Comments on: Sweets: How much is too much? http://kidnutrition.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/19/sweets-how-much-is-too-much/ feeding your kids without losing your mind Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:27:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julie Moran Alterio http://kidnutrition.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/19/sweets-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1339 Julie Moran Alterio Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:28:39 +0000 http://kidnutrition.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/19/sweets-how-much-is-too-much/#comment-1339 For Pumpkin's first birthday, I made cupcakes and let her devour one. I didn't know if she would eat it, but she managed pretty well. And she was really only 9 months old by the developmental timetable — since she was born three months early. She didn't get sick. These days, we try and keep sweets and similar to a minimum, but I think for birthdays and holidays it makes sense to allow enjoyment of treats. (I've seen a lot of magazine suggestions for "healthy" cakes for birthdays, which I'm sure are delicious, but there has to be room in life for chocolate, I believe.) For Pumpkin’s first birthday, I made cupcakes and let her devour one. I didn’t know if she would eat it, but she managed pretty well. And she was really only 9 months old by the developmental timetable — since she was born three months early. She didn’t get sick.

These days, we try and keep sweets and similar to a minimum, but I think for birthdays and holidays it makes sense to allow enjoyment of treats. (I’ve seen a lot of magazine suggestions for “healthy” cakes for birthdays, which I’m sure are delicious, but there has to be room in life for chocolate, I believe.)

]]> By: Amy Vernon http://kidnutrition.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/19/sweets-how-much-is-too-much/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Amy Vernon Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:50:33 +0000 http://kidnutrition.lohudblogs.com/2008/03/19/sweets-how-much-is-too-much/#comment-1249 Well, I don't know that there's any magic amount, but I do know that last year, for Markus' birthday, I gave him about one spoonful too much of ice cream cake. I think he'd gotten about halfway through a small slice. He, ahem, unate it. It wasn't too bad and it's not like he yuked up everything he'd eaten, but I did have to take him upstairs to change his clothes while my mother-in-law took the cover off the high chair and tossed it in the basement to wash after the party. Well, I don’t know that there’s any magic amount, but I do know that last year, for Markus’ birthday, I gave him about one spoonful too much of ice cream cake. I think he’d gotten about halfway through a small slice.

He, ahem, unate it. It wasn’t too bad and it’s not like he yuked up everything he’d eaten, but I did have to take him upstairs to change his clothes while my mother-in-law took the cover off the high chair and tossed it in the basement to wash after the party.

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