Easter candy frenzy

[flex]

For those of you who have Easter baskets, etc.: Do you let your kids decide how much candy they eat on Easter?  Or do you portion out during the course of the day, week, etc.?

When my kids were young, I figured they were only a kid once so on Easter and Halloween they could snarf down as much candy as they wished that day/evening.  The following days any leftover candy would be dispensed at a reasonable level.

DS1 has carried this family tradition on with my GD.  

[mommytutu]

I only give a small amount so I let them eat it throughout the day, assuming they are eating regular food too.

[peachdragon]

I think some days are special and institute a free for all type attitude. This also applies to the child's birthday.

[cereal K]

this will be the first year C will really have candy in her basket, so we'll see. it probably won't be a free-for-all, but she'll probably get into a lot more than she usually does. then it'll be right back to a piece only if she asks.

[cereal K]

Apr 19, 2014 14:06:42 GMT -5 aeg511 said:

We don't do candy. Only organic dried fruits and such.

* I could barely type that with a straight face. I let 'em enjoy and eat what they want, within reason.

I didn't go overboard buying candy this year though.

hahahaha!

i skimmed this response at first and had to scroll back for a double take! i thought it was Nu for a second!

[icechalk]

Just let them eat whatever they want. Then when I'm cleaning up I squirrel it away. Then H and I eat most of it
And I dole out a bit here and there for the kids.

[thinkofthesoldiers]

I portion it out. I'm trying something new this year where I put all the candy in the plastic eggs. I think it will seem like there is more per egg than there really is, so if I say, "You can have two eggs," I'll be the awesome mom. Each egg has like 3 of those coated cadburry eggs or 6 jellybeans, etc.

[8675309]

Apr 19, 2014 14:20:47 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

I portion it out. I'm trying something new this year where I put all the candy in the plastic eggs. I think it will seem like there is more per egg than there really is, so if I say, "You can have two eggs," I'll be the awesome mom. Each egg has like 3 of those coated cadburry eggs or 6 jellybeans, etc.

This is what we do. She thinks she's getting a treasure of candy this way.

[jlt19]

Not sure yet. So far (stuff from her OOT grandpa and school) we've limited. Not sure how tomorrow will be. I'm kind of an asshole though b/c I opened a chocolate cross and then ate it all today. Hope she forgets about it!

ETA: DD's hilarious on sugar. It's like she's drunk.

[thelurkylulu]

I monitor that hell out of that shit for two reasons: They have no self control and I like to make sure they don't eat all the good stuff so I can sneak some of that.

[Booze Raccoon]

She can have 1 small piece in the morning and then she can have more throughout the day.


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[janegold]

Apr 19, 2014 14:08:51 GMT -5 cereal K said:

Apr 19, 2014 14:06:42 GMT -5 aeg511 said:

We don't do candy. Only organic dried fruits and such.

* I could barely type that with a straight face. I let 'em enjoy and eat what they want, within reason.

I didn't go overboard buying candy this year though.

hahahaha!

i skimmed this response at first and had to scroll back for a double take! i thought it was Nu for a second!

Same!  Lol.