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[quote=Anonymous]Grandparents, great-aunts, everyone over 50, seem to be offering my 1.5 year old cookies, ice cream, brownies, fruit juice, cake - if it's junk food, they think DD will like it! One relative who's hosting us specifically bought fruit loops to accommodate us. Another made candy from scratch for her, which was really sweet but she couldn't eat it. Is this just a generational thing where they really think it's normal for a &lt; 2 year old to eat processed sugar daily or is this part of the 'grandparents/old people get to spoil the baby' mentality? So far, there haven't been any fights over it because I've been able to say &quot;oh, we haven't introduced juice yet, she's still just a baby&quot; or &quot;She's had a rash lately, we don't want to introduce anything new right now&quot; but we don't ever plan on having juice/cake/cookies as a part of the daily mix so what will I say when she turns 2 without offending people?

If I say &quot;we don't really eat cake except at birthday parties&quot; then that opens the door for &quot;well, grandma's visit is more special than a birthday party!&quot; If I say &quot;we don't eat processed sugar in our family&quot; it kind of sounds condescending, right? Especially when these people have specifically made sweets for our daughter from scratch or brought them as gifts. It just doesn't occur to our relatives that we wouldn't give our 1 year old sweets, even though this is nothing new on our part. I made all my own baby food when we were first starting solids, so I've been very consistent in that baby's food is healthy, made from whole ingredients, and doesn't have added salt or sugar. Maybe I should be more proactive - &quot;if you'd like to offer sweets on our upcoming visit, feel free to stock up on dates&quot;?
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