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To eat the chocolate egg pil have bought my 16 month old ds2?

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sail73 · 06/04/2009 14:33

Just found out that mil has bought ds2 an easter egg despite the fact that she knows we don't want him to have chocolate yet. My opinion is I will buy them chocolate when they are old enough to be aware its a desirable thing which imo this is not the case for ds2 at 16 months but definately the case for my 3 year old!! Thats my opinion/decision for my children and in no way a criticism of anyone elses choices for their children btw! Anyway this leaves me with a dilemma should I:
a Tell remind mil before Sunday ds2 does not eat chocolate (have already asked dh why he didn't do this last night when she told him and he said its a bit late now shes bought it!)
b Accept the gift and eat it without telling mil i've done so
c Accept the gift eat it and tell mil I've done so
d Just give ds2 the chocolate and be done with it! So mn jury wwyd?

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charitygirl · 06/04/2009 16:54

Thanks chaps!

ThingOne · 06/04/2009 17:48

Eat it! Neither of mine like chocolate so I can categorically say it is not essential to a happy childhood.

Flibbertyjibbet · 06/04/2009 18:00

mils and gps in general like to get their gcs easter eggs.

I am as I'd eat my dcs eggs but mil got them some crappy SWORDS to play with instead 'because children get too much chocolate these days'

either a) she knows I'll help them scoff their eggs so wanted to give them something inedible

or b) like sil says, she went in b&m bargains to buy them some cheap easter eggs and these plastic swords were cheaper.

thumbbunny · 06/04/2009 18:10

I would do e) - give DC a bit of the egg and eat the rest myself (and with DH)

My DS is 16mo too and my DF has bought him a FLake egg with 4 Flakes - DS will have some of it but not all of it by any stretch of the imagination. Probably about 20% of it, if I'm honest.

gingernutlover · 06/04/2009 18:37

b definatly but if it was me I would give him a little taste and then eat the rest.

I thought the whole idea of babies getting chocolate was that their mums got to eat it

i am annoyed that dd is now 3 and loves choclate so will def notice if i snaffle some of hers this year.

fwiw she didnt have choclate til she was about 18 months and then it was the odd chocolate button.

KingRolo · 06/04/2009 18:39

I have already eaten the egg given to my 5 month old by my auntie! She means well...

TsarChasm · 06/04/2009 19:52

I love the way some of you are valiantly downing these eggs. Very selfless of you.

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sail73 · 06/04/2009 19:57

What is this? An aibu food/chocolate thread when the op is not accused of having a pfb (obviously not true in my case anyway) or saying that the op is a killjoy or a misery etc! Thats a relief btw but is that mn first? Why is it other ops get accused of this and I didn't ! Such a relief I was dreading the responses tbh after reading other food/pil type threads in the past!

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Meglet · 06/04/2009 20:05

yanbu! My parents told me they ate mine at that age. DS will only get a teeny tiny bit of chocolate at easter and he's 2.5. I'll eat the rest.

Enjoy the eggs yourself. Don't tell your in-laws.

noonki · 06/04/2009 20:06

that's because we all eat our kids eggs (it's a little sacrifice we all have to make )

pollywobbledoodle · 06/04/2009 20:16

my mum used to eat half of mine, re-wrap and put back in the box....i was none the wiser for years!

katylou25 · 06/04/2009 20:30

hmmm I'm just amazed you've goit a ds2 who you can fob off without him realising! My DS2 knew by about 8 months if ds1 was having something he wasn't - twas also the age he climbed onto a chair and helped himself to chocolate out fo the kitchen cupboards.... So I'd say give him a tiny taste, and scoff the rest yourself that's waht I would do if I could get away with it!!

lhg32 · 06/04/2009 20:31

My mil has brought my DS4 aged 16 months an easter egg even though the last time he had chocolate (brought by her i might add) he had a severe allergic reaction !!!!

Wigglesworth · 06/04/2009 20:43

I would do A. My Mum has bought my 8 month old DS an easter egg with a winnie the pooh egg cup and toast stamp, I told her that DH and I will be eating the chocolate component and she was fine about it. I think 8 months old is far too young to have chocolate (flame me for being precious), I agree when he starts to ask for it and is old enough to understand it is a treat he can have it then.

cupcakesinthesnow · 06/04/2009 20:54

Mine are 6 and 8 and I always eat their chocolate - xmas choc and easter eggs! They get a tiny bit but tbh have never complained when ther eggs seem to 'disappear'. Chocolate isn't banned as such it's just that I really don't believe they need chocolate on a daily or even weekely basis so i'll be buggered if I am going to hang onto loads of easter eggs that take forever for the children to eat. I often melt them up and use as a cake toppping.

I also eat my husband's eggs or melt them as he needs to loose weight anyway

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sail73 · 07/04/2009 20:02

Told my mum today about ds2 been given a chocolate egg by mil and she thinks I should accept without comment or fuss and enjoy it as she knows my views and is choosing to ignore or forget them. Also if I make a big thing of it infront of ds1 it will give him the idea that chocolate is some kind of special/forbidden food and he will just want it all the more (more than he does already that is!) At a later date when ds1 is not around to hear the conversation I could then just say in passing you do know don't you that I ate ds2s (and ds1s when younger) chocolates don't you? Interesting pov from my mum I thought!

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crokky · 07/04/2009 20:07

I agree with your mum that you should accept without comment. You should eat DS2's egg, but give him a couple of tiny bits of it to pick up and eat. I will let my 12mo have a few little bits and my 3yo will eat a whole egg .

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sail73 · 07/04/2009 20:20

I must admit I was surprised by my mums comments because she has always said I wouldn't buy this or thaat for my dgc because I know whats good for them when I mention to her about things!

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contented · 07/04/2009 20:31

oops, you make me feel like a bad DIL. My in laws bought my DH a chocolate rabbit 2 weekends ago, which i used to make dessert (for grown-ups only) in front of them. Hope that didn't come across as too ungrateful!

Anyway, DS has just discovered the joys of mango - that's egg-shaped enough for me.

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sail73 · 08/04/2009 19:54

On a similar vein aibu to give ds1 aged 3 a little helping hand with his eggs? This year we have bought him his very first egg (a small carz one) mil has according to dh bought TWO Thomas eggs and sil and bil have also bought eggs (each) as well and also dh's aunty and uncle. TOTAL MADNESS imho! So would anyone blame me if some of these eggs got lost or disapeared a little quicker than normal?

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