View Full Version : Does anyone else let their toddler have lollies/choc weekly?
CluckySC
11-03-2010, 15:25
DS (almost 2) is allowed to have a piece of choc and about 4-5 lollies (without artificial flavours of colours) once a week when we shop. Occasionally he'll have another piece of choc in a week, about the size of a 20 cent piece, but it's usually once a week only.
He eats very healthily otherwise and has no other sugar (besides fresh fruit) in his diet. I think it's fine but have gotten a couple of "you terrible mother!" looks when DS is walking through the supermarket cuddling and kissing the pack of lollies as we approach the checkout :laughing:
Is your toddler allowed these kind of things?
Mum2Mimi
11-03-2010, 15:32
OMG :eek: YOU TERRIBLE MOTHER!!!! :shame:
:laughing:ONLY JOKING.......
yep :yes:
dd is 20months old and will on ocasion, have a lollie,its not everyday but as a special treat i thinkits fine, she eats healthy all the time i dont see a problem with it and people should mind their business
No lollies I worry about the choking factor, if it wasn't for that I wouldn't mind her having them when we do which is only every few months.
Chocolate yes but she was a bit hooked so since someone got me onto carob coated buckwheat recently, my toddler has been getting those instead of chocolate. She loves them even though they taste like dirt! She thinks they're chocolate but they are a bit healthier, win/win!!
SimplyMum
11-03-2010, 15:35
Yep- he's allowed them. I try not to give them to him in the afternoon because than it's harder to get him off to sleep. It's a sometimes food. Not something all the time (although we both LOVE choc hot cross buns and have been having those for desert lately). His speech therapist also gives him a lolly/chocs at the end of each session- I allow these.
The other day, a parent at dancing had bought a whole pkt of those burger lollies from the bulk warehouse next door. Her 2yr old ate about 10 of them in the 1/2hr we were there. Than she offered DS one when he had finished his lesson. I could've killed her. At first I refused and than she asked whether he could take one home for desert. I'd rather he had it further away from bed time and I felt slack so allowed him to have it. Next time, I'm making a run for it though. :laughing:
Yep - a little suger never hurt anyone ( but Im sure others will disagree :rolleyes:)
I often let my boy (2 1/2) have a sweet or lollypop after his weekly swimming lesson if he does really well. I don't worry too much about it, as it's a once a week thing, I ensure he has water after to rinse his teeth, and the rest of his diet is good :-).
Everything in moderation...
Not once a week no. I don't really give him anything because my Dad or FIL will give him something every now and then. DS loves gingerbread though so we make up a batch every few weeks and they last a week. DS is also a blueberry addict so I prefer to buy a punnet and that's his lolly. I don't think he likes really sweet things so much. He will always choose yogurt over ice cream and fruit over chocolate and lollies.
SimplyMum
11-03-2010, 15:53
Not once a week no. I don't really give him anything because my Dad or FIL will give him something every now and then. DS loves gingerbread though so we make up a batch every few weeks and they last a week. DS is also a blueberry addict so I prefer to buy a punnet and that's his lolly. I don't think he likes really sweet things so much. He will always choose yogurt over ice cream and fruit over chocolate and lollies.
DS is much like this. He also likes blueberries and much prefer a milk rather than an ice-cream. Actually we were out the other day and someone bought him an ice cream, against my better judgement saying he wont eat it. Well- he took one look and went, nup and kept on playing. (while I thought 'Told ya so'! :p)
DS is much like this. He also likes blueberries and much prefer a milk rather than an ice-cream. Actually we were out the other day and someone bought him an ice cream, against my better judgement saying he wont eat it. Well- he took one look and went, nup and kept on playing. (while I thought 'Told ya so'! :p)
That happens all the time. I'm sneaky now, I've stopped telling people they can't feed him rubbish now and i have a new tactic. When I see them break out the chocolate biscuits I go and get and apple and sit down... DS takes the apple and doesn't look at the biscuits:D:D. I win lol.
DD is 12 months and we (DD, DH and I) share a milkway after we have finished the shopping each week. We basically get 1/3 of a milkway each. That is her weekly treat.
JabberJaw
11-03-2010, 16:12
Yep, i do, sometimes. Depends really.
Better call child services :p
bellarosey
11-03-2010, 16:31
Sure do and he usually gets a treat maybe 3 times a week where he picks what he wants but atm, he is far more facsinated in cars and trucks over lollies and chocolate :)
bubbasmum
11-03-2010, 16:34
Yep, more than once a week too.
crazymuma
11-03-2010, 16:34
Yep, i do, sometimes. Depends really.
Better call child services :p
Expect a knock at your door soon:raspberry:
My kids can have a lolly - they can have an ice cream - I really don't care. If they are lucky it might happen once a week - but to be honest it wouldn't really stress me if they wanted it a few times a week.
All about moderation.
One thing I can't stand is hearing parents who refuse to give their kids sweets but hide it for themselves for when the kids are sleeping - WTF. Surely if its okay for them its okay for the kids.
mum2bubba
11-03-2010, 16:41
My kids have lollies and chocolate sometimes.
nugglyboysmum
11-03-2010, 17:14
DS has plenty of choclate, not so much lollies, but yeah chocolate several times a week. He has a well rounded diet, I dont really pay a heck of a lot of attention to his diet, he will eat anything adn everything though so there is no need for me to worry about what he eats each day.
What other parents feed their kids is no business of mine
CluckySC
11-03-2010, 18:38
One thing I can't stand is hearing parents who refuse to give their kids sweets but hide it for themselves for when the kids are sleeping - WTF. Surely if its okay for them its okay for the kids.
:yes: I agree. I think if the whole family doesn't eat it, good job, but if the parents do it's ok for the kids to join in sometimes. See, I'm good, I've never smoked, drank, taken drugs or slept around, I try not to swear, donate to charity, just generally be a good person - but I would jump through a burning hoop to get to chocolate :laughing: My one addiction!! :rolleyes:
Oh well, at least I only let DS have his once or twice a week, when I have been known to sneak an extra bit myself in between ;)
BabelFish
11-03-2010, 18:48
Nope. My toddler does not get chocolate or lollies ever.
She is allowed to have cake, or the very occasional biscuit, every now and again.
There is no need for these kinds of foods to be a part of her diet at her age. When she is a bit older we will revise those rules, but for now, no.
ManekiNeko
11-03-2010, 18:56
My DD gets a treat of a fruit smoothie once a week and lollies or choclate very very rarely. DS is one so never... Except I think I gave him 1 natural confectionar lolly on his birthday that's bout it plus a couple of child and intolorance friendly cupcake around his birthday. I have no problem with how much or how little another parent gives their child though.
ManekiNeko
11-03-2010, 19:03
Oh wait I'm totally lying because on DS birthday I made a white chocolate mudcake for others to eat and i trimmed the top and a bit fell on the floor and he was pretty much there in a flash. I didn't take too much notice but then he had diohareah a couple of hours later and it dawned on me lol. Then the next day DD dropped some smarties on the floor and i thought i'd got to him before he ate even one but dioharea that night was a tell tale sign he had eaten at least one lol.
BabelFish
11-03-2010, 19:11
Oh yes I'm lying too actually because MIL bought some really yummy pastries etc from this beautiful French patisserie the other day and DD stole some of mine off my plate and that had chocolate in it.
Lol.
But it was mostly pastry, passionfruit filling and strawberries. So that was cool :D
Sheer Bliss
11-03-2010, 19:14
:yes: DS is almost 3, but has been having a lollipop when we do the groceries together for ages. I don't take him every week, but depending in DH's shifts it might be 3weeks in a row, and then not for a month that he comes. A lollipop is great giving him something to look fwd to. The other week, blueberries were $1.99 a punnet, so he got a punnet of blueberries instead - he thinks they are better than lollies, but not much beats chocolate in his eyes! He ...'thinks' he gets 2 lollies nearly every day....lol. DD is being a bit of a picky eater, so I got some kids vitamins and omega 3 fishy vitamins...they both get one each of those every other day - but I labelled them as special treats and they get them as a reward....totally works as they taste awful...but they love them!
Everything in moderation IMO.
Sapphires
11-03-2010, 19:14
Everything in moderation! You know your feeding your child a healthy diet so I dont see anything wrong with sweets here and there. I let my babies try pretty much anything im eating if they are interested!
I try to avoid it at all costs.
There is no way id buy a bag of lollies for my kids to JUST EAT for no reason but to just eat it. I Cant think of anything worse.
I try not to be "candy cop" :D so i let them have something if they are going to the movies or a party or something.
I just dont like the reaction two of my children have to candy/ sweet drinks/ colours. I cant really say oh too bad **** you go mental so your not having any and then hand them out to their sibling who doesnt bounce!
DD loves lollies! doesn't care much for chocolate or ice-cream but loves lollies and yes she does get them as a treat. Its not like she eats them for breakfast, lunch and dinner so i see no harm.
I love my treats so she can love hers
mum of annaliese
11-03-2010, 20:29
yes, dd gets lollies (usually a chocolate or an icecream) but she has to work for it:p - we will ride our bikes to the shop (about a km away) to buy it, or she has to run around after she has it. If there is not excersise to go with the treat then she has to have a piece of fruit or vegetable prior to the lolly.
I'm not bothered to much as i am a chocoholic and would eat it for breakfast lunch and tea (and maybe a few snacks inbetween) she would much rather have strawberrys and yoghurt (even thought the yoghurts have just about as much sugar in them as the lollies!).
The only thing we said no to was fizzy drinks - she is 5 1/2 now and only this last 6 months has she been able to have a fizzy drink on a special occasion - but still she usually asks for an orange juice.
Everything in moderation IMO.
BabelFish
11-03-2010, 20:43
yes, dd gets lollies (usually a chocolate or an icecream) but she has to work for it:p - we will ride our bikes to the shop (about a km away) to buy it, or she has to run around after she has it. If there is not excersise to go with the treat then she has to have a piece of fruit or vegetable prior to the lolly.
That's awesome. I really really like this. It's really teaching such good habits - I applaud you! And I'm going copy you too, with my kids when they're older.
MummaBear03
11-03-2010, 20:47
Nope. Lollies generally contain gelatin and colours that are derived from animals, and all sorts of other nasties. Just the thought of it makes DD freak out. She doesn't like chocolate either. She never had it as a baby/toddler, and now she'll just taste it and that's all, she said she doesn't like it. She doesn't like cake either.
Yup,for sure!!I have 2 total chocoholics on my hands!:D
People must think I am such a bad Mum,I give my 17 month old chocolate while we are shopping.Its the only way I can get him to shut up and sit in his pram:laughing:
Boobycino
11-03-2010, 20:58
I try not to. but I eat crap soemtimes and I feel guilty not sharing, now that he's aware of it.
But it is also making me more aware of what I'm eating... there has been a few moments of me sneaking something in the kitchen so Jasper doesn't see and thinking "okay, if its not okay to put rubbish in his body, why is it okay for mine?"
i still dont give him lollies or chocolate, because I wont inflict my sugar addiction on him (I seriously cannot quit, I've been trying to give up sweets for the last 15 months and I cant go a day without something sugary). But I do share cake and bickies and stuff with him now and then (I used to have a no sugar lock down, so this is a big step for me :yes:)
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