Candy

[ChetMC]

At what age did your children first have candy? And I don't mean organic, fair trade, sugar free, dye free, free range, candy knock off. I mean crappy candy.

I'll confess my parenting sins if I'm not too ashamed after some other people post.

[kirstenb]

DH was sneaking DS some Dots yesterday. I'd like to think that was the first time he had candy, but I highly doubt it. He's 20 months.

[tabrizia]

He was either 14 or 15 months old I think. I know he had some by 16 months at the latest. Honestly I figure everything in moderation, and if a dum dum lollipop is going to keep him happy on the plane ride, then he can have one (or 5 .

[St. Margaret]

DD (21mo) hasn't had candy, but she has had tiny tastes of "crappy" food, including some desserts. I don't think she really knows what candy is... I mean, she knows the word and stuff from books, and she'll say "candy!" but she doesn't know in real life It's probably not too long before she figures it out. I'm really reluctant to let her have HFCS or the artifical flavors/colors, so we'll be keeping it to a minimum. Even if that means I have to carry around a bunch of organic fair trade chocolate at all times!

[Yes I Am]

The church secretary gave my 9 month old a "taffy" (it was a dumdum lollipop) during service. DD was with her grandmother, who didn't know what to do, so when I came back from receiving the Holy Eucharist, my baby's sucking on a lollipop. I stopped by the office last week, and the secretary offered DD another dumdum. I let her have a few licks, then took it away because the stick looked like it was gonna break.

[*Eva*]

*hangs head in shame* 10 months, he got his first hair cut and the only way I could think of making it non-traumatizing and keeping him still was to give him a sucker. It worked though and to this day he still has no problem with getting his hair cut. I figure it was a small price to pay lol.

[flapjack]

Chocolate, in moderation, at around a year. Lollipops and anything with dyes and chemicals can wait until birthday parties or someone else gives it.

[lilyka]

my first one was well over two. my second one, her first food was fruit loops so I figured why bother. so the last two I don't remember but it was certainly before a year. I mean they weren't chowing down on it but sister would give her a lick on her sucker or a chocolate chip and I was far more concerned with nurturing that loving relationship than i was about a little sugar.

[AllisonR]

Originally Posted by *Eva*

*hangs head in shame* 10 months, he got his first hair cut and the only way I could think of making it non-traumatizing and keeping him still was to give him a sucker. It worked though and to this day he still has no problem with getting his hair cut. I figure it was a small price to pay lol.

Our hairdresser gives lolipops after she is finished cutting. As soon as DD is off the chair, she goes straight to the register and says "We have forgotten our lolipop."

I won't be hanging my head, but I am probably the worst offender on this forum. I LOVE chocolate. I gave both DS and DD chocolate and ice cream somewhere between 6 and 8 months. DD had nothing but breast until 6 months, and then she started eating off our plates, and well, if there was chocolate on the plate, then who was I to stop her? I get a lot of joy out of chocolate, and wanted to share.

[grniys]

Originally Posted by AllisonR

Our hairdresser gives lolipops after she is finished cutting. As soon as DD is off the chair, she goes straight to the register and says "We have forgotten our lolipop."

I won't be hanging my head, but I am probably the worst offender on this forum. I LOVE chocolate. I gave both DS and DD chocolate and ice cream somewhere between 6 and 8 months. DD had nothing but breast until 6 months, and then she started eating off our plates, and well, if there was chocolate on the plate, then who was I to stop her? I get a lot of joy out of chocolate, and wanted to share.

Whew! I thought I was the only one! Ds had an Ande's chocolate mint candy at Olive Garden somewhere between 6 and 9 months... I'm gonna guess he was around 7 months old. He enjoyed it. After that we started giving him bites of ice cream and licks of Popsicles when we had them.

[riverscout]

My daughter got her first taste of real candy (M&Ms ) shortly before she turned 3. She had had sweets before though like cookies, cake, and ice cream.

ETA - I just remembered she got a very occasional lick of the lollipops I used to suck on to help with my morning sickness when she was about two and a half. I used to tell her they were mama's "medicine" so she couldn't have one. She believed me.

[Biscuits & Gravy]

He was almost 2. My mom bought ring pops for him and his cousins. He did not want to let that thing go. He was never a pacifier kid, but he sucked on that ring pop as if it were a binky. He has a big time sweet tooth (totally genetic as DH and I are absolute chocolate junkies), so we try really hard to limit candy.

Our old daycare had a bucket of dum dums in the office that the kids could grab from before going home. We kept that bucket a secret for as long as possible. Once he discovered it he wanted suckers all the time as I knew he would. We allowed them on Fridays. But then at the end of my pregnancy he was getting them more frequently because at the end of the day it was a battle I was way too exhausted to fight.

[cappuccinosmom]

Probably around age one. Tiny *tiny* taste if they catch me eating some. It's rarely in the house though, so they might have had it early, but they don't get much.

[dolcedaze]

17 months. I let her have a piece after she went trick or treating for the first time.

[Dabble]

DS1 it was 14 months, and it wasn't by my choice.

My boss had made lovely plates of homemade Christmas candies for each of us to take home and enjoy with our families. The plate was sitting on the kitchen table and DS spotted a lovely shiny green-wrapped chewy toffee and popped the whole thing, wrapper and all, in his mouth. I followed the slurping sounds and found him under the table in sugar heaven, dripping toffee slobber all over himself, with a gob of green foil and toffee in his mouth. It took real effort to get him to part with it! At least it was homemade candy...

I don't think he had much for a while after that, the next was probably a little chocolate or a sucker.

Not sure what we'll do with DS2, but it probably won't even be that long...it's hard to be so "in control" the second time around.

[fritz]

DS was 2.5 years old--Halloween. We didn't take him out trick or treating, but we had a huge candy stash in anticipation of lots of kids (which we didn't get). He loved how many nerds come in such a tiny box. With the M&Ms, he sucked off the candy coating then spit out the chocolate =). Turns out he's sensitive to all artificial dyes except for red! So his all time favorite candy is red jellybeans and swedish fish.

[soccermama]

I would say around 21 months - his second Halloween adventure. He's not a chocolate kid - his loves the gummy bears, sour patch kids, swedish fish, dum dum suckers, etc.,

[Shannie77]

DD is 21 months and hasn't really had any candy. She has had a few bites of homemade oatmeal cookies & she has had some frozen yogurt with real strawberries in it. I am trying to hold off as long as possible.

[JessicaTX]

Ha, i can beat you all. I had a 3 month old tasting candy. Her 4 year old sister shared her sucker on a car ride once. I wondered why the baby was being so quiet and turned around to see her with a sucker in her mouth and a crazed look in her eye. She screamed when I tried to take it away too =) So she got to keep it till we got to an area where we could get out and i could distract her.

[LittleBlessings]

my first one did not have candy until 2 years old and my second one at 11 months