Wednesday, February 11, 2009

dessert


i give my kids dessert every single night.
we're not talking a large wedge of cake or a banana split.
i give them a cookie
or a handful of m and ms...
or a popsicle...
or a little dish of ice cream with sprinkles...
ya know, something small and sweet and delish!
and cause lily can't have refined sugar i do the "healthy" version of all of the above (newman os, sun drops, all fruit pops, etc...)
but...
i was testing out the boards at work the other day and i posted "do you give your kids dessert every night" and 25 out of 30 people said they did NOT?!
i was all, "huh?"
i thought EVERYONE gave their kids dessert?
maybe i just haven't been asking about it!
so...

am i the only one on the planet who gives their kids dessert every single night!? am i messing them up by doing so? here i was thinking i was underserving them sweets and maybe, gulp, i'm overserving them!?

5 comments:

  1. I didn't give my kids dessert, but I did make them "fruit snacks" every night before bed until just a few years ago - two different fruits and then a Reese's Peanut Butter cup or a Hershey's Kiss or something. On one of those divided plates (three different "areas" - one for each fruit and one for the candy). And it gets challenging in the winter to come up with different fruit combinations. But I'm glad I did it.

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  2. dessert after every meal is my motto. (not really. well, for myself, really but not for the kids). I do give Jack a little dessert after lunch and after dinner, but not on days when I know he's had a bunch of sweet stuff already. (like yesterday's valentine's party at his school). But to answer your question, yes, I think it's fine to give them a bit of dessert every single night. (and it gives you a good excuse to remind them to brush their teeth with extra special care since they had dessert earlier).

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  3. yesterday the boys made brownies with dad and for dessert they had CHOCOLATE ice-cream and CHOCOLATE syrup on top of the BROWNIES. oy. they still went to sleep at their normal time. that was a bit excessive and craig's idea not mine. but i'm ok with dessert, i think all foods should be eaten in moderation and not DENIED dessert. that causes havoc later.

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  4. yes, dessert. my kids won't accept fruit as dessert. they want something sweet, chocolate, frozen...whatever.

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  5. asher doesn't eat "dessert", but yes, he has some junk every day. just usually not at night, for no other reason except that he's already had more sweets than i would like before that point!

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