'Has your LO had candy?

mrs.n22 · November 2010

My principal was shocked today when I told her JAck has never had candy.

Has your LO had any?

Echowysp · November 2010

Nope, and he's got a full year on your kid. I'm sure I get the side eye from friends, but whatever.

Jules G · November 2010

She sure has! Not too often, but we give it to her on occasion.

GingerBabyJ · November 2010

She had about 5 licks of a dum dum once when she had to get her blood drawn for the lead/anemia test.

JCM · November 2010

She has had chocolate a few times. That is the only candy she has had though.

cszlachta · November 2010

Yep--I'm not handing her full size candy bars, but a little piece of chocolate here and there isn't going to wreck her eating habits for life.

margarita1365 · November 2010

DS had his first candy last night, and he's almost 23 months old.

Serinn · November 2010

DS had his first candy on Halloween. Just a little bit of plain chocolate. He liked it, but it's not something he'll get a lot.

TSD · November 2010

No. And I can't see a time he'll have it until he knows what it is and can ask for it. None of his friends have had it either whom in the playgroup that I've been in since he was 2 mo old. 7-8 kids. So, it's not like he's around it and the odd one out who can't have any. I guess we're all weird.

Everyone has their thing that's important to them.

Shayna0182 · November 2010

cszlachta:
Yep--I'm not handing her full size candy bars, but a little piece of chocolate here and there isn't going to wreck her eating habits for life.

This. Ds had a small funsize Hershey bar this evening, just before his bath. He enjoyed it. I think all things can be fun in moderation.

Lesley0228 · November 2010

Only what she licked after knawing through the paper. She was playing with the stuff in her halloween basket and when we realized she hit chocolate, we took it away. She doesn't know what she's missing and I'm okay with that.

ETA: Oh and for some reason I thought babies/toddlers weren't supposed to have chocolate. I was surprised when I saw on here that people were letting their kids have chocolate. I think I was confusing babies with dogs on this one. Stick out tongue

sasa625 · November 2010

Nope. We don't plan on giving it to her until she knows what it is and can ask for it herself.

katiekate1974 · November 2010

You mean Satan's food?! Yeah. Of course. Candy doesn't scare me. In moderation, of course. Like other sweets, it's an occasional treat.

blushingbrideoct07 · November 2010

G has the tiniest bit of chocolate last night, and she demolished her birthday cake a week ago.

When it comes to food I believe that almost everything is ok in moderation.

smilelari · November 2010

No.

janjag · November 2010

We gave lollipops at 15mos when we were flying... for distraction and to help with air pressure going down.

Cake at their 1st b-day party.

Shayna0182 · November 2010

Lesley0228:

Only what she licked after knawing through the paper. She was playing with the stuff in her halloween basket and when we realized she hit chocolate, we took it away. She doesn't know what she's missing and I'm okay with that.

ETA: Oh and for some reason I thought babies/toddlers weren't supposed to have chocolate. I was surprised when I saw on here that people were letting their kids have chocolate. I think I was confusing babies with dogs on this one.

I think you'tr confusing a baby and a dog. I know our old dog got extremely ill the one time she got into a plate of chocolate cookies. The only foods my pedi warned me about were strawberries, nuts, hotdogs, popcorn, basically the stuff that they can choke on easily. And no peanut butter until 2, for allergy reasons.

Lesley0228 · November 2010

Shayna0182:
Lesley0228:

Only what she licked after knawing through the paper. She was playing with the stuff in her halloween basket and when we realized she hit chocolate, we took it away. She doesn't know what she's missing and I'm okay with that.

ETA: Oh and for some reason I thought babies/toddlers weren't supposed to have chocolate. I was surprised when I saw on here that people were letting their kids have chocolate. I think I was confusing babies with dogs on this one.

I think you'tr confusing a baby and a dog. I know our old dog got extremely ill the one time she got into a plate of chocolate cookies. The only foods my pedi warned me about were strawberries, nuts, hotdogs, popcorn, basically the stuff that they can choke on easily. And no peanut butter until 2, for allergy reasons.

I know, totally kidding. For some reason I had that in my head though and then I went wait a minute... kid... dog... totally different things.

ZTACRYSTAL · November 2010

She had her first candy last night. About 1 minute of sucking on a dum dum. She got bored threw it down and ran off Party!!!

sgrl · November 2010

No, just cake at her birthday. I do let her have vanilla ice cream whenever she's around her grandparents, maybe twice a month. I don't think candy's a big deal but she hates having her teeth brushed. I fight the good fight with her but I worry about whether or not I'm getting them brushed well enough (there are only three so far) so I don't want her to have candy b/c of the sugar on her teeth.

mfransdell · November 2010

She chewed through the wrapper of a tootsie pop yesterday, I think that's the first actual taste of candy she's had. She's also had ice cream, cake, a bite of my costco churro and random other sweets.

Brooke208 · November 2010

My first child at this age? Nope. DD? Yup, she's had tastes of a few things, like chocolate.

janice74 · November 2010

I gave DS a bite of chocolate today, but that was the first time, since we never keep candy around the house. I don't think I'll do it often, though, because he was pointing and crying for more once I gave him that one bite. I don't have any issues with it, but he tends to get fixated on the "bad" stuff. My sister gave him ketchup for the first time a couple weeks ago when we were visiting and now he wants it as a main course!

AfterAll · November 2010

Jackson has had a cookie here and there, and cake, but never candy. I just didn't see a point/need.

LoveEeyore · November 2010

DD#1- never had a bite until potty training. It worked out great for us. It was new, exciting and VERY motivating.

Twins- no.

jbl126 · November 2010

They have had some licks of a lollipop but no other candy. I just dont see the point yet.

CalinsBride · November 2010

Candy, no.

Ice cream? yes.

On Halloween DH and I took his candy and then gave him organic fruit snacks instead. He loved them and didn't know the difference.

gumiberg · November 2010

i'm not going to give them candy until they ask for it.

i want them to think that fruit is the sweetest thing on earth.

T&BMay142005 · November 2010

DD had her first bite of a candy bar on Halloween. It was a 3 musketeer bar. She liked it. I don't plan on giving her any more until she can ask for it.

katypresson · November 2010

He has had Pez from FIL (I was pretty upset about that one).

A) pure sugar

choking hazard big time

I've never given him candy and don't plan to for as long as possible.

Jes.Pup · November 2010

He put an entire chocolate kiss in his mouth on Halloween. I could not get it out. Someone brought a tray of treats and I was holding DS while she was walking in the house. DS reached for a kiss and put it right in his mouth only to spit it out a minute later.

nolebride · November 2010

No. He's never had cake either. Due to his texture issues he won't even consider eating either one so we don't push it. He's had cookies but not often. He actually prefers salty snacks like tortilla chips. Stick out tongue

ToledoDeux · November 2010

Of course she has. It's easier with the first kid to hold out longer on the sweets, but DD2 wants whatever she sees her older sister having. And since we're not ogres, we occasionally indulge her.

LynnJones · November 2010

Yes she has.

FerreraRochermmm · November 2010

Yes

mavilabride4evah · November 2010

Yes.

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