So you give your lo desert after dinner?

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I’ve been giving my 2 year old desert after dinner for a week or so now and she just seems in such a better mood when I do, less tantrums before bedtime. I’ve always tried to limit sugar in her diet, but I’m thinking about making this a daily thing. She eats healthy during every meal. I’m curious how many other people give their toddlers desert every day.

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Nope. I give them to her with her meals so it’s even more not of a big deal. And usually every other day if just depends on what we have in the house really. Sometimes dessert is 5 m&m’s, sometimes it’s a cookie, etc. 
I follow lots of feeding pages and if you don’t make dessert a “big deal” then it’s not one lol.

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My kids get dessert every night, presuming they ate a fairly healthy dinner that included veggies. It’s usually a piece of candy or a scoop of ice cream. I don’t see any harm in it whatsoever. Everything in moderation, and everyone loves a treat 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Nope. I wouldn't. 
Treats in our house are things of natural sugars like fruit. I wouldn't straight up give sweets just because they ate their meal.

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Nope.  We don’t do dessert ever.  If he’s still hungry before bed I try to do a more fat/protein snack to sustain him overnight.

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My 3 year old gets dessert after she puts her pajamas on. And by dessert, I mean a small piece of candy or baked good. Nothing big or elaborate.
It’s not tied to how well she ate dinner (or didn’t eat it) and she can lose the privilege if she’s not cooperative about the bedtime routine. It works really well for us. No guilt about food, but she still knows it’s a treat.

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It depends on the day. My son isn’t a big sweets eater but he loves lollipops and pez so I’ll let him have  it if he ate well and is asking for it. When he was wind down time at 7 he usually has some fruit, berries, and a beef stick with his gummy vitamins. I don’t cut any type of dessert out totally once they’re around 2. I want them to understand how to balance it all.

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We do 3-4 little “healthy-ish” cookies with milk after dinner most nights. Sometimes it’s a no-sugar banana oatmeal cookie I’ve made from scratch. The cookies we buy are similar to animal crackers so they’re not super indulgent or sugary or anything and they are whole wheat with chia and flax etc. But we do this every night pretty much. He always eats at least some of his dinner and the milk/cookies is usually an hour after. The rest of his diet is very healthy/all whole foods etc.

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Just soy yoghurt, soy custard or fruit here but my daughter has lots of allergies so there's so many things she can't have anyway.

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Nope. She doesn't need the sugar lol.

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Not after dinner usually cause my boy goes cray cray during bedtime, but he gets a treat everyday and maybe on the weekends he can get desert after dinner… depends on what he eats that day.

So you give your lo desert after dinner?

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