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To eat my daughters Easter eggs and Easter Chocolate?

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ChocolateEverywhere · 17/04/2019 17:54

DD has got 7 eggs (2 large, 2 med and 3 small) plus the extra packs of sweets/chocolate they come with, a lindt chocolate bunny and a chocolate lolly.

She’s 3 and is going to her dads this weekend where she get yet more chocolate probably another 6-8 eggs (probably med size) from her dads family which will get sent home with her minus the chocolate packs that come inside.

I don’t mind her having a bit of chocolate or a handful of haribo and I’m pleased so many people love her and want to treat her (she has 3 great grandparents and is the only great grandchild on both sides so gets spoilt by them without adding in that she has 5 grandparents and parents who’re separated so buy separately for her and her godparents buy for her as well) but I feel that 13-15 eggs is too much for such a small child.

WIBU to eat the larger chocolate eggs/chocolate and just leave the packs of sweets/chocolate that come from the inside of the eggs? I will be melting some down for cookies/cakes/ice cream sauce over the next week so she’ll get those too, so it’ll just be a bit.

I’ve got no Easter Eggs so feel it’s only fair my DD shares.

OP posts:
Aprillygirl · 17/04/2019 19:42

I would definitely 'help' her out if my LO got as many Easter eggs as yours OP, but I would buy her a little toy or book to salve my conscience a bit. Happy eating!

Alsohuman · 17/04/2019 19:45

You’d think chocolate was heroin.

BedraggledBlitz · 17/04/2019 19:56

Yeah eat or get rid. My 4yo still has a chocolate reindeer with just one antler nibbled. Most of my family have realised it's too much and have given him some money instead.

MoHunter · 17/04/2019 19:58

Go for it! I would (and have) done this, my kids haven’t missed them. It’s a ridiculous amount of chocolate for a young child.
But then I’m from a different culture where we don’t gorge ourselves on chocolate for Easter in the way it is common here.

Whiskyagogo · 17/04/2019 19:59

I would pop a few in the foodbank area next time you're at the supermarket. My local sainsburys is also collecting for kids in the local hospitals and hospices.

starzig · 17/04/2019 20:12

I am very greedy but eating someone else's gifts is even beyond me.

mama17 · 17/04/2019 20:27

Eat one or two definitely. She has lots already and won't miss them plus with that amount of eggs she will be sick of the sight of chocolate 😜enjoy!!

Bluntness100 · 17/04/2019 20:30

She has lots already and won't miss them plus with that amount of eggs she will be sick of the sight of chocolate 😜enjoy!!

As long as the op doesn't mind her growing up to unilaterally decide what her mother , or her friends, or anyone else, has too much of and just decide to take them without asking?

Why not teach your kid manners and lead by example. Why this urge to treat your kids in a way you'd not wish them to treat you or anyone else. She's three. She learns at this age.

ItWentInMyEye · 17/04/2019 20:34

I’ve got no Easter Eggs so feel it’s only fair my DD shares.

Wow. I don't disagree with snaffling half an egg once some have been opened, but what a selfish attitude to have towards a 3 year old? Genuinely shocked.

Gingerkittykat · 17/04/2019 20:52

That's a ridiculous amount of chocolate for a small child to eat, it would take several months to get through.

I'm wondering how many days calories, fat and sugar for a 3 year old that is?

YANBU to dispose of some of it, whether that is into your belly or somewhere more worthy is up to you.

tinysnickersaremyfavourite · 17/04/2019 20:54

I would eat some.
The thing I don't understand is when people say it's too much chocolate for a kid so lets bake with it and eat the baked goods. Surely you are then still eating the chocolate plus a whole load of extra calories?

Passthecake30 · 17/04/2019 20:57

My kids have always got so many that they get bored with them. They get encouraged to share and they do so willingly.

AppleKatie · 17/04/2019 21:01

My four year old gets given chocolate regularly by a well meaning elderly friend. He loves getting it, id say 50% of the time he asks to eat a bit of it and the rest gets eaten by my DH and he hasn’t noticed yet...

So no not all 3 year olds will care/notice/have an opinion ime.

Hiphopopotamous · 17/04/2019 21:01

I'm going to be eating all of my 2 year olds eggs - he doesn't get the concept at all and isn't that into chocolate. Usually an aunt or two gets him some milkybar buttons which he eats very slowly over weeks/months.

yearinyearout · 17/04/2019 21:05

I would! She's too young to know any different and if you leave them all for her she will still be munching her way through it at Christmas. Think of it as helping her out. Only my dc were still at home so I could share some of theirs!

VanillaLatteAndCake · 17/04/2019 21:06

Eat them! Don't feel guilty!

Sunandseaside · 17/04/2019 21:08

Eat them OP! No judgements from me. Grin

Geminijes · 17/04/2019 21:11

Ask her if she wants to share.

You shouldn't just take them, they don't belong to you. What kind of message would you be giving her if you did take them? Oh, it's alright to take things that someone else has a lot of.....not good!

LaurieMarlow · 17/04/2019 21:19

That's a ridiculous amount of chocolate for a small child to eat, it would take several months to get through.

This.

Dispose as you see fit. Tuck in if you want. She’s too little to remember every individual one she gets so it’s no big deal. Some of the responses on here are plain ridiculous.

Coulddowithanap · 17/04/2019 21:52

My children get lots of eggs (we have a big family) and they will last them till Christmas. Chocolate doesn't go off, at least not quickly. DS still has Christmas chocolate left but I wouldn't help myself to it unless he offers it to me.

TulipsTulipsTulips · 17/04/2019 22:01

I would help myself

SpeedyBojangles · 17/04/2019 22:07

I wouldn't eat them (only cause I'm on a diet and health kick, otherwise I probably would), but I wouldn't let a 3 year old eat all that either. They'd probably end up in the bin in reality.

Cherrysoup · 17/04/2019 22:31

Eat them. I can't believe some of the nonsense on here about you shouldn't eat your dd's Easter eggs, omg, you're a bad person! I would donate some to a food bank and get dd involved in doing that, explaining why and that are little DC who don't have anyone to give them eggs.

CherylCheshire · 17/04/2019 22:48

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bridgetreilly · 17/04/2019 22:49

Just ration it out so she gets one a week for the next few months. Maybe as a treat each weekend?