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Post by chotimonkey on Apr 7, 2015 17:22:41 GMT
Do you let your children have? And how long do yours last? Ours are 2,3 and 4 and because we have a big extended family each child got a: large choc rabbit, 3 Easter eggs, small chocolate figure, mini eggs and a chocolate lolly
Which seems a crazy amount
They don't have much chocolate usually, we bake together and have A cake at a cafe every now and then but we don't do a whole lot of processed stuff.
Dh and I are of course willing to step up to the plate (sorry!) and decimate their stash
But I was curious as to what people do with their kids
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Post by serrakunda on Apr 7, 2015 17:40:59 GMT
Simba got 6. From me two small eggs, one with smarties, one hollow, one from nanny and grandad, two from relatives and one from school, all were the small sizes, hollow or with a little bag of sweets, not the big ones with 10 bars of chocolate.
He also got some creme egg size hollow eggs from Cubs and church.
I don't let him chomp his way through them and he is quite good at not pilfering when ive said no. We still have chocolate left over from christmas.
He didn't eat any on Sunday because he stuffed himself with cake at church with nanny, he had half an egg on the train home yesterday. He normally has a kitkat in the afternoon so I'll replace that with some egg. As he is in tennis camp all day this week, and running around all day, I'll put a small piece or some of the sweets in with his picnic.
I think he will probably get through two this week, so will be still eating them at the end of the month.
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Post by sooz on Apr 7, 2015 18:32:26 GMT
5 for snooz. I allowed him chocolate for breakfast on Sunday.....a once a year treat.
He's had 2 so far, now we are away he's got 3 left at home which will probably last him 2 more weeks. And they were all small ones.
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Post by gilreth on Apr 7, 2015 18:43:30 GMT
Three for Sqk (from us, my Mum & my Granny) plus some chocolate bits from a friend who could not find a dairy-free egg where she lived. Still got the majority left as he is not that bothered by chocolate - chocolate buttons have gone however. Just grateful he understands he has to have special chocolate as well as special milk (having a lactose & fructose intolerant child is not fun at times)
We've been away since Good Friday - with a house full over weekend as our closest friends came as well to celebrate (belatedly) my 40th birthday. Sqk has been great - mind you he knows all of them fairly well and has a particularly good relationship with the one who is still here.
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Post by mudlark on Apr 7, 2015 22:14:05 GMT
This is going to sound terrible..but I did have a plan. Usually it is no sweets and no chocolate...much to the dismay of the children. they always want more of everything..so I went for it...
I got 100 very small eggs size of a peanut for both plus a big egg, also let them have all the other eggs from family and church.
They were amazed that I was suddenly just letting them gorge on chocolate. My moment of mummy pleasure was when Peewit said he had had enough...and moments later Lawping ( who can never get enough of anything) said I can't eat any more...they are still munching their way through it all.. but seem less desperate.
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Post by kstar on Apr 7, 2015 23:39:19 GMT
Starlet got three "proper" Easter eggs plus smaller things, eg chocolate bunny, mini eggs etc. She had half an egg for breakfast on Sunday (got to be done!) and we have agreed max half an egg or one chocolate bar/ bag of sweets each day throughout the school holidays; this is a treat as she is normally only allowed sweets at the weekend. She has been having the chocolate instead of pudding after tea or instead of her usual after-school snack, so it probably hasn't added that much to what she normally has anyway, and in this weather she is out running around all day and burning off the calories!
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Post by corkwing on Apr 8, 2015 7:55:46 GMT
Ours only got two this year.
We decided that we would let them have them and they could eat them as and when they wanted - which was basically immediately. We didn't feel that it was a control battle that we wanted to engage in and didn't want to be seen as the bad guys.
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Post by lilyofthevalley on Apr 8, 2015 9:11:47 GMT
I have a confession to make. Easter is a stressful time for me because I normally avoid chocolate in the battle to lose weight. Each year I buy Easter eggs for the grown up children and the wee one and each year I succumb to the temptation and eat some (3 this year!) in the evenings before I've delivered them and then have to replace them. I'm so glad Easter's over!
Lily x
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Post by cowgirl on Apr 8, 2015 15:52:29 GMT
This year mine got 7 each plus loads of money. Last year must of received over 15 ! But they are both very good and during Lent we found 2 from last year which they ate as pudding over 2/3 nights.
However at 10 my eldest has developed a very sweet tooth so I am having to ration him more this year.
LOV I gave up my Friday night tipple for Lent but ate chocolate biscuits EVERY night. No real sacrifice from me for 40 days !
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Post by doubletrouble on Apr 8, 2015 23:33:52 GMT
We don't really 'celebrate' Easter that much. Our 2 12 and 10 now weren't that bothered if they got eggs or not so I didn't bother. They got one each from their Aunt. Have never given or received money at Easter. Maybe it's more an English thing.
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Post by chotimonkey on Apr 9, 2015 11:35:08 GMT
Oh lily me too! I was amazed setrakunda and simba still had Xmas choc left, dh and I would have hoovered them up long ago!!!
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Post by milly on Apr 9, 2015 13:56:25 GMT
Mine usually get 5 or 6 - one from us and I got some little chocolate figures from the cats too! Three members of our family always give them one each and sometimes other people do if we are seeing them near Easter etc. Mine have been good about just having a small amount each evening - dd1 finds that harder now she is a teen. She tends to spend her own money on chocolate and sweets. As an on/off unhappy adolescent it seems she uses it for comfort - she got given one by school before Easter and ate the lot in one go! Could be worse I guess though I do remind her frequently it isn't a good idea. As a young child she never over-indulged.
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