This amount of Easter eggs

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To get straight into it - I get my children 10 Easter eggs each every Easter .

When I started it years ago , it was very cheap. I don’t get the huge ones . Years ago I could get one or 2 big ( the ones that are now medium ) and then the little ones ( they had more packaging and more in them ) and I would spend £20.

It all stems from my son’s autism , he is a young adult now. I’ve always said that birthday and Christmas is at least 10 presents and 10 eggs at Easter . It’s usually more at Christmas but it has became a security thing - he knows he’s getting at least 10 presents ( he does not care about the price , he’s not spoiled . I could get his main present and then 9 things from the pound shop ) .

I have had comments about it being too much . I don’t get gifts and balloon arches or anything like that. My youngest never eats them all , he barely touches them and we eat a lot of them 🤣 but I can’t get him less. Usually at the end of half term we melt the uneaten eggs and make cakes - so that’s an activity for a day of the holidays - , the uneaten chocolates all end up in a box for anyone to have.

For info - this is what I spent.

I got 2 of the “ 2 for £9” eggs , the bigger ones. So they have one each of those. Usually I get some medium and some small but as the small were £1.50 ( and I left it late so couldn’t find any anyway) but the medium were £2.30 in Asda I didn’t bother with the small. So I then got 4 for £12 ( 2 each ) then they had 7 each of the £2.30 ones . I spent £53 in total , so £26.50 each . Usually it’s less as I grab the smaller ones when they’re on offer in Morrisons , it just happened that I left it late this year.

Yes, it’s a lot on chocolate . But I see people getting hampers and balloons etc .

Is this really over the top ?

Sorry cross post about the plastic eggs. Is there any way of bulk buying from online stores? Or shops similar to Poundland?

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You can get him less than 10 you just don’t want to.

im not suggesting you surprise him with 5 and upset him but explaining and reminding over time how many there will be next Easter and you can do it

He can’t deal with not knowing . The thought that he could get up to 2 presents or 30 . This started when he was younger , as a baby I remember giving him piles at Christmas one year because he was so little there was nothing specific he wanted , so I probably spent £100 but it was lots of little things so to him that’s what Christmas was - a pile of presents . Then he got older and had very niche interests so I spent more but got less . One morning he came down to just a few presents but they were expensive . He had no concept of cost, but the day was completely different to what he expected and he was upset , looking for other presents , he was very unsettled . Then when it came to his birthday he was asking how many presents he would have - he needed a number . So I said 10 . I didn’t want to say less, in case he had more and was overwhelmed. I didn’t want to say more in case he had less .

It doesn’t stress me out to have to buy a few more presents to make that number up - as I say, he doesn’t care what they are. He wouldn’t be upset to have one of his presents be a 79p bar of chocolate and another be a pair of socks .

Times like Christmas , birthdays , Easter are very stressful for him as he can’t differentiate between anxiety and excitement. Everything is different - routine is different , people visit , he’s off school / college. So if I can make it easier by making one thing be exactly the same each time then I will do that .

who cares what anyone else thinks?

Buy what you want and what works for your family!! fuck everyone else!!

Spending £26 per child on some eggs isn't a lot and it makes them happy.

If you could fully comprehend the op maybe you wouldn’t have completely missed the point of the thread. What part are you particularly struggling with so it can be explained better to you?

This. You could do the 10 eggs each for a tenth of the price!

I can assure you that if I change this , it will affect him . If I tell him months in advance he will spend months worrying about the fact it’s going to be different . It will consume everything . He will then work himself up so much about it that he will be heightened over the holiday.

Why do that , for the sake of a few eggs ? I have no issue spending this money once a year.

He is aware of his age and that Easter is for younger children and I do think at one point he will say that he doesn’t need eggs . But I will let him lead that . His step sister gets £20 from her dad on Easter - no eggs. She likes this . I have mentioned this and he has said maybe when he’s older .

Keep the boxes and get someone on EBay to 3D print some eggs 😆

If you’re okay with keeping it up, do what works for your family. We have some “funny ways” in our household too, I just don’t tell people about them because they don’t have the context to understand these decisions like we do.

If this is what you need to do to help regulate your autistic DS, then you're not being unreasonable.

Posting about it though is more definitely unreasonable.

If you’re happy, why is this even an issue?

Thank you ☺️

I don’t think it’s too much - it works for me .

But the comments I’ve had I found odd as it was as though I was over the top . Then I look on Facebook and people have presents like it’s Christmas and I’m thinking - that’s way more than £26 ?!

Buy them on Easter Monday for the following year, usually the dates on chocolate is years away and you could possibly stash them especially if they aren't actually eaten that much.

Your going to get loads of flack on here because Mumsnet is full of fun sponges who think the slightest bit of chocolate will result in your child getting diabetes and being a burden on the state.

If you can afford it, and it makes you happy, then it's fine.

My two got quite a bit this year for various reasons and on Sunday and Monday they were allowed as much as they liked. There's loads left and they will get a bit after each evening meal as a pudding. It will keep them going for over a month.

People are acting on here like Easter eggs go off after a day.

I’m intrigued as to why posting about it is unreasonable ? Isn’t this what the board is for ? To vent and get opinions ?

Yes, 10 eggs each really is a lot.

Easter is my favourite holiday. Most of the eggs are actually not very nice, they aren't as nice as the chocolate bars they come with. We get about 5 eggs, there's always leftover for baking from that. I get myself a Thorntons and a Kinder too. The 5 kids eggs are hidden around the house, one is usually an Easter bunny.

Chavtastic indeed. What did you do, order an extra bar of 80% cocoa chocolate from Ocado so little Ottilie and Hugo could have 2 squares instead of 1 as their Easter treat?

Yes I get this - people seem to think that the eggs are going to be eaten in a day !

I still have a bag full of chocolate from selection boxes at Christmas ! Which reminds me I should probably chuck out ( not bought by me I will add - that’s another tradition , one selection box ! )

This made me giggle 🤭

Of course it isn’t Op, but your post is literally inviting people to comment that it is.
why are you even concerned? Can’t you afford the £53? That would obviously be a problem but one that would be obvious to you

for comparison I ran into hotel chcolat at the station at 5pm Thursday and sank £78 buying an Easter egg for my partner, 2 chocolate bunnies for my nieces and 2 chocolate sandwiches for my kids.

my husband spent god knows what on another few more eggs for the kids and stuff for a hunt, as well an medium sized eggs for 8 adult family members (I know🤣)

it’s Tuesday now and I’ve basically already forgotten about it all. Why are you worried still?

I've noticed they expire a lot more quickly now, like most labels actually the past few years. Everything has a much shorter date on it. All our eggs and easter foods are out of date by early June and some as early as next week. They do taste off, especially the Waitrose ones in paper packaging, they start to taste horrible.

I do eat a lot of the eggs . I tell my husband not to bother getting me an egg as I’ll have some of the kids !

I much prefer chocolate from an egg than the bars

What exactly is your AIBU though?

You're doing what you need to do to keep your DS calm and regulated.

Other than that it's just a thread of posters giving you suggestions to reduce the amount of eggs / offering alternatives to eggs and you saying that won't work as your child will become upset and anxious?

I echo this.

I’m not really worried to be honest . I do every a good AIBU 🤣

wow that’s a lot of money on chocolate - but the main thing is , did you enjoy sitting in your PJs eating it 🤭