When would you introduce sugar to a toddlers diet?
I don’t believe giving young children foods or drinks with
sugar in them is a good idea. I tried very hard to keep my daughter away from
sugar and I managed to get away with it until she was around three. A toddler
group was the first to spoil my daughter’s non-sugar diet by offering her a
biscuit while she was there. I also found people in shops and other places
would offer her sugary lolly pops as a ‘gift’ or ‘reward’. As a parent, it’s so
difficult to say something to these people because you don’t want to appear strict
in a horrible way. People are quick to judge and it’s annoying also when people
assume that your child will eat anything they give them. I just didn’t want my
daughter having sugar because I believe she’d be more likely to eat healthily as
she gets older. Anyway, now she’s well into her sugar phase, her diet seems to
be affected. She’s far more fussy eating food than she was but I don’t know
whether that’s down to her age or not? I now have to give her some sort of
sugary food every day. I don’t overdo it though – usually it’s a small biscuit
or so, part of a chocolate bar or a yogurt
Speaking to someone the other day, they were under the
impression that not giving your child sugar could lead to an intolerance of it
later in life. I have no idea if this is true or not and would like to hear
from other people who have something to say on this matter. How young were your
children when you introduced sugar in their diet? It seems to be so hard to
avoid it as so many foods now contain sugar to improve flavour. And what about
the implications on children’s teeth?
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