Chocolate at 6 weeks old!!

CFC

I agree with all the other posters, it wont hurt her at all. Horrid nappy though I'd guess!

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gravitytolls

I'm sure she'll be absolutely fine. But you'll know who to blame if she's a chocaholic when she's older.

Becles

My eldest son fed my youngest a chocolate button when he was about 2 months old. He's 8 now and still here, and loves chocolate!

Hope she settled and feels better this morning.

nalyo

Hi there, as one person already suggested it wouldnt be life threatning for a baby to have a small taste and by the sounds of it if it was on a dummy then its a minute amount. Its just a matter of getting your body ready to break it down. all the best.
PS my baby is 4months and father in law happily gives him tasting sessions of all sorts, milky bar, drifter, aero to name a few!!

bright_side

Hope your little lady is feeling better today.

Hotspur

I'm no expert but logic says that what we eat in the early months and years has a bearing on our likes, dislikes and too some extent health in late life. A little chocolate shouldn't do harm however I would think it is preferable to avoid sweet sugary foods generally for many years.

We know that although nice as a treat sugary foods have little nutritional value and give a sugar energy boost which provides the craving for more when it subsides. Also, as with many processed foods, they may contain additives which could lead to sensitivity/allegy.

Once is unlikely to be a problem but repeated exposure to chocolate may develop that sweet tooth. I'm off to get some Green and Blacks now; it's organic so that's ok!

3plus1

For a start, at 6 weeks old, surely all she should be consuming is breast milk?

Secondly, chocolate is a very common allergen (contains cows milk, nut traces, etc). I would not recommend introducing this until DD's first birthday, as that's when the immune system gets better at coping with allergic reactions.

Mild allergic reactions can be difficult to spot, made all the trickier if the person having one can't yet communicate to the world and explain how sick she's feeling. People can live through mild reactions without needing any treatment, but it's unpleasant, and more often than not avoidable.

If you and DD's dad don't have any allergies, DD only has about a 10% chance of developping some, but I would still be cautious anyway, because babies are so fragile. I'm sure DD will have no lasting damage this time round, but I don't think it's a good idea to let people continue feeding her chocolate. Wait until she's a bit older and able to break down the milk in it.

Allergies are awful, but there's nothing worse than an allergy to chocolate, which is why I would be so cautious! We still don't really understand how allergies are formed, but minimising the chances of developping a chocolate allergy is really important, in my opinion. I couldn't live without the stuff...

misty

At least he didn't do what I saw two people doing with a vey young baby onve. They were in a pub both were smoking (they were trying to blow the smoke away from the baby) When the baby started crying the dad got a dummy - put it in his own mouth then gave it the baby. The baby spat it out whereby the mother then did the same thing. I was absolutely cringing.

3plus1

I can't stand people who smoke around children. Especially their own.

hardpressed

Won't do any lasting damage but it's not a good idea to let a tiny child get a taste for sweet things.

As for letting her stay with dad at the weekend I wouldn't let such a tiny baby stay with anyone who didn't have experience with babies, I'd be worried what else her might give her, he doesn't seem very responsible.