AIBU to think it’s ridiculous to give an 8 month old baby bars of chocolate for Christmas?

[Kirstiesmith1234]

AIBU...... DP’s family all gave our 8 month old baby big sharing bars of dairy milk for Christmas! Now, I wouldn’t mind DD having a small bit of chocolate, a chocolate Father Christmas or something like that (it is Christmas after all), but she literally was given 5 sharing bars of chocolate! They got her other bits too which were lovely, but I was shocked that anyone would give bars of chocolate to a baby!

DP won’t ever say anything to his family and would just say I’m being boring. AIBU to think this is ridiculous? Even when DD is older, I still think 5 sharing bars of dairy milk is excessive. In fact will probably be more of a problem as removing the bars won’t be as easy! Should I say something to partners family? I’m only trying to look out for DD’s health and well-being 😀

Ha ha I'd just be celebrating my 5 extra bars of chocolate if I was you 😂 My 18 month old got some chocolate coins - she's had about 3 of them, I've eaten the rest 😁

They'll only be bad for her if you give them to her.
Just eat them yourself.

They're not really for the baby though are they? I mean I confiscated the Hotel Chocolat stocking that someone sent my 1yo. He's more than happy with the odd chocolate button and I was very happy with the thick chocolate reindeers.

Break a teeny tiny little piece off for baby and the rest is for you! Win win

Very true, I’m well on my way to eating them. 😂 I think maybe I just found it strange, I’d never thought about giving chocolates to babies before 😀

My dd is 19 months and got a lot of chocolate, me and elder dd have been happily eating it when she's in bed haha

Put them to one side - it's not like 8 month old is going to say - "where's my chocolate" & then just say to family that next time something else would be better than a truck load of chocolate. Otherwise even at 18 months old you can intercept and give them another go at a better present

Yes, hoping to politely suggest something different for next year! 😀 Otherwise I’m going to end up piling on the pounds!! 😂😂

Kirstiesmith124 - good plan - happy new year to you

I still eat 95% of my daughters Easter eggs. She 4 so I reckon I've got another year or two of doing it.

I would eat it myself but explain since Cadbury changed recipes she now prefers [insert favourite choc].

Or tease them by saying she's been sick all day after she ate the 5 bars at once, do they think it was too much in one go?

SIL and MIL bought 9month old DS a bag of chocolate buttons... DH ate both of them

I know a couple of people do this because they get them for older kids if you know what I mean. My friend gets everyone a chocolate oranges along with their present for reasons long forgotten anf this year bought one for an imminent but unborn baby (which she admitted is bonkers). My grans neighbour gets all the kids she knows a selection box for Christmas Eve and that starts from their first Christmas and in my case has lasted a solid 30 years. It could be something like that? As in , don’t look too hard for the logic.

My 4 month old got loads of chocolate. What makes it worse is he has a dairy allergy 🙄
He's bf so because of his allergies I can't eat them either.
He's got 3 big brothers happy to help him out though 😉

This is why DH and I now carefully peel back the paper on any suspicious looking gifts from MIL to our kids to intercept the mountains of chocolate she’s bound to have bought them (and to remove any age inappropriate toys before the kids see them)

SIL and MIL bought 9month old DS a bag of chocolate buttons... DH ate both of them

I can’t figure out whether there were only two chocolate buttons in the bag, or your DH devoured his mother and sister

DH ate both bags of buttons 😂😂

Aha, it could be the late hour but I honestly hadn’t considered that possibility 😂

I had the same moment Sylvanian

DD1 was given a chocolate figurine when she was about 14 mos by a well meaning relative and toddled off before I could stop her. It was later found, pulverised and stuffed between their sofa cushions.

They didn't bother the following year.....

I’d never thought about giving chocolates to babies before sorry but I find this a bit of a silly comment! It's all a bit "oh I'm such a good parent I couldn't possibly imagine the very idea of giving a baby chocolate!" Obviously that amount is excessice but a small piece every so often is absolutely fine. No babies don't need chocolate but neither does anyone! Moderation is a good lesson for life imo.

Giving very small children lots of chocolates means more for you! Enjoy! I know I have! Lol!

My MIL used to do this. I don't anyone expects that the baby will eat the chocolate!

Eat them...It's the best thing about being the parents of young children 🤗 It won't be long before you have another lot. Easter soon 😋 Buy bigger trousers in the sale 😉

It was bloody stupid of them. There’s no point giving a baby chocolate, a little taste here and there is fine but gifting the child five sharer bars is ridiculous. Are they, erm, larger people?

What has their size got to do with it 🙄
I'm a 'larger person' but I wouldn't either feed my baby chocolate or gift it to another baby.