sugarfree treats for GCs -any ideas?

I think DD is a bit more relaxed about it. The dentist really put the wind up her! Fruit is fine and the occasional biscuit but only water and milk to drink. The biggest problem seems to be getting eldest GS to eat anything without tomato ketchup!

Carrot batons, fresh fruit (OK I know fruit contains sugar, but not added) my little DGD is partial to broccoli florets (al dente)which she knows as " trees" !

Just found it....

Change4life Sugar Smart

Let's you scan things and tells you how much sugar in it

dies the mean ???? does not mean....

Almost impossible. No added sugar dies the mean no sugar. Even this bear brand thingys contain 37.8g of sugar per 100g.

Cheese cubes?

There's a new app somewhere that lets you scan products and tells you how much sugar. Does anyione know the name?

anno you made me smile as I remembered DS3 used to say 'need' when other children said 'want'. It worked a treat on all my friends but never with me.

My DGCs get fruit or one of the fruit bars. I would recommend yo-yos- Bear brand. They are made from fruit and sweet potato-no sugar- are long thin strips which unroll and come in packs of 2 with a card as well so lots of amusement value. www.bearnibbles.co.uk/yoyos
DIL is a dentist and DGCs are only allowed water and milk to drink.

My DS1 and one of my GSs (his nephew) liked nothing better than a crunchy cucumber. When another GS was of a size to sit in the shopping trolley, he liked to snack on cherry tomatoes. By the time his mum got to the checkout, she sometimes had to hand over the half empty container for the barcode to be read. My half-GS (GD1's half brother), as a toddler, used to charge into my house, shouting, 'I NEED a biscuit'. I usually had a packet of digestives or rich teas which satisfied him - not the whole packet.

Not sure totally cutting out sweets etc is a good idea, just limit them. We thought we were doing the right thing with DS1 by never giving him any sweet things and he became very greedy when anyone else gave them to him. All things in moderation is what we did with the others and that seems to have worked.

I do wonder why you feel there is a need to give them treats at all. We don't when we see our GC although two of them have a fondness for the tiny tomatoes so sometimes we buy them those. We only buy sweet things at Christmas and sometimes as birthday party prizes.

Small cheese biscuits as un-salty as possible?
When my kids were small they had a rich tea biscuit with their mid morning snack.

I did not keep any sweets in the house on a regular basis. My Mil would occasionally bring a Twix bar as a treat but that was sort of monthly.
A piece of fruit such as banana or a pear, well fruit is sweet but it is quite watery when compared with the concentrated sugar in sweets.

It is far better not to have an regular sweets available.

My Mum was warned and our children were bought comics when she came , but they are a very expensive item now , MIL and her DD fed eldest with dolly mixtures , but he was the fav ! the rest had no fillings till well into their 30s and 40s but DS1 has a mouthful and expensive crowns

The problem is that some people and children are more predisposed to tooth decay.

I do not give mine sweets usually, but allow them a biscuit - I suppose I feel that they stick to the teeth less even though they contain sugar.

Can you ask DD what she is planning to give them?

Fruit is full of sugars, so that is not the answer.

Some of my DGC like crackers, or crisps or Pom Bears.

I think cutting out sweet treats entirely is not necessary. My two children were allowed a choice of either a sweet treat or a mini book every Friday. They had nothing sweet apart from puddings the rest of the time including soft drinks of any sort.

They still haven't a single filling in their heads even at 40 odd.