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To eat my 12 month old DD's Christmas chocolate??

70 replies

RainbowWorrier123 · 24/02/2021 19:17

Light hearted, I know this is a bit silly Grin

DD has just turned 1. For Christmas she was given a pack of Dairy Milk chocolate bars - the ones that are standard sized but half-thickness, if you know what I mean. She has had the odd treat before, mainly a couple of chocolate buttons after her vaccinations, a little bit of birthday cake etc. But I can't imagine just giving her a chocolate bar (or even half of it) just randomly, at a year old?? I just noticed that the date on it is May. Shall I eat it or would that be terrible of me!?

OP posts:
Fairyliz · 24/02/2021 20:22

I got in trouble last year for eating my daughter's chocolate sent by her grandparents.

Mind you she was 23 at the time.

MadeOfStarStuff · 24/02/2021 20:28

Who even gives chocolate to someone else’s one year old?

YANBU

RedGoldAndGreene · 24/02/2021 20:31

You've got Easter coming up so I'd sort out the chocolate before then Grin

diamondpony80 · 24/02/2021 20:38

All christmas chocolate was gone in our house during the first week of the year! Personally I wouldn’t give chocolate to a baby. Not at that age anyway. So yeah definitely eat them yourself.

MessAllOver · 24/02/2021 20:38

My 3yo was sent a huge amount of sweets by various family members for Christmas...I "disposed of" everything except the chocolate and that's being brought out bit by bit from the cupboard. At 1, he hadn't tasted chocolate yet so YANBU in my view.

AdaFuckingShelby · 24/02/2021 20:41

Definitely eat them. She will never know. They'll go to waste otherwise.

brokengate · 24/02/2021 20:44

Eat it!!

Made me smile as I was terrible this year. Had second baby just before Christmas. I don't like chocolate.

Dd1 age 2 got about 8 bags of lidl money. I ate them all. I had them away before she had finished opening the parcel. I was almost craving the stuff. (She didn't care, more a crisp girl like her mummy).

I'm over it now but might need to avoid lidl this Christmas....

Stoppissingonmyheather · 24/02/2021 20:47

Eat them and don't give it a second thought you will be saving her teeth prevent her from getting spots and becoming addicted to sugar obese and having eating disorders she could get diabetes but if you scoff the lot you can be safe in the knowledge that she is healthy and u can always give her a carrot stick if she's hungry tell her it's a lolly

ifitpleasesandsparkles · 24/02/2021 21:21

Eat it! Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!

🎉

Usagi12 · 24/02/2021 21:24

Someone posted on an earlier thread that giving a young child chocolate is child abuse 🙄🙄🙄 so you better eat it all yourself 👍👍

DuggeeHugPlease · 24/02/2021 21:30

Of course it's ok. I do the same with my 3 year old who was given a ridiculous amount of chocolate for Christmas. Even bringing out a little bit every now and then we'd still be eating it at Easter. In fact even with us eating some we still have a couple of selection boxes in the cupboard.
I don't feel guilty in the slightest and I'm bracing myself for another influx at Easter (big family all send Easter eggs)

thefallthroughtheair · 24/02/2021 21:42

God, not at all unreasonable. I would argue that it's great parenting - saving her from herself!
And once they get older, you can buy it off them: teaches them maths and negotiation skills and you save them from sugar addiction and get lots of sweet stuff!! Win win all round I say Grin

Original poster
RainbowWorrier123 · 25/02/2021 11:34

Update: the chocolate is no more, and it was delicious. Thanks for the validation Grin

OP posts:
peak2021 · 25/02/2021 11:35

You waited 2 months? That is restraint worthy of an award!!!

Mysa74 · 25/02/2021 11:40

You are a good and caring parent OP, well done xx

AnnaPotter · 25/02/2021 11:43

Who gives a one year old a packet of chocolate bars for Christmas?!

Definitely not unreasonable to eat them, she wouldn’t get anywhere close to finishing them by May.

2021WillBeGreat · 25/02/2021 11:46

If you feel guilty then I would give her a tiny amount after lunch so that you have then "shared" them!

MyLittleOrangutan · 25/02/2021 12:27

I'm pretty sure I bought my nieces chocolate at that age. I'm pregnant now. I have no idea what I was thinking Grin

Tianatiers · 25/02/2021 12:30

I'm impressed you haven't already! Maybe give her a small piece of each bar while you guzzle the rest to ease your guilt 😊

Tianatiers · 25/02/2021 12:32

@Usagi12

Someone posted on an earlier thread that giving a young child chocolate is child abuse 🙄🙄🙄 so you better eat it all yourself 👍👍
If its the thread I think it is then that was a 3 month old baby, a bit different! Of course it's fine to start giving them the odd but once they're weaned.
HollowTalk · 25/02/2021 12:33

@RootyT00t

Going against the grain here - is it really OK to just eat something given to you / paid for by someone else for your child?

A bar of chocolate just seem a bit much though!

Her child is 12 months old and the chocolate is best eaten within a couple of months. What do you suggest she does with the chocolate?
MissBaskinIfYoureNasty · 25/02/2021 12:37

Whoever bought chocolate for a one year old as a gift was being unreasonable! Glad you ate it!

00100001 · 25/02/2021 12:39

[quote Shufflebudge]@Aroundtheworldin80moves but a chocolate bar? At one? Insane.....[/quote]
You don't have to give them the whole bar. Just snap a bit off for them.

TheSockMonster · 25/02/2021 12:43

@thefallthroughtheair

God, not at all unreasonable. I would argue that it's great parenting - saving her from herself! And once they get older, you can buy it off them: teaches them maths and negotiation skills and you save them from sugar addiction and get lots of sweet stuff!! Win win all round I say Grin
Yes! This is every Easter in our household Grin
Megan2018 · 25/02/2021 12:47

I ate most of DD’s, she got a ridiculous amount for a baby, she had some but we ate the rest.
Waste not, want not!