sem627

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.