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

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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?

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Bimblybomeyelash · 18/04/2022 11:57

No restrictions here. They think it’s bloody amazing! But looking at what they actually ate yesterday, from their massive stash from family, it probably only adds up to one Easter egg.

ListenLinda · 18/04/2022 11:57

Mine have had more than usual but it will be given as and when and they aren’t allowed to help themselves. They do love chocolate, but in reference to a PP, they certainly aren’t gluttonous and they don’t have it ‘shovelled in’.
It’s Easter fgs, Easter & Christmas are times we relax more in regards to chocolate consumption.

SquigglePigs · 18/04/2022 11:58

DD is only 3 so definitely not a free for all here. She did get more than usual though and will do today too. Usual routine once we're back to work and nursery tomorrow. Maybe next year she can have some with/after breakfast, when she's old enough to understand "special occasion" a bit better!

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 18/04/2022 12:00

@sobby49

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.
I think Jesus would have approved of an all you can eat chocolate buffet personally.
WonderfulYou · 18/04/2022 12:00

SillySally that sounds sensible.

Restricting can lead to issues later on.

I agree.

My food was very restricted when I was younger so I’ve always had issues with food.

Unfortunately I passed this onto my DD and for a long time I was very restrictive with her diet and didn’t allow any junk food and when I did allow it she would gorge and make herself ill.

I am now much better and she has a lot more freedom and the difference is astounding.
One egg will last more than a week.

I think it’s like anything.
If you go on a diet where you don’t eat any diary all you’ll crave it cheese and yoghurts whereas if they were in the fridge and you could eat it freely then you wouldn’t want it as much.

Momicrone · 18/04/2022 12:03

Nothing is restricted in our house, but I do surreptitiously eat their eggs, they never seem to notice

Fairislefandango · 18/04/2022 12:04

I dont see a virtue in having xmas chocolate 4 months later (what was the point of buying it?) Or keeping Easter chocolate "for months." If its not wanted - don't buy it! If its wanted let them have it. If there's literally so much its lasting months, buy less.

Why is it necessary to buy less?! It doesn't go off! My dc can eat it any time they wish. They still want it and end up eating it all, it just takes them ages to finish it. It's baffling to be tbh - if it were mine I'd have eaten it in a few days!

Choopi · 18/04/2022 12:05

Mine only got one egg each and they can eat it when they like.

SleepingStandingUp · 18/04/2022 12:09

DS 6 is very good at regulating himself. Once he's full, he's full. He'll stop with three smarties left or one bite of chocolate left. So we're quite lax bit it has to be around proper food so first chocolate was 10.30, we had lunch and he had some more etc.
My twins are 2 and def won't have that self control when they're 6. I'll be locking it up 😂

Girlmumdogmumboymum · 18/04/2022 12:09

We don't, but we also buy Easter eggs when they're on sale qhen they first go in the shops. 1 or 2 each.
When they're gone, they're gone. It's a commercialised holiday now, DD can have her chocolate but she doesn't get enough to gorge on it.

MIL gave us chocolate eggs yesterday, I shared my 3 Ferrero rocher between us, DH split his kit kats into 6 sections, so we had a couple of bits of chocolate when we got home with a cuppa.

I feel like it's probably more damaging to DDs relationship with food if I allow her to binge on it all at once

Whatsmyname100 · 18/04/2022 12:11

My ds 6yo also is very good with restraining himself. I think once he had a whole lot of sweet stuff and it made him feel so sick that he remembers that. So he's had 2 pieces of chocolate so far today and said he's done.

AuntieMarys · 18/04/2022 12:14

Mine only got 1 egg each when they were little. They ate it on Good Friday

Hesma · 18/04/2022 12:15

We often still have it hanging around in the cupboard months later

lemmein · 18/04/2022 12:54

I didn't restrict what my kids ate on any day when they were little (in the 90s) 🤷🏻‍♀️

MissTrip82 · 18/04/2022 13:04

I can’t fathom buying so much chocolate you’re still working your way through it months later. Can’t see the appeal of eating an Easter egg in July, and I’m not sure why that’s thought to equal restraint either.

merryhouse · 18/04/2022 13:06

@sobby49

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.
ROFL

(at all parts)

HeadacheGrey · 18/04/2022 13:15

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.

Oh give over, she was hardly trying to sound smug Hmm and that much fruit is fine. When did fruit become the enemy ffs?

NameChange30 · 18/04/2022 13:18

We restrict access to treats on most days but allow them on "treat days" (two days a week) plus extras if we're seeing friends/family or for special occasions. Easter is obviously a special occasion so I allow DC1 (who is 5) more chocolate than usual... we had breakfast before the Easter egg hunt but then allowed him to eat chocolate afterwards and I was glad to see that he chose to stop when he'd had enough. We then saw family so he was given more chocolate but it was just before lunch so we said he had to wait until after lunch until he could eat more, at which point he again stopped when he'd had enough. He asked for more chocolate later in the day but we did say no at that point as we felt he'd had enough. So not completely unrestricted access but we did let him eat his full at the times he was allowed the chocolate.

We do similar for his birthday and for Christmas.

HedgehogToes · 18/04/2022 13:18

@sobby49

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.
Skim read this, thought it said "Easter is about how much chocolate Jesus Christ can eat" and was about to completely agree Easter Grin
Abraxan · 18/04/2022 13:20

One Easter egg rarely has that much chocolate in anyway. They are thin, hollow bits of chocolate. So I really couldn't get overly bothered about a child eating a whole Easter egg tbh.

TheGriffle · 18/04/2022 13:36

@MrsRobinsonsHandprints no halo expected here Grin I wish my 5 year old would gorge on baby corn and raw broccoli but she won’t. Carrot and cucumber are the extent of her raw vegetable consumption. The fruit might be sugary still but it is healthier than the chocolate eggs and haribo she had yesterday. It just amused me that she’d come in with a plate of fruit this morning after yesterdays indulgence.

MarshaBradyo · 18/04/2022 13:37

Hedgehog Grin

Thehundredthnamechange · 18/04/2022 13:55

My children don't get Easter eggs at all. We are Christians so it's not really about bunnies and eggs to us. I don't really like the kids eating chocolate and definitely wouldn't use Easter as an excuse to gorge on it, I don't really understand the chocolate egg thing if I'm honest!

Kanaloa · 18/04/2022 14:13

Ours get an egg each from us and one from pils and can eat them as they please. I think if there’s so much chocolate that it’s left for weeks/months then you’re overdoing it and buying too much.

Kanaloa · 18/04/2022 14:15

@Hesma

We often still have it hanging around in the cupboard months later
How much do you buy? If it’s hanging round months later maybe stop buying it or buy much less. Just seems wasteful to buy something that will sit in the cupboard for months.