megss
11-01-2008, 02:55 AM
What is your opinion on letting DD have a little?
We took her trick or treating tonight, and I want sooooo badly to let her have just one piece! But of course I am worried about the sugar and yah-de-dah. But then at the same time.... we let her eat a piece of her birthday cake when she turned 1. And Halloween in my opinion is a special occasion just like a birthday, right?
Sorry this is a silly post but I want some other mom's opinions:D
We took her trick or treating tonight, and I want sooooo badly to let her have just one piece! But of course I am worried about the sugar and yah-de-dah. But then at the same time.... we let her eat a piece of her birthday cake when she turned 1. And Halloween in my opinion is a special occasion just like a birthday, right?
Sorry this is a silly post but I want some other mom's opinions:D
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Seraph
11-01-2008, 05:08 AM
I have never heard of a child who did not survive an annual piece of candy. Make sure that there are sugar-free sweets as well. At this stage, though it sounds as if you missed it more than she did. LOL.
sem627
11-01-2008, 10:31 AM
Let me guess...she is your first child???
I remember my first didn't have her first piece of candy until after she was two, even though she went trick or treating, etc. Just thought candy was a no-no for a toddler. Then my second came along and she was 15 months at her second Halloween. By then the oldest was almost 3.5 and she was eating it, so guess who else got to eat it? In fact, she screamed wearing her costume, hated going to doors, etc UNTIL we let her have a piece of candy and then her whole attitude changed as if she said "oh, now I got it" We have pictures of her eating lollipops and I know she had M&Ms.
Now we have a third and I know last year he had candy and he's now 2.5 and he was walking down the street opening a lollipop, eating Smarties...I know he had some Skittles along the way and when we got home and my husband and the other two were going through the stash, he had a piece of chocolate. You tend to not be so strict when you have more than one. I will say, though, that my husband made our kids brush their teeth TWICE before going to bed.
So I would definitely say yes, let your daughter enjoy a piece of candy. As long as it's safe as far as choking goes, she and you will be fine! Just make sure she knows it's a treat and not an everyday thing. Our kids are now 8, 6 and 2 and they do not have access to it. It's up high in our pantry and must be asked for and they know it's not an everyday thing. Well, right now it will be for a few days because it's new and Halloween was just yesterday. But after the new-ness of it wears off, we'll go back to an every-so-often, special treat thing.
I remember my first didn't have her first piece of candy until after she was two, even though she went trick or treating, etc. Just thought candy was a no-no for a toddler. Then my second came along and she was 15 months at her second Halloween. By then the oldest was almost 3.5 and she was eating it, so guess who else got to eat it? In fact, she screamed wearing her costume, hated going to doors, etc UNTIL we let her have a piece of candy and then her whole attitude changed as if she said "oh, now I got it" We have pictures of her eating lollipops and I know she had M&Ms.
Now we have a third and I know last year he had candy and he's now 2.5 and he was walking down the street opening a lollipop, eating Smarties...I know he had some Skittles along the way and when we got home and my husband and the other two were going through the stash, he had a piece of chocolate. You tend to not be so strict when you have more than one. I will say, though, that my husband made our kids brush their teeth TWICE before going to bed.
So I would definitely say yes, let your daughter enjoy a piece of candy. As long as it's safe as far as choking goes, she and you will be fine! Just make sure she knows it's a treat and not an everyday thing. Our kids are now 8, 6 and 2 and they do not have access to it. It's up high in our pantry and must be asked for and they know it's not an everyday thing. Well, right now it will be for a few days because it's new and Halloween was just yesterday. But after the new-ness of it wears off, we'll go back to an every-so-often, special treat thing.
AlexaIn2006
11-01-2008, 01:09 PM
I really don't think candy is a big deal as long as the piece is appropriate for her age. My view is that candy is a part of childhood and I let me daughter enjoy it. She is now 2.5 and I just have to sort through her candy so she only eats M&M's and large lollipops, Milky Way or Musteteers. I get paranoid about choking. Let your child enjoy candy and Halloween, you can't really believe that eating a piece of candy is going to damage her? I am totally into natural and alternative health and organic foods because of chemicals, but everything in moderation......candy is part of childhood!
LauraLu
11-01-2008, 03:09 PM
I'm all for candy!!! Just be careful she doesn't over due it. We have trick-or-treat on the Tuesday before Halloween where I live (not sure why...) so I learned my lesson last week. Anyway, I let my 15 month old daughter go to town with her candy because I didn't think she could actually opened them up. Well, next thing I know she has a Hershey bar in one hand and a Crunch bar in the other and then she's vomiting on my mom's kitchen floor.
To say I felt bad doesn't even begin to describe it. Then the poor child cried when I took it away! She's definitely a chocolate girl!
Moderation is key!
To say I felt bad doesn't even begin to describe it. Then the poor child cried when I took it away! She's definitely a chocolate girl!
Moderation is key!
doodlebugsmom
11-01-2008, 08:11 PM
There's nothing wrong with letting her have a piece. My son doesn't get any b/c its so very difficult to find any that's free of everything he's allergic to, so we just went to the fall fest and passed on the candy. He had fun just being out and playing and we had fun taking him.
Brooke85
11-01-2008, 11:53 PM
I'd say go for it as long as you brush her teeth afterward! When I first had my daughter I was the same way as you with candy. Being in the dental field, I am extra paranoid about her having bad teeth and also my mom let me eat it by the bag fulls when I was a little one and my teeth were rotted out. I had my first crown at 4 years old. I swore that wouldn't happen to my child, lol. Anyways...like everyone else said, moderation is key. One or two pieces of soft candy and then put it up. As long as it's not an everyday thing it's totally fine in my opinion:)
megss
11-01-2008, 11:55 PM
Alright you talked me into it:)
I am going to let her have some tomorrow. She got a little hersey bar (with no nuts) that she could have, or a kit kat bar. She also got some M&M's and skittles but I was afraid she would choke on those.
I am going to let her have some tomorrow. She got a little hersey bar (with no nuts) that she could have, or a kit kat bar. She also got some M&M's and skittles but I was afraid she would choke on those.
WhiskersOnKittens
11-02-2008, 01:24 AM
Hi there,
I also struggled with this question! My ds is almost 18mo, and although he didn't go trick or treating this year, we have a ton of little chocolate bars left over from what we bought for the kids. So we've been letting him have a couple pieces a day (maybe half a kit kat, and a few smarties or m&m's), but that's it. He normally doesn't get that kind of stuff anyways, and it'll end when the bars are gone (which won't be very long with the way dh and I dig into them when he goes to bed! :jester:), so I just let him enjoy. He gets a good teeth brushing twice a day, so I'm not too worried. He also went to a halloween party with his play group on Thursday, and got a bag of candy, and some of them are the hard kind, or the really gummy kind, and I won't let him have those because I worry about choking (for the hard ones), and the softer ones are TERRIBLE to get out of the teeth, even for adults who can manuver their tongues and try to pick it out!
I guess it all starts here.... Once they taste candy, that's the end of it! Christmas is next, and I can only imagine how much junk he'll consume then...!
Whiskers :D
I also struggled with this question! My ds is almost 18mo, and although he didn't go trick or treating this year, we have a ton of little chocolate bars left over from what we bought for the kids. So we've been letting him have a couple pieces a day (maybe half a kit kat, and a few smarties or m&m's), but that's it. He normally doesn't get that kind of stuff anyways, and it'll end when the bars are gone (which won't be very long with the way dh and I dig into them when he goes to bed! :jester:), so I just let him enjoy. He gets a good teeth brushing twice a day, so I'm not too worried. He also went to a halloween party with his play group on Thursday, and got a bag of candy, and some of them are the hard kind, or the really gummy kind, and I won't let him have those because I worry about choking (for the hard ones), and the softer ones are TERRIBLE to get out of the teeth, even for adults who can manuver their tongues and try to pick it out!
I guess it all starts here.... Once they taste candy, that's the end of it! Christmas is next, and I can only imagine how much junk he'll consume then...!
Whiskers :D