https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:16:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138750 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:33:57 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2138750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, esp since they turned 2. They get pretty nuts with the sugar so I have to time it right but as a rule I don't mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138749 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:33:54 +0000 Kimberlybee 2138749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH doesn't really have a sweet tooth so I have never stocked up on many sweet snacks. We do have snacks like yogurt, chips, gold fish, and beef jerky always on hand. We love ice cream so that's usually our dessert of choice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138718 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:17:46 +0000 Charm54 2138718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! She loves to ask for "chocolate " which sounds like "cock" haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138709 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:14:11 +0000 Torchwood 2138709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea where we'll fall on this. On the one hand, I'd really prefer to limit them for as long as possible. On the other hand, I bake a LOT. So how does that work? Plus, some things I've read have said it's better to not limit access too much because of the whole forbidden attractant issue. But I personally have no self-control on sweets (and neither does DH), so might a sweet tooth be nature, not nurture, and she'll get it from us, in which case we need to restrict it more? How the heck do you decide these sorts of parenting issues?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138690 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:02:35 +0000 Woolly Mammoth 2138690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live about a block from an amazing French bakery, so we eat way more pastries than we should. I don't want LO to think that sweets are a big deal, so I always share mine with him. He eats a wide variety of healthy foods as well, so I'm not concerned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138676 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:53:39 +0000 mrskc 2138676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, now that he's over 2, I'm not as strict about it. Weirdo sometimes doesn't want it tho. We were just out to lunch with my grandma and he didn't want any milkshake! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138669 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:50:56 +0000 catlady 2138669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but we try not to make it a regular thing. I sneak my sweets at night after she goes to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138645 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:40:27 +0000 lovehoneybee 2138645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He occasionally gets a few mini Nilla wafers if he's eaten his dinner, and he gets a lot of strawberry yogurt. He's had chocolate once and was upset it got his hands messy...he didn't seem to care about the taste at all. And we sometimes go out for frozen yogurt. </p> <p>But we're not really a sweets family. I prefer savory snacks 9/10 times, and D generally prefers raspberries to everything else, and so does E. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138613 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:26:53 +0000 Beehive 2138613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, DH and I have pretty big sweet tooths (sweet teeth?), and we always give DS what we're having. So most weekends he'll have some kind of cake, cupcakes, cookies, or whatever else we get. He loooves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138477 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:08:35 +0000 JessKas 2138477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About as often as I have sweets, 1-2 times a month. I share :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138394 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:42:06 +0000 travellingbee 2138394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, he has fruit snacks every day (The YumEarth ones) and occasionally frozen yogurt or cake (at parties etc). But he eats well and never substitutes something healthy for something not healthy. He eats several servings of fruits and veggies a day and whole grains and proteins so I don't worry too much about some sweets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138380 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:36:49 +0000 meredithNYC 2138380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've relaxed quite a bit since she turned 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138372 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:34:14 +0000 travelgirl1 2138372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I didn't until she turned two, but she gets them occasionally now. She has, for sure, inherited my crazy sweet tooth. We gave her a bit of Easter Egg on Sunday and she shoved the entire thing in her mouth so fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138222 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:15:50 +0000 loveisstrange 2138222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I was only a stickler until she turned 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138219 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:14:19 +0000 jhd 2138219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Life is too short. He's tasted cake, chocolate, ice cream, and donut. It's not an every day thing, but he does like them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138193 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:57:59 +0000 LovelyPlum 2138193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but she doesn't like most of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2138153 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:31:41 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2138153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137984 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:23:20 +0000 petunia354 2137984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, not every day though. I can get crazily addicted to sugar so I'm trying to limit his so hopefully he can avoid that same addiction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137907 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:56:19 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2137907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Occasionally, the same as many others. He definitely likes chocolate like his mama! But we don't do dessert. It definitely messes up bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137902 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:55:12 +0000 pinkb 2137902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started just before 2, but soon realized it affects her sleep and attitude a lot. So she doesn't get much if at all. I try to stick with gummies or yogurt covered raisins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137901 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:54:45 +0000 Bao 2137901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137896 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:52:11 +0000 birdofafeather 2137896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, now that's she's 2 as well! not all the time, but i split a small thing of skittles with her and she loved it... and by split, i mean, i had most of them and she had like 4. oops. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137895 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:51:40 +0000 Mama Bird 2137895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't for a long time, because he couldn't stop at just one piece and threw a tantrum if he didn't get like five chocolates at once... he's better with the self control now, so we give him candy but try to stay away from it in the evenings. He's hard enough to put to bed as it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137726 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:42:44 +0000 tinyperson 2137726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until she was 2. Now I let her have a little bit, but she doesn't ask for them. My parents brought a cake over last week, and LO didn't as for any even though we ate it in front of her and in fact directed us to "eat cake." She had half a small foil wrapped Easter egg (the smallest ones) and said all done. She was more interested in her yogurt melts! Strange child :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137725 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:42:27 +0000 ValentineMommy 2137725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. Sadly, I don't think he'd ever eat otherwise. :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137719 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:41:33 +0000 bushelandapeck 2137719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that he is 2 we let him have a "special treat" a few times each week. Usually a yogurt squeeze that we have frozen or one small piece of candy (m&amp;m, jelly bean, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137715 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:39:49 +0000 yellowbird 2137715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! She gets way more than I would like from Dh and grandparents </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137709 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:39:15 +0000 Peasinapod 2137709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an extreme sugar addiction. I'm hoping to spare my lo the same by limiting sweets when she's older. Although my parents didn't give me much sugar so I don't know if this will help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137700 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:37:04 +0000 Mamaof2 2137700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-eat-sweets#post-2137681 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:31:16 +0000 blackbird 2137681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! Especially now that she's 2. I was far more dogmatic when she was younger. </p>