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my aunt used to give me toys that would make sounds and I would wake up in the middle of the night playing with them which woke my mother up. She didn't have kids at the time so she didn't even consider the headache it would cause.. now she has triplets and after watching what my mother fed us she stopped giving so much sugar to her kids.
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People need to respect a mothers wishes, some people just don't get that.
This.
I guess I see it as two different issues: the one of respecting parents, and the one of junk food and a healthy diet.
There is a HUGE difference between a kid with a healthy diet and occasionally indulges vs someone who's raised on soda/junk food/etc. I've seen effects of both and the latter isn't pretty at all. And I see it from another parent's point of view as well--that their kids turned out OK and can feel that their parenting style is being judged/critiqued. But what can you do. In the end, the parent has the child's best interests at heart and are responsible for their well being.
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i think i m very lucky in this matter, my in laws have been here from last 10 days almost n they ask me first can we give this to her, only if i say yes thn they feed her, my mil is always asking can she eat this, can i feed her this, and same is the case when i visit my parents i remmber soem aunty tried to give something to my baby i was not there n mum stopped her saying her mother has not allowed this to the baby.
so i have not faced this situation exactly but if this is happenning in front of me definetly i m gng to stop it :)
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I think the worst mother award should go to me.. lol. You ladies put my parenting to shame :o .. I give my son everything.. a bit of this a bit of that. He eats everything we eat/drink.
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Ok I am ready to receive everyones wrath,
But hearing most of the stories here, I wonder, Is the rest of the upbringing of your child a spartan regime too?
I agree if people continuously feed your child choclate and tons of sweets and soda, I can understand that one flips out.
Bit a tiny bit, even if it is every day, should be ok.
YES I DO RESPECT YOUR PARENTING STYLES :k:
(sorry but this bit had to be in capital letters, knowing that just like in tabloids, words can be twisted).
But really. I would hate it, absolutely hate it, if everyone I know would come to ask my permission to feed my kid a bit of crisps, or a sweet or some juice.
IF my child had allergies or anything like that, then it is a different case.
I had sweets when I was little, and I dont see why I should withhold my children from that. Everything in moderation is fine.
I think I would become paranoid.
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I have two kids under 3. Sara the elder one is a picky eater. There are days when she is not eating any thing nd only drinking milk. On those days I give her some crisps or let her buy any thing she wants from store. The other one is also a picky eater but he doesn't get bored with his same old diet. I don't visit my inlaws much so they are not offered much there, but at my parents home my bros love to buy them candies nd cakes but I don't let kids eat it. When we visit some one they ask me before they offer any stuff to my kids. I agree for a sip or two of juice if we are visiting some one but soda is a big noooo.
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I think the worst mother award should go to me.. lol. You ladies put my parenting to shame :o .. I give my son everything.. a bit of this a bit of that. He eats everything we eat/drink.
aww its not bad to feed your children these things....everyone is different...lifstyles are different...i remember we started to take sodas n sweets wen i was 10yrz old....n my mom was quite strict about it......so i didnt get the habit of eating them on daily or weekly purposes.....
and me and my hubby both do not like sodas n sweets so i hope my baby will not get into these stuff too.....it depends on what environment you give to your children....n it does NOT mean that you will get sick if u r introduced sweets at early age....:)
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ok so conclusion........
u can give tiny bites of sweets n junkfood to your infants and toddlers and no soda at all....
and for other people giving bits of food stuff to your children should totally depend on parents if they r willing because the views varies...some are fine with that n some are not....