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This is our first Easter with all the zillions of chocolate eggs. Even my eight-month-old has a stash! Obviously the baby won't be getting any. The three-year-old will get half an egg a day until they're gone. If some accidentally get eaten by me and DH it's all good

We tried to limit the amount of chocolate we gave him - 4 little chocolate chicks, and then some Smarties in eggs. I asked my parents to not buy him chocolate so they, of course, bought him a big Lindor bunny, but luckily he was only interested in the ribbon with a bell around its neck and I was able to hide the rabbit. He's already eaten 2 of the chicks and I put the other 2 away while he was distracted. We'll see how it goes, though, because when I asked if he wanted jam or yogurt on his pancake he said he wanted chocolate.

We didn't get LO any candy treats since he's only 2.5 (plus he doesn't like chocolate). I will have to ration the chocolate from my husband. Actually I'm going to have to hide it if I want to eat any!

TBH they will likely forget about most of them after the opening. We let DD1 (almost 4) have some m&ms after her breakfast. I filled their eggs with animal and bunny crackers so they gorged on those before breakfast. They both got a sugar free bunny and a small m&m egg in their basket. DD2 hasn't even asked for them because she just doesn't know!

I know they will be getting a lot more sweets when we see family later. Well let her have some then hide the rest. Read: mommy eat them.

We gave LO some chocolate eggs and she has had 0. We gave her Peeps and she took one bite and said no thank you. And I gave her an Easter Pez dispenser and she ate about 5 Pez candies.

Me on the other hand?
-2 hot cross buns
-4 easter butter cookies
-mug of brandy mocha

And I'm sure I'll be digging into those chocolates later.

I let her do what she wants and toss the rest at the end of the night. Unless it's really good candy I'll put it away and she can have some a couple times a week. My personal feeling is that one day of gorging isn't going to hurt her, I did it as a kid and have a very healthy relationship with food and my body and learned how not to act like a crazed person around sweets. She actually had candy instead of lunch today lol

My son remembers what he gets, you can't convince him that he got one chocolate bunny when he knows he got 5...so what we do is to have him offer it to family members in exchange for something else, either $5 to go play at the arcade or a small toy that he has been wanting.

Dd is only 15 months old, so doesn't quite get it. But my mil did give her a ton a candy, most of which were Hershey miniatures or kisses, which she can't eat. She didn't realize she could eat them and instead they were fun toys to put in and out of her basket. I did give her a Reese's egg, but then brought the rest, including her chocolate bunny, into work.

DS didn't get any chocolate, but has some candy that came inside his Easter Eggs. He's allowed once piece after dinner. Since we are leaving for vacation on Friday, he will probably forget about it.