the last minute?
Don’t be that mum, OP, you’d struggle later on.

@agirlhasnonameX yes that was my plan too! I think I will relent and finally let DS have a luridly coloured paw patrol cup cake from Asda (I've never let him get one before because they are mainly icing and 'only for parties') Lots of lovely fizzy cola bottles and assorted sweeties for me!

To be honest I doubt the parent thought all too deeply about it. It was probably a case of ‘ah I should get something to take into nursery, oh look there’s a cheap tub of haribo’.

@OhEcto - what’s confusing you ?

I'm confused about the issue with haribos! Not sure what I'm missing

Ohhh I hope my 2 year old starts coming home from nursery with bags of haribo! Happy mum happy baby 😂😂😂

It's probably the fact that they are mostly sugar, gelatin and colour . . .

Also haribo might be good for allergies but not for vegetarians or halal / kosher people.

My under 2 has also had the odd haribo!