Sweeties..." I did ask her Dad"!

I forgot to mention that at the Wedding, poppy had her first taste of sweets!

After the Wedding breakfast, when you went through to the bar area they had a lovely idea of having a pick and mix you could help yourself to.  This went down really well with everyone, especially the children.  I went upstairs to feed Rosie and when I came back down, Poppy was running around like a mad one with a strawberry cable in her mouth.  I asked her where she got it and was quickly told by one of the older children Connor..."its OK.  I did ask her Dad".


Now Poppy is Two years and eight months and up until now she has not known what sweets are (or crisps or chips!). I personally think there is plenty of time for all of that and she is only young. I am a very fussy eater myself so have worked hard on making sure Poppy gets a real mix of foods and develops different tastes. I really did not want her to be one of those children who only eats chips or chocolate!! Luckily she eats very well and enjoys a healthy balanced diet.


I am not so strict that she doesn't have any goodies.  She does have the occasional biscuit, ice cream and a few packets of white chocolate buttons but that is it!!  Mostly I get away with giving her fruit snacks, raisin's, rice cakes and bread sticks.  A real treat is yoghurt raisins or those fruity School bars, so I was not too happy about the sweet situation.  As it was they gave her a little sugar boost and she managed to stay up until 9.30pm a who two hours later than normal, which meant we could all enjoy the reception for a while.



She did make me giggle the next day though.  At breakfast she told me she was still hungry could she please have something else.  I asked her what she would like and she looked at me with a little smile on her face and said "mmmmmmm, maybe some ice cream?", I told her no we don't have ice cream for breakfast and to try again.  She looked like she was thinking really hard and then said "maybe some marshmallow?", again I said no, so she came out with "OK Mummy, maybe some toast?" hee hee.  Nice try.  


So she has tasted them, liked them but I am not in a hurry to give her any more for a while!  Interestingly, when I asked for help with the shopping list she told me we needed apples, bananas, pears, kiwis, milk and yoghurt...no mention of sweets so that was good. 


Karen x