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
