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Adventures in parenting: the chocolate freak
Filed under: Babies, Health & Safety: Babies, Nutrition: Health, Development/Milestones: Babies
Truman, whose first birthday is
tomorrow, has begun to distinguish himself as a true chocolate freak. It was our anniversary yesterday, and given that
I had an entire category of blogs launching first thing in the morning, my
husband celebrated by buying several chocolate bars and handing them to me bit-by-bit as I furiously emailed, IM-ed and
blogged.For Truman, it was like a baby scavenger hunt where every treasure is yummy and deserving of pressing into his slobbery maw. Got chocolate? Truman will make you feel as if you are the only one who can save him from certain sweet starvation. I found him today scaling his high chair. His mission? A few squares of leftover chocolate. I could open a bar two rooms away and in seconds Truman would come toddling toward me, grabbing onto my leg and using every bit of strength to drag himself up to the milky cocoa-liciousness.
I can't blame him but his passion and focus are overwhelming. He'll go through any amount of struggle or discomfort for chocolate. I only hope he's as smart as he is sweet-toothed so I can teach him not to follow any manner of Pied Piper bearing a Hershey's bar. I keep wondering how much chocolate is too much for a baby. For Truman? I think the daily limit is somewhere between a couple of candy bars and a double-wide box of truffles.
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4-28-2006 @ 1:59PM
jps said...My 19-month-old loves chocolate. She calls it "choc." She knows we keep some bite-size three musketeers in the fridge for chocolate-related emergencies. When the mood strikes, she will point to the fridge and say, "Choc, momma! Bite!" I fear I have passed my addiction on to her. I can only help her control it. Usually after a couple of "bites," I will say, "Last bite!" and give her one more. She is pretty agreeable to that.
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4-28-2006 @ 2:08PM
nonlineargirl said...Earlygirl just got her first taste of chocolate in my bad-mama trifecta (chocolate, sugar, cow's milk). Well, what was I supposed to do, NOT go to Ben & Jerry's free ice cream day? She ate half of my scoop and would have taken it all if I'd let her. She held my hand in place so that I could not move the cone away. Yup, definitely my daughter.
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4-28-2006 @ 2:16PM
mommytomygirl said...Welcome to my world! My 16 month old daughter will wake up saying "Choco" and looking for anything she can find. She can hunt it out from any hiding spot. Not fair since I broke out in hives anytime I would eat chocolate while pregnant. Who would have thought that chocolate addiction is genetic? Now I can blame my parents for us both! :)
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4-28-2006 @ 4:38PM
Kim said...This is why Oliver's birthday cake a couple of weeks ago was lemon/raspberry! He's the child of two choco-holics. I decided he had years of chocolate eating ahead of him and there was really no rush to start. I lived on brownies while I was pregnant. The poor kid is doomed.
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4-28-2006 @ 5:22PM
Elizabeth said...What is this "leftover chocolate" of which you speak?
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4-28-2006 @ 5:57PM
Jerri Ann said...My youngest son would eat my arm if I dripped chocolate on it. The other one just likes sweets period, the youngest one can spot some chocolate rooms away like you mentioned...their only young once!
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4-29-2006 @ 10:57AM
Velma said...My kids both adore chocolate, too, but it is strictly limited in our house. Not because of any nutritional concerns (because we have plenty of crap food) but because my son has a peanut allergy. Since most chocolates are processed on shared equipment with candy that may contain peanuts, we have to keep it out of the house. This works to my advantage, however, because my daughter will now do ANYTHING for a Hershey's kiss.
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4-29-2006 @ 8:27PM
p said...>>> ..their only young once
Yeah, 'cause then they grow up and get diabetes.
It's fine to have chocolate as long as you say no occasionally. Remember kids don't know what's good for them.
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5-01-2006 @ 9:37AM
Heather said...My son has Samrties radar. It started out as just a love of smarties, now has grown to a love of all chocolate. He can here a wraper opening a couple rooms away as well. We do watch what we give him because some types like m&m's make him more hyper then others.
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