Why is everyone obsessed with giving my child junk food 😅

Let me guess- grandparents?? 😅

Yes!! I was thinking… is it because junk food can cause a dopamine hit so people get a short term joy out of it and they want to do that/ give it to baby?? I’m not sure but I’m experiencing the same lol

Depends how often it happens, but the more you fight back and say no give her cucumber sticks (for example) the more they will try. I found my 2 prefer healthy snacks over choc & sweets anyway now. But ive never said they cant have them i just give them the choice, when they go to relatives if they offer sweets its hit & miss if they accept, they offer fruit and they will bite their hand off for it 😂

I tend to say to them, dont worry the sweets wont go to waste, i will eat them for you 🤣 x

It’s extremely annoying. I’ve managed to stay firm while she was younger but as she’s nearly 3 it’s practically impossible now >_< we just try and keep a balance. If I know that the majority of what we offer her is healthily good food then the occasional treat when we see family is less of an issue.
I did put my foot down about chocolate though, for the first 18 months. I will say it gets both easier and harder when they’re older, as you can’t explain to them about treats/not every day foods and why we don’t have them all the time, but also they’re more aware of these things existing and can request it 🫠

No they don't ever get over it and your prob just going to have to deal with the comments and that you are a mean parent in their eyes. We have always been firm on no salt before 1 year and home cooked meals only, we also don't introduce sugary processed snacks until closer to 2 (would love to go longer if we could). If they say anything I just say they're still learning to eat and there are lots of fruit, veggies and cultural foods they haven't had yet, if you want to give something, choose one of those. To be fair to my in laws they always bring him fruit now. It's worse at their houses, which is when he gets an odd biscuit but we manage to fight that off for a while by letting them know he has set meal times and only has access to fruit as a snack. During the weaning process, I would also just tell them, we haven't tried that yet and it could have an allergen so please don't feed it.

Oh we’ve had that! “Has he had XYZ yet?” no because he’s a baby. I’m sure there also a Venn diagram of people who say stuff like that then in the next heartbeat are talking about their own diet / cutting out sugar and carbs and so on. We’re very much ‘everything in moderation’ eaters and when he can ask for things then sure he can have a try but I’m not going to start that cycle early x

I just tell people no and if they undermine that then they don't get left alone with my child again.

Might be harsh but my partner is a type 1 diabetic and I had gestational diabetes so my son has a likelihood of getting either type of diabetes.

I don't want him consuming excess amounts of sugar because if he does end up diabetic I don't want the sudden shock to his system of having to cut down. If we don't make a big deal out of it now he won't be bothered by it.

Everybody knows this within both families so I should hope once he's over 1 they respect me with it. Atm he's only 9 months so I just educate on the no added sugar before 1 rule and most people get it.

Im dreading after 1 though

I get this. I didn’t let my son have even a little taste of chocolate until he was 2. He didn’t try a sweet until he was 3 and that was only because he was in hospital for weeks having constant blood tests so we had to calm him down after trying everything. My son is autistic so has a lot of food aversions but we’ve only ever cooked healthy homemade dinners for him. My son loves fruit, if you offered him chocolate, crisps or an apple then he would choose the apple every time lol.

I would be so upset if someone tried to ruin that. We have to be so careful what we put in their little developing bodies and their brains.