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To ask if there are others that don't allow a chocolate coma on Easter

136 replies

Bakingwithmyboys · 18/04/2022 09:23

This is totally light hearted and each to their own but I wondered if there are any others out there that don't allow their children to gorge on chocolate or if we are the only meanies around.

Lots of my friends make comments about chocolate eggs for breakfast etc but we just don't do that. They get a bit more than normal on the day. Then most of it goes in a box to be had as and when. Usually over the next few weeks we shall work through it.

Anyone else?

OP posts:
FAQs · 18/04/2022 11:03

Chocolate coma is just a saying, similar to meat sweats or food coma, it’s not literally.

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 18/04/2022 11:06

@TheGriffle

Oh and today the 5 year old has sat down and eaten an apple, nectarine, strawberries and grapes already this morning so they know what healthy food is.
I know you are expecting a halo but that much sugar is not healthy. You really need to try harder to be smug. Carrot, broccoli, baby corn (all raw of course) would be much better.
Hayisforhorse · 18/04/2022 11:07

Chocolate lasting from Easter until Christmas isn't because we're restricting it in any way, just that the children seem to do that themselves...

As a family we would have a couple of pieces of chocolate after lunch, especially on weekends. They can access their chocolate at other times but if they do, they only take a little.

CarmenThePanda · 18/04/2022 11:09

It is perfectly possible to have a mini Lindt bunny or two (the ones that come in a pack of six, in a line) or a creme egg sized egg for breakfast without it being ‘gorging on chocolate’.

Get a (lighthearted Hmm ) grip.

LadyMacduff · 18/04/2022 11:12

I don't let mine have whatever they want because they really would go for it. But my tolerance is a higher than it would be on a normal day.

Beautiful3 · 18/04/2022 11:18

I allow them to eat their goodies unrestricted over Easter, Halloween, birthdays and Christmas. My youngest woke up today, I asked if she wanted to finish off her egg for breakfast. She declined, she's had enough of chocolate! 😂

Hausa · 18/04/2022 11:26

@TheGriffle

Oh and today the 5 year old has sat down and eaten an apple, nectarine, strawberries and grapes already this morning so they know what healthy food is.
I’m very amused that your version of ‘healthy food’ is a load of sugary fruit. Which is clearly the the polar opposite of chocolate. 😂
merryhouse · 18/04/2022 11:28

Well, we used to start by having Special Breakfast (croissants and smoked salmon) and would then go out to church, so there wasn't really much opportunity to eat more chocolate than the small egg from church before lunch.

Then more often than not we'd have a trip down south, so unless they remembered to take an egg in the body of the car it would be some hours before they had any more Grin

I worked on the principle that birthday, Christmas and Easter chocolate could be eaten whenever they wanted - just like their toys could be played with whenever they wanted. Restriction was limited to a raised eyebrow and a reminder not to Spoil Your Dinner; and I'm always shocked and appalled by the mothers who insist on using it up or eating it themselves if it's still around after a week or so.

BiscuitLover3678 · 18/04/2022 11:34

I think it depends on their age. Mine is only 2 so we do as you do. If he was older I may let him have more of it. A substantial breakfast first through, definitely!

Regularsizedrudy · 18/04/2022 11:34

Loving the feigned horror at the phrase “chocolate coma”. Peak mumsnet

iBrows · 18/04/2022 11:34

Some kids still have Easter eggs and chocolates left for WEEKS afterwards?!

What came first, the MN chicken or the MN egg? Easter Grin

elliejjtiny · 18/04/2022 11:36

My dc have a big egg a medium egg and a mini egg each. I didn't restrict but I didn't give them any eggs until just after lunch so they didn't eat much of them anyway.

MargaretThursday · 18/04/2022 11:42

Never put restrictions on it at all. However we always have:
#1 will have not touched the egg in July.
#2 will have eaten every bit of all chocolate within an hour
#3 will munch on it through the day and get through around half. The rest will last a week or two.

Natsku · 18/04/2022 11:43

I don't restrict my oldest but she won't eat it all at once (and they don't get a lot, a few little eggs from easter egg hunt and a chocolate bunny). Youngest is 4 and does not cope well with lots of sugar so I just give him a bit on a plate (which he'll then insist on sharing with whoever is around, the sweetheart) and that'll do him for the day.

SillySallySassySausage · 18/04/2022 11:44

Loving the feigned horror at the phrase “chocolate coma”. Peak mumsnet

Same! …… Medical attention ffs GrinGrin

sobby49 · 18/04/2022 11:46

No. I have never celebrated Easter by just shovelling chocolate into my DC's mouths, it is about Jesus Christ not how much chocolate can gluttonous children eat in one go. There is enough sugar in fruit that they can have which will satisfy them just as much if not more than any chocolate would be able to.

lameasahorse · 18/04/2022 11:46

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bellebeautifu1 · 18/04/2022 11:47

DD use to do an Easter hunt every year with my brother's step kids, DB and SIL always went over the top, umpteenth big and small eggs scattered around the house / garden (which is why DH and I never brought her any). My parents would give her a big egg, as would her godmother. It was too much, but normally it took her a week to polish them all off, there is no way would I let her eat all that chocolate in one day.

FreezyFreezy · 18/04/2022 11:47

Look at the usernames.
This comment: TheGriffle Oh and today the 5 year old has sat down and eaten an apple, nectarine, strawberries and grapes already this morning so they know what healthy food is. is a follow up to the one they posted a few minutes earlier.




Anyway, my dc had 3 big eggs and 13 egg hunt eggs and bunnies each and a pack of celebrations to share. They've eaten what they wanted and will do until there's nothing left. My saying is that when it's gone, it's gone. One will probably run out tomorrow, the other will make it last a week.




Btw, it's crap if you make chocolate last months. Don't buy it if you don't want it.

MyDcAreMarvel · 18/04/2022 11:47

You sound fun op.

lameasahorse · 18/04/2022 11:49

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Hausa · 18/04/2022 11:51

@FreezyFreezy

Look at the usernames. This comment: TheGriffle Oh and today the 5 year old has sat down and eaten an apple, nectarine, strawberries and grapes already this morning so they know what healthy food is. is a follow up to the one they posted a few minutes earlier. ** ** ** ** Anyway, my dc had 3 big eggs and 13 egg hunt eggs and bunnies each and a pack of celebrations to share. They've eaten what they wanted and will do until there's nothing left. My saying is that when it's gone, it's gone. One will probably run out tomorrow, the other will make it last a week. ** ** ** ** Btw, it's crap if you make chocolate last months. Don't buy it if you don't want it.
I think we’re all aware of the sequence of her comments. The fruit comment is still hilarious.
LeastofLeicester · 18/04/2022 11:52

Depends on their ages for us. The older DC are sensible about how much is too much. I think they ate the big egg yesterday and will probably pick at the rest over the week. Don't think it will last more than a week but they have free reign.

The toddler tried to shove as much in as he could so yes, we took it away and will give him bits throughout the week.

They all had chocolate for breakfast though.

VyeBrator · 18/04/2022 11:53

Mine just ate it when they wanted it. As long as it wasn't too near dinner, I couldn't care less.

Fizbosshoes · 18/04/2022 11:54

Mine don't get chocolate for breakfast, but I'm slightly more relaxed than I am normally about chocolate. They each got a large lindt bunny, a medium sized easter egg and 2 bags of mini eggs. Having said that's, So far both have only eaten less than half the mini eggs. (DD loves chocolate, DS is more take it or leave it - I think we still have one of his easter eggs from last year!)

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