[blparent] Healthy foods- candy and sweets

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

What is it with kids and candy? For my nephew Caiden's first Easter, he
was one and loved, loved candy. My sister and brother-in-law found him
sleeping on the basement floor literally surrounded by candy wrappers.
An almost empty Easter basket tipped over nearby and chocolate around
his mouth. Of course it was a Kodak moment, LOL!

Penny is just terrible with candy and sweets. Every time she has
something sweet, she says, Mmmm," with each bite then ask for more once
finished. It's just terrible, smile.

We don't keep candy around much, but it's a treat from time to time, but
God forbid if she sees it before we are ready to give it to her. We
usually keep it in a cupboard or the bread box.

I think it just depends on the child when it comes to things like jelly
beans. All our nephews and nieces have been eating jelly beans since
they could chew. I'm always worried to give them certain things only to
find out they have been eating them for years. We hope to keep our kid
off of candy as long as we can, but you're so right that once they leave
the house, it's a bit out of ur hands. Fruit and home-made baked goods
are one thing, though I want to try to avoid baked goods too until a
little older, but the candy and processed sugars are just bad for teeth
and over-all health. It's definitely a losing battle at some point. Plus
Ross has a pretty big sweet tooth too, grin.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 13:45:54 -0600
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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Oh, I agree, we don't do candy or cookies or the like with a meal,
because 
then the rest is off the menu.  Sarah would eat candy all day long if
she 
could.  I was very conscious of what I gave Sarah when she was an
infant, 
but once the kids get out into the world where they discover cookies and
ice 
cream, we're all fighting a losing battle.

One thing to be careful of with candy is jellybeans.  Sarah is four, and
I 
thought she would be old enough for them.  But she nearly choked on one
this 
Easter, to the point she couldn't talk, and she was making funny sounds
like 
she couldn't breathe.  Fortunately her body took care of the jellybean
and 
it went down, but I was about ten seconds away from trying the Heimlich,

which I learned how to do on a doll but never tried on a living human
being. 
So jellybeans are out--luckily Easter is a year away now.

Jo Elizabeth