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Are you a Rich tea or rice cake mummy?
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i went to a mother and baby group today with a good friend of mine whos DD is 13 months, half way through the group they offer all the children a beaker of water and a biscuit (today they were rich tea fingers) My friend would not allow her DD to have a biscuit and instead offered her a rice cake...a HUGE tantrum ensued as she knew the other children had something different! i let my son have a biccy and he is 9 months old. I just figured that one biscuit once every few weeks is not going to
A. rot his teeth or B. make him obese!
I couldnt quite believe my friend was so adamant her daughter was not going to have a biscuit that she would rather spend 10minutes calming her down from her tantrum...to me this was crazy...
So are you as strict with food as my friend or do you allow your child the odd occasional treat?
A. rot his teeth or B. make him obese!
I couldnt quite believe my friend was so adamant her daughter was not going to have a biscuit that she would rather spend 10minutes calming her down from her tantrum...to me this was crazy...
So are you as strict with food as my friend or do you allow your child the odd occasional treat?
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With all due respect to your freind...I think that's but petty...1 small biscuit isn't going to kill her! Xx
Until around the 8 month mark I don't really see the point of giving your LO sugary stuff, as they know no different, but once they have a taste for different food I think it's nice that it's not forbidden. Everything in moderation etc...
I think rich tea biscuits are innapropriate in a baby group.
Im quite fussy about what my daughter eats, she mostly has organic and I really work hard to give her a good diet with all the right nurtrients. If someone offered her a biscuit of any sort I would be cross.
Anyway sorry I've waffled and hyjacked your post!
I think your friend was a little mad for rather having to deal with a tantrum rather than letting her try the biscuit! She might not have even liked it!!
as lizzie cant eat alot of stuff i always carry around a small treat for her incase dd1 wants something when we are out anyway x
As someone else said "everything in moderation" i know when im on a diet and i cant eat yummy food i want it more than i would if it wasnt "out of bounds" i think being overly strict with children is very short sighting and infact will only make them want sugary treats more than a child who has been allowed them now and again!
I dont want him to have an obsession with food like we did so i think its healthier to give them a mixture.
However I'm off to a class tomorrow and if they hand rich tea biscuits out to all the babies, then I would absolutely without doubt let my LO have one. At the end of the day habits aren't formed on 1 little biscuit xx
As I say, I try not to get too worked up about it. He is a very healthy weight, is extremely active and eats a wide variety of foods and flavours. Hopefully he will develop a healthy attitude to food. In the meantime, I'm not going to actively deprive him of anything, just try to moderate what is available.
Sarah-jb, I would have done the same
ashy x
To be honest, I think you should always ask parents before offering a child something to eat.
Also my LO likes to eat the same as me, I was eating a cracker earlier whilst he was on my lap and when I looked down the craker had my LO on it! So if others were eating a biscuit (and I was), I think he would want to be the same!
"Also my LO likes to eat the same as me, I was eating a cracker earlier whilst he was on my lap and when I looked down the craker had my LO on it!" love that imagery...my DS is exactly the same!
[Modified by: shockedmummy on September 13, 2010 08:39 PM]