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Do Smarites make kids hyper?

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monkeytrousers · 13/04/2006 08:47

have been given a Smarties easter egg from well meaning relative for ds (18 months) and am not sure what I'm in for..

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Piffle · 13/04/2006 08:48

yes, give that one to someone else and buy ds some white chocolate ;)
That's what I've done

misdee · 13/04/2006 08:49

well they are full of food colourings. if your child is senstive to food colourings then you could be in for a rough time. but at 18months i;d eat the smarties myself and just give him some of the chocolate egg.

Carmenere · 13/04/2006 08:50

Yes, not only because of the sugar but because of the colours too. Not that they are dangerous just that little systems aren't used to them.

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alicemama · 13/04/2006 08:52

Smarties make my sil hyper, let alone little kiddies!

Blackduck · 13/04/2006 08:53

At 18 months we ate them regardless of what was in them! Actually he's nearly three and I reckon we'll still be eating them this year (we have two lindt gold bunnies and an egg and he hasn't sussed what they are!!) He can have a box of raisins

trace2 · 13/04/2006 08:53

yes ds has been given two

Bozza · 13/04/2006 08:56

Not really noticed it with my two. But yes just give him the egg.

Flamesparrow · 13/04/2006 08:58

DD only goes hyper with the blue ones (surprisingly because every other bloody thing sends her hyper )

tjacksonpfc · 13/04/2006 09:28

my dd who is 20months now climbs the walls if she has the blue ones she is ok with the other colours but at the mo she likes sortibg them into colours before eating them so it is easy to take the blue ones away.

Seona1973 · 13/04/2006 20:04

I have never noticed an adverse reaction in dd when she has smarties. Some susceptible children may react to them but thankfully we havent had that problem.

Pinotmum · 13/04/2006 20:07

Ds (3yo) had smarties today after swimming and I noticed nothing different - he never normally has them so I would have noticed I think [confused emoticon]

JonesTheSteam · 13/04/2006 20:08

Smarties don't send my kids hyper - they're bad enough already!!!!!

My FIL always used to joke about the blue smarties sending my nephew mad though - he used to take them out of the packet before giving them to him!!!

cupcakes · 13/04/2006 20:10

the orange smarties were always thought to set one off.

essbee · 13/04/2006 20:11

The blue ones send my ds sky high!

starlover · 13/04/2006 20:11

the blue ones used to send my friend crazy! and she was 18 at the time.

cupcakes · 13/04/2006 20:12

I remember a time when there were no blue smarties. I still find them new and exciting.

peaches27 · 13/04/2006 21:25

I thought this too when my grandson has some he is even more high than usual!

Dior · 13/04/2006 21:31

My ds gets hyper too. My mum bought him one for easter, but she did ask if this was OK. She had bought three eggs (for other children I suppose), and offered to swap the egg for one of the others...he now has a rolo egg!

MrsSpoon · 13/04/2006 21:33

I haven't noticed any reaction with Smarties (although as a caution I generally don't buy them and ask others to choose something less brightly coloured, choc buttons etc). However a couple of weeks ago DH and I had a loosely business related event to attend that was held in a hotel. When we were there both DSs happily sat drawing for 20 mins or so whilst we spoke to the people we had to speak to, then someone 'kindly' got them some jelly beans, they had about six each, five mins later they both wanted to go to the toilet, I took them, and when they came back they started to run round and round the table and would not sit down. In the end we had to leave, I definately think it was the jelly beans.

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