Do you let your LO have sweets (chocolate, cookies, cake, etc)?

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If not, when do you think you'll allow them to have it for the first time?

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The guideline is no added sugar before 1, ideally 2. I'm not trying to be a psycho about it, but I am pretty strict about her not having any before she's 1. There have been a few times where I've been tempted, but then I remember that there's no point of her eating it. She doesn't truly want it, and she has no idea what she's "missing out" on. I want her palate to enjoy bland healthy foods for as long as possible. I do make her a few "treats" like carrot oat bars, white bean peanut butter bars, and banana nut bread. But those are all made with oats, eggs, seeds, fruits, veggies, beans, natural peanut butter, nuts, dates, etc. I mean, they are super good, but that's as sweet as it gets for her for now.

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Yes 😪. My baby looks at me and if I don’t share I feel bad so I give her some. Don’t judge 😔😔😔😔 she’s my baby.

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We went strawberry picking on a recent trip home to see family... after Kinsley was done eating her way through the fields... grandma decided she should have her first homemade strawberry ice cream 🤦🏻‍♀️😅. 
#shesurvivedandstilleatsherveggies🤷🏻‍♀️
(Ps: we were under a red umbrella so she looks red, but she wasn’t.)
And that said... I don’t really give her sweets. Not that I avoid them, it’s just not my first thought. Occasionally I’ll give her a small taste of a treat I might be having. Besides her 6 month smash cake, this was the second big sweets day for her.

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Yes like others, small tastes of whatever I'm eating if it's appropriate. I don't want sweets to be something "forbidden" and get a stigma that just makes her want them more .  I have no doubt that she will grow to love fruits and veggies as I do and she'll get mostly everything in moderation.

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Yea here and there I'll let her taste what I'm eating. Shes still on formula and table food sometimes

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I think the baby yogurt we give has the most sugar. I have let her try a piece of banana bread I made once but I don’t see the point in giving her sweets yet. But, to each their own.

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I let my little one try sweets. Not have a full blown slice of cake or an entire scoop of ice cream but a tiny bite.

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Every once in a while he gets a couple bites of something sweet im eating. Otherwise he’s breast fed and eating whatever we eat but in baby size pieces (that isn’t sweets)

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She’s had a couple bites of angel food cake but beyond that we want her to stay away from it as much as possible. We want to make sure she has a love for fruits and veggies before incorporating sweets. Her first real sweet will be her birthday cake.

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She’s had a little tiny bit of icing from a birthday cake, but we just give her baby food for the most part. She’s had French fries though and loves them haha.

Do you let your LO have sweets (chocolate, cookies, cake, etc)?

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