I'm wondering what a reasonable amount of sweet treats and not-quite-healthy food is?
For the first 3 years my daughter probably only had sweet treats at parties and special events. We only kept enough in house for hubby and I to scoff when she was asleep. We don't do dessert.
Now she's old enough to ask for treat foods and she's asking for chocolate, ice cream and cake all the time. We don't keep these in the house so it's only really an issue if we are out and about. If it were just me I would normally treat myself to serving if I'm beating out, socialising or doing the weekly shopping. I have a really sweet tooth and a very fast metabolism which means that I never put on weight. But I am not sure if I feel comfortable feeding her sweets this frequently (maybe once a week but we are going out a lot more frequently lately). How often do other people allow sweets?
Then there is the not-quite-healthy foods like jam, juice, honey and Vegemite (we're in Australia, it's very salty). We have them in the house because I think they are okay occasionally but daughter is asking for them all the time. How frequently do people feed these and how do you handle it?
At the moment we're telling her that sweet treats are special occasion foods and only allowing it about once a week when we're out as a family.
With jam, honey etc I tell her that it's a sometime food and judge whether she can have some depending on whether I feel its an appropriate occasion. I.e. not a meal time, how much she's had already, when was the last time.
Then there is homemade sweets. How often do people make them? And what rules do you have to ensure it's not eaten all at once?