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Hi All,
Ever since i introduced DD to chocolate this Easter, she has been addicted to it! Its "chocolate" this "chocolate" that.
Whenever i open the fridge, she demands chocolate.
Even when i have no chocolate left she will demand it and demand it.
I distract her and she gets distracted until the next time the fridge opens.
Currently she is eating the coco O's which is the healthiest chocolate snack i can find.
How can I stop this addiction from happening?
How old is your DD?
I think you are going to have to have a complete ban on it and when she asks offer alternatives, let her see there is no chocolate in the fridge. It shouldn't take long hopefully for her to forget about it I hope.
If she is old enough can you talk about sometimes food and all the time food?
It's a tough one, these are rules which I cannot apply to myself :lol:
DD is 2 years old.
She's a really really really fussy eater too but doesnt seem so fussy when it comes to chocolate!
But i must admit, its very useful to use it as a bribe. When she goes to childcare, the only way she doesnt cry is if i promise her some chocolate afterwards.
Maybe im causing this addiction?
xp did this with DD too, used it for bribes and she went totally nuts for it at one stage. I just banned it from the house totally and she got used to it ok.
I still had my stash in my bottom draw though...
I think removal from the house is the best bet! I have done that with my girls when one of them had a sugar addiction time... I removed all temptations from the house. It made my life easier, and she soon learned that it wasn't something to demand. Actually for an autistic kid with an obsession... 6 months of screaming wasn't a long time to get used too. We allow some sugar now, but its definately something that is monitored and we don't keep in the house.
I agree ban it, dd was like that with ribena it's all she would drink but even with it really weak she would not eat or sleep to well. I swapped her to water and she did get grizzly for a few days always asking but now she loves water and has the occasional ribena no problems.
I had to join this one, my DS nearly 2 is also addicted to chocolate, i tell people i will have to take him to chocoholics ananoumus soon.
He stalks the fridge, he doesnt ask for it but when he is given one peice he will want more and more and more.
If the other two have chocolate he will go nuts till he gets some.
I have put it all away and he is given a little bit every now and then.
I must add he is one who can't just have a little of something , if he sees the packet he wants to eat it till its all gone.. everything is now put in snack packets.......
DS loves chocolate too and once he realised I kept a secret stash of Mint Tim Tams in the fridge and he could open it himself, he became a real fridge stalker. Now I have hidden them better :p but also keep a little plate of cut up fruit and saltana's in the fridge and find that he will pick at that if he's hanging around doing the chocolate search. It took him a couple of days of asking to realise it wasn't there anymore, now he is pretty good.
I was pretty excited about this Easter being the first Easter that DS would really 'get'. What I didn't realise is it made him think that everyday was chocolate day :doh:
I hate Easter since this easter gone, DD has developed the same addiction, patties were thrown when she got none. Removing it completely from the house is the quickest cure, they soon forgot, although it take alot of fingers in the ear and 'lalalala' from us lol.
I would just stop giving her anything chocolate at all..
Its like if kids like lollies.. I dont give it to them everytime they ask its a special treat once a week etc.
You are the parent..Dont give her any at all. SIMPLE