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They will be fine! We have made our own so it’s more like every other day but it’s totally your call 😊
It's a tiny bit, so yeh but it depends on what you are happy with. My little girl has chocolate regular as part of a balanced diet
@Sophie a tiny amount of chocolate everyday is not unhealthy.
As others have said it’s not healthy but not dangerous, so really it’s whether you’re okay with it or not 🤷♀️
@Jen I didn’t say it was unhealthy, I said it wasn’t healthy, which it isn’t.
@Sophie sort of a negligible difference no? In terms of building a healthy relationship with food I’d say that incorporating a small amount of “treat” food into children’s diets is actually very healthy not to mention important. Labelling a tiny amount of chocolate as “not healthy” is, in my opinion, unhealthy.
@Jen And you’re entirely entitled to your opinion and to make that decision for your child 😊 Have a great day
Yeah that’s fine if that’s what you want to do
I personally won’t be giving my 13 month old a chocolate calendar we have one with little toys instead but to each their own. It’s not dangerous just not great for their teeth etc. For me while he’s not fussed about chocolate I’ll avoid for as long as possible but absolutely up to you what you’re comfortable with x
No, 12 months old is too young to that much sugar. White chocolate has the most sugar in out of all chocolate. None of my toddlers had chocolate that young. I would opt for maybe homemade peanut butter cookies. My son is 21 months old any my daughter is 3, I’ve made them a homemade advent calendar this year filled with some toys and books.
I didn’t personally at that age just because of all the sugar and didn’t want to introduce treats really young. My son’s nearly 3 and we have got him his first advent calendar this year. A little bit won’t harm, just personal choice x
Yeah my 13 month old has chocolate all the time anyway so not worried about the tiny bit of chocolate in his advent calendar lol.
I gave my daughter one at 10 months last year! Advent chocolates are so tiny!! No harm in a tiny chocolate once a day! She didn’t even have teeth so it wasn’t going to rot them 😂
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I would it's a small amount each day. It won't do no harm.
Yeah, it’s fine. It’s like the tiniest square of chocolate you can have, it’s hardly eating chocolate. It’s a treat, it’s for a few days of the year. She might not even want it xx
Sorry, but the amount of people that are willing to give a block of sugar to baby is wild 😆 there body is just so tiny, it’s obv small to you as adults but it won’t be to tiny humans! Do you know how tiny their heart and their stomach are at that age? And you want to give a block of sugar to their growing body? It’s like those that say it’s okay to put salt in baby’s food at 6 months old. Sure, you do you, but I’m def judging. You do know there is caffeine in chocolate, right? And there you all go, complain about how bad they sleep 😅 you give them caffeine and sugar, what do you expect? And for 24/12 days consecutively? Good luck to your baby
@Nattinan wow. 😮 good luck to your baby. She specifically stated it’s white chocolate which is not caffeinated. And the phrase “a block of sugar”?? Come on. There’s 0.4G of sugar in one white chocolate button. Maybe learn your science and nutrition before shaming parents for querying informed decisions.
@Jen literally what I was writing!! one chocolate in the morning isn’t going to suddenly affect every single little thing, the judginess that comes from some parents is absolutely astonishing to me. Everything is fine in moderation, people aren’t just giving their babies a full share bar of chocolate and letting them go feral. Jesus Christ 🤷🏻♀️
Wouldn't be my choice, but it won't do baby any harm if that's what you want to do.
@Katie my oldest was 9 months old on her first Christmas and she had a milky bar advent calendar chocolate every day. My youngest was only 8 weeks last Christmas so wasn’t able to have one lol
@Nattinan bet you’re fun at parties 😂🤦🏼♀️
@Jasmine yeah 8 weeks is a bit young 😂 I used her advent chocolate last year to help teach her object permanence 😂
@Jen I already say that I am judging and that is my opinion. You don’t need to like or agree with what I think. Take it however you want because I am strongly against chocolate, especially white chocolate. I do see it as “a block of sugar” as it is my opinion. You can think I’m wrong for thinking that, and that’s fine too. There is no caffeine in white chocolate, but I was referring to all of chocolates then. It is just very much a block sugar exactly because of the lack of cocoa. And if you are living in the US, like god knows what kind and how much more of “added sugar” are in their chocolate, like Hershey’s. And just because milky bar has cute packaging, doesn’t mean it’s safe for baby to consume. Like I said, do what you want, but those are my opinions on chocolate. I’ve waited until both of my kids are at least 18-20 months. Justify your reasons for it all you want, it’s your baby at concerns here, not mine.
@Jasmine Yes, because my children won’t be screaming for chocolate when they’re told “no” at parties 🥳 and they’ll eat all their veggies without me forcing them to. They’ll take fruit smoothies over chocolate milkshake any days.
@Nattinan god you’d hate to see what my kids have been eating since 6 months 😂
@Nattinan my kids don’t scream when told no😂 they also eat all fruit & vegetables without me forcing & also have smoothies every day as well as milkshakes once in a while. Good luck with your kids👍🏻
@Jasmine it’s wild isn’t it? my daughter doesn’t like milkshakes of any kind but loves a smoothie. Also loves a little choccy, loves her veggies and doesnt scream when she’s told no unless she’s overtired lol. some people eh? 🤣
@Liv love it when people think they’re ‘perfect’ parents😂
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What i find funny is that we're being judged for giving our kids a little bit of chocolate. But our kids literally are at the age where they would eat mud if given a chance 😂😂😂
@Nattinan Wow how do you cope being such a perfect parent?
@Hannah she doesn’t😂😂 just sounds better written down doesn’t it lol.
@Heather my Son ALWAYS has something in his mouth. Was a piece of cat litter the other day 🤦🏼♀️
@Jasmine i was being sarcastic haha people like that do my head in no need for the judgement around an innocent question 😂😂
@Jen I think they forget that it also contains dairy too!
@Jasmine 😂😂😂 got to love our kids.
@Liv babies can have dairy
@Hannah I know you were lovely. I was being sarcastic too😂😂
@Jasmine I know! I was trying to say that those who are so strongly against it in the comments are trying to exaggerate the amount of sugar in a piece of chocolate. When it’s likely to contain more dairy and therefore include calcium which is needed to help their bones etc. Sorry I didn’t word it very well x
@Liv ohhh I understand now. Sorry lovely. But yes totally agree with you!
Everything in moderation teaches a balanced diet and a healthy relationship with food. The sanctimonious comments from Nattinan make me laugh. Stop saying you’re just giving your opinion when you’re openly judging and chastising others non harmful parenting choices. At least when their children grow up, they won’t binge all the sweets and treats they’ve been kept away from 🤷🏻♀️ Or feel the need to hide their eating habits from a holier than thou parent
What I find funny is all of you here think I’m being mean and judgy, while you’re all here doing exactly that to me just the mere fact that I think differently and how I’ve been raising my children. Eating mud or licking the floor is different to purposely feeding your babies sugar. If you believe otherwise then it’s not my concerns at all. Hope you had fun mocking and making sarcastic comments to my opinions. Do you all feel better now? I’ve never said I was perfect. Your babies are yours to look after, feed them anything you want, but if you post a question online about it then you should know that there are other people in the world too that think differently to you. As I’ve said, do what you want, but I would never mock someone for thinking and doing things differently. If you feel guilt or shame, then that’s a you problem, not mine.I didn’t say to not give kids chocolate, I said I’d wait until they’re at least 18 months old”, can you not read? You need to judge to have an opinion
They will live 60+ years I’m sure they can wait another year to start having a nibble of chocolate. The problem I have is introducing them at 12 months is too young. They’ll be eating chocolate for the rest of their life, teaching them about eating things in moderation doesn’t start that early since they’ll put anything in their mouth, according to one of your comments. If you feel like a 6-month-old can have chocolate then that’s all on you. You raise them so why do you feel guilty about me saying otherwise? Your action/your decision = your responsibility.
@Nattinan you have specifically said that you judge other mums for giving their 13 month old “a block of sugar”. So don’t act like you’re not here stirring things or passing judgement or mocking other parents. Of course it’s your choice what you feed your child. We all have different relationships with food, and a million different reasons for why we take the approach we do. But the mum on this post was literally asking if giving less than half a gram of sugars worth of white chocolate would be detrimental to her child’s health. I’m not a nutritionist but I have a keen interest in nutrition, health and fitness, and telling a first time mum that giving their one year old a tiny amount of white chocolate in the name of creating a Christmas tradition is potentially damaging to their heart and stomach and will impact their sleep is scaremongering, and shaming and just unkind.
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My son didn’t have an all chocolate advent last year I did cars but that’s just a personal preference but this year he’s got a little chocolate every day. The amount of playing kids do they will burn it off ❤️💙. Do whatever you want your kid you’re rules xxx I would like to add he was born in September 2022 so the first year he was 4 months so had a ducky one Second year he was 16 months so had a car one where he got a car every day. This year he’s 28 months and will have a chocolate everyday however tooth brushing is very big in our household so he’ll have it for his morning snack then it’ll be teeth brushed. Then he’ll go back to normal routine food.
It’s really up to you. It obviously isn’t healthy but it’s not dangerous so it depends what you’re happy with.