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Can 2 chocolate buttons make such an impact????

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lyndyloo · 27/12/2007 19:17

17m old doesn't really have much sweet stuff but gave her 2 choc buttons at around 4 tonight. As the evening wore on her behaviour got really manic and then resulted in a massive headbanging tantrum.

She WAS tired having had her 1 and half hour nap at 10 ish instead of usual afternoon time but wondered if the choc made things worse?

Any ideas?

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cheapslutonjunk · 27/12/2007 19:18

Tired, imo.

Haylstones · 27/12/2007 19:21

I doubt it very much

yousaidit · 27/12/2007 19:22

Nah, not the choc. When our dd was in hospital deyhdrated, the sister advised that chocolate makes them thirsty, and poss something to try. Two bags of Cadbury Chocolate buttons later (yes, dh seemed to be a littlebit too enthusiastic withthe chocolate dishing out, me thinks!) we had a very full, very happy baby who managed a token couple of sips!

cornsilk · 27/12/2007 19:23

Christmas hangover!

OverMyDeadBody · 27/12/2007 19:23

Two chocolate buttons wouldn't have had anything to do with it IMO!

She sounds like she was tired, ten am nap instead of noon nap would definately cause this kind of behaviour though!

sleepdeprivationandme · 27/12/2007 19:23

After all the christmas excitement/buggered up routines it is very unlikely. DS1 was really difficult if his routine got messed about with at this age!

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lyndyloo · 27/12/2007 19:46

yeah - just grasping at straws I guess. Hard to keep her nap til pm as she gets up at 5.30 am most mornings! I think she may still need 2 naps.

Thanks ladies.

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TheMNPeacekeepingForce · 27/12/2007 23:03

Oh poor her and poor you! Agree with others - 2 choc buttons wouldn't do that.
Re headbanging - dh used to do it really badly I'm told and he turned out vaguely ok!

SantasUnderGodzillasBumcheek · 27/12/2007 23:05

I also doubt it - although my DTDs did used to get diarrhoea fromthe smallest amount of chocolate until about 3 years of age [bleuurgh emoticon]

Othersideofthechannel · 28/12/2007 05:37

Both my DCs were on two naps until they were 19 - 20 months. First one was around 10am, second one mid afternoon.

FlllightAttendant · 28/12/2007 06:35

Well I hate tp admit it but I have in the past watched my elder son go completely ape after a couple of maltesers or similar. He may have been tired already but it tips him over the edge - I'm guessing it is the proportion compared to how much of anything else he has ahd to eat that day (not a big eater) and also the sugar rush then comedown, which I also get even at 34!
(But it takes more chocolate than that of course)
Also chocolate does contain csffeine. I am usually able to tell when I am having more panicky thoughts etc that it is because of the chocolate I had earlier!

CharlieAndLolasMummy · 28/12/2007 08:27

I disagree with most of the posters here, my older child would probably react like this to a very small amount of chocolate on an empty stomach. We had a similar incident to the one you describe, when he was about 13 months old and I had eaten a packet of smarties and then bf him.

Some kids do seem to react to chocolate. My younger child can pack it away without any effects, but my son, no, we have to be pretty careful about sugary stuff.

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lyndyloo · 28/12/2007 10:57

Thanks. Will tone the choc down anyway - it is probably a good idea for her not to have it.

As for naps - she seems to get by on 1 nap a day during week when at nursery but she obviously really needs 2. Will work on that.

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