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Should I let 9mo DD have an Easter Egg?

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PumpkinM · 17/04/2011 21:39

Grandma has just given my DD a chocolate buttons Easter Egg. Should I let her have it? Or eat it myself? Perhaps I could have the egg, and just let her have the buttons? Is it really bad to give chocolate to a 9mo?

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hester · 17/04/2011 21:42

I don't suppose it'll kill her, but on the other hand she doesn't know what she's missing yet, so why start her on chocolate this early? Go on, you know you want to eat it yourself...

TheArmadillo · 17/04/2011 21:45

my dd (8 months) loves chocolate - its really cute to see her devour it. Give her a little bit at a time and it'll last till christmas.

thisisyesterday · 17/04/2011 21:46

i would eat it yourself!

KatieMiddleton · 17/04/2011 21:47

She won't appreciate it. I therefore insist you eat it

mousesma · 17/04/2011 21:47

DD also 9 months has got an easter egg from both my mum and my sister. She will be getting a little bit of each egg and I will be scoffing the rest.

RitaMorgan · 17/04/2011 21:54

I'd eat the egg and give her the buttons.

sanam2010 · 17/04/2011 21:59

I would never ever give it to a baby that young. First of all they don't necessarily appreciate it, but mainly bc the refined sugars are actually very harmful for liver and immune system. I don't see any reason why you would need to do that, other than to have a laugh, and i don't even see what's amusing about giving artificial unhealthy food to an 8 month old.

SometimesIAmABirdbrain · 17/04/2011 22:00

I wouldnt, not at that young age. Plenty of time later in life for her to eat the sugar that normally comes within an Easter egg! Plus, as the other posters say, she wont know what she's missing and wont appreciate it fully. Treat yourself instead!

RitaMorgan · 17/04/2011 22:11

Poor old ds had chocolate at 5 months, it's a wonder he's survived.

sanam2010 · 17/04/2011 22:17

Rita, babies survive a lot of things that aren't good for them, like parents smoking for example. If a mother doesn't have enough common sense not to feed a baby chocolate i would be sure it doesn't end with one Easter egg.

RitaMorgan · 17/04/2011 22:18

He loves kebabs too.

exoticfruits · 17/04/2011 22:18

You won't be giving him a whole egg. Just give him small bits and eat the rest.

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MayDayChild · 17/04/2011 22:22

DD first ate choc on her 1 St bday. DS will not have any choc till that milestone either. We are all looking forward to watching it!!
Don't do it!

TheArmadillo · 17/04/2011 22:27

"If a mother doesn't have enough common sense not to feed a baby chocolate i would be sure it doesn't end with one Easter egg."

It's true - we're starting her on heroin next week. But dh says no fags till she's at least 1yo, we're not stupid.

exoticfruits · 17/04/2011 22:38

Why on earth would a small amount of chocolate not end with a small amount of chocolate? As Armadillo said it would last until Christmas!

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PumpkinM · 18/04/2011 13:00

Wow! What strong opinions!!

I shall eat the easter egg myself and not feel guilty about stealing it from her! And let her have the buttons.

I really don't think it will do her any harm. Please don't call childline and report me!!

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HarrietJones · 18/04/2011 13:45

My mam gave dd3 an egg, with instructions for her to get it via my milk. Win -win

theborrower · 18/04/2011 21:18

Today a relative gave our 8 and a half month old some chocolate buttons with the instructions "They're for you, not for mummy or daddy!". I, of course, eat them in the car on the way home :)

Personally, I think 9months is far too young to give a child chocolate, but don't worry, I won't call Childline . No, it's not going to kill them and yes, they'll probably like it, but I don't think it's a good idea to give really sugary treats to babies when you're trying to get them to explore lots of healthy foods and different tastes. And I hate to imagine how hyper my DD would get on some sugar like that - she's active enough as it is! But that's just my opinion. I imagine I'll have the same situation next weekend when Granny is back from her holidays...

kalo12 · 18/04/2011 21:21

eat it yourself

mollycuddles · 20/04/2011 07:45

Dd2 11 months will be sharing an Easter egg with her Dad. I'm low carbing so being virtuous. She had her first chocolate at Christmas - one Lindor sweet. She gets buttons from her grandparents every couple of weeks. I am clearly a very bad mummy. In my defence she has no preference between sweet and savoury. It was ds birthday on Monday and she happily ate some cake but then even more happily went back to her bolognese. She's blw and her favourite thing bar none (including chocolate) is banana.

exoticfruits · 20/04/2011 07:51

Sounds sensible mollycuddles-I doubt whether she will grow up with a difficult relationship with food.

mollycuddles · 20/04/2011 08:04

Exactly exoticfruits. That's what it's all about and the number one thing I need to do is sort out my own food issues. Which is what I am doing by trying to shift the 9 stone of excess weight I was carrying when she was born. Hopefully she'll never remember me as fat (3 to go now) and will not have issues with binging, craving forbidden foods, emotional eating and the whole spiral that brings.

exoticfruits · 20/04/2011 08:38

I think that Easter is a time to relax. No one is talking about handing whole Easter eggs over to a baby, but thinking that not letting them taste it until older will make them not aquire a taste is misguided-it doesn't work like that.

VeronicaCake · 20/04/2011 11:14

"thinking that not letting them taste it until older will make them not aquire a taste is misguided-it doesn't work like that"

Exactly. I can't find any evidence to support the view that not giving kids sugar early on means they won't like it later on. We are genetically programmed to prefer sweet flavours because sweet foods tend to be safe to eat. It is not a great idea to give babies or children lots of refined sugar because it is fairly nutritionally empty, but the odd taste of chocolate will not do them any harm.

IME the parents who have conniptions about giving a child a chocolate button seem to be quite happy to give their kids fruit purees, biscuits and yoghurts which are all loaded with sugar. Nothing wrong with that but sugar is sugar and if you believe the sweet foods cause a sweet tooth argument then I can't see why a strawberry yoghurt is OK but a button isn't.

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