Chocolate...

@ 18 months i let my son try chocolate. at 24 months + , our son tried almost everything we ate especially desserts since he doesn't like sweet things at all.....
 
I was advised against giving my little girl any added sugar or salt in her food till past the age of 2 years old. All her foods have natural sugars and salt in them. She's 16.5 months old and has never had candy, chocolate, juice or salt. The doctor said it's better for their kidneys if you wait a little longer. Besides, I don't see any nutritional value in giving my little girl chocolates or candies and I'm sure it will not take her long to acquire a taste for them.
 
Between 18 to 24 months... he just loves dark chocolate, much more than chocolate cakes or bars or sweets.
 
City Jammer - does that mean you don't let your baby eat any of your food and you don't give your baby any food to try when you eat out?
 
Our girls ate pretty much whatever we did from about 1 year old. Nothing spicy, but they did have an Easter Egg at Easter.
 
I think it's totally fine if you give a bit during their first birthday . . . don't worry about it as they're eventually going to have to eat it. i knew my son did not have a sweet tooth so we wanted to expose him little by little to some sweet foods so that when he wanted a bite of cupcake with frosting on it, he would not throw up from it (which happened at a birthday for a 2 year old when he was about 15 months old).

personally, i believe that everything in moderation is fine as long as there is no threat of an allergy etc....you have to go with your what your gut tells you as only you know your bub best.
 
My daughter's had a bit, not sure exactly when her first was, probably about 12 months old... I can't eat ANYTHING in front of her without her wanting to try so I just let her have a taste (like a tiny bite of a kit kat, not a whole stick). She loves it, but probably has only had it MAYBE once a month (and always just a taste, not a whole lot). It's made me eat less chocolate too as a result. Tragic, I know...
 
I have food allergies myself and so does my little girl, so I cook and take her meals in a food warmer when we go out including on our trips out of HK. The only thing I have ever fed her off my plate is very small bits of plain bread. I gave her just a small bite of a plain sponge cake after her egg allergy was completely cleared. She had a taste of her 1st eggless birthday cake and had some hives right after that (probably due to something else in the cake).
 
My baby had a taste of chocolate (in cake or choco mousse) prob around 11month. He liked his chocolate cake on his first birthday. I don't give him chocolate as a snake but will give him a small piece of chocolate cake or cookie when we have some.
 
My elder son tasted chocolate on his first birthday. We had a chocolate cake. But he didn't even so much as swallow the bite.. He was not even interested in chocolate until he was 2 and half.. It was like BAM! That's top favourite for him..
My daughter didn't like chocolate until 2and half too.. End up she's not a big fan. Prefers biscuits.
I believe in giving everything moderately.. I rather be there when they try rather than they try it elsewhere eg school, then I can't see their faces when they first taste something.
 
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