A first-time-mum says she’s hurt and concerned after learning her baby was given chocolate by her mother-in-law. She says she’s not sure whether her issues are valid, or she should just let it slide.

The mum has taken to an online forum to ask other mums whether she’s overreacting to the situation.

“My baby is nine-months-old,” she explained. “He started weaning at 6sixmonths and I have taken it quite seriously to do it as best as I can. Weaning books, trying home made recipes, introducing veggies before fruits, etc.

“My partner’s parents like to have him once a week for a couple of hours to spend time with him and to prepare for when I return to work as they will be minding him for one day. Last week when I picked him up, my mother-in-law smugly told me ‘he had some chocolate today’. I was a bit taken back as I thought she was joking.”

However, her mother-in-law was serious. She’d broken up chocolate into small pieces and fed it to the nine-month-old. While the baby had been gifted Easter eggs recently, the mum explained he hadn’t yet had his first taste of chocolate.

“I have a few issues with this,” the mum detailed.

“The chocolate could be a choking hazard, everything that I have read says to melt it. She knows how I feel about giving him chocolate, and she didn’t even ask she just took it upon herself to give him it. This one sounds petty – but I would have liked to have been the one to give him his first taste of chocolate when I felt ready.”

She’s now asking what other mums think, and whether she should say something or just leave it.

“I might be overreacting but I feel quite hurt by it. I feel quite strongly about a nine-month-old not needing chocolate right now (no disrespect to those who give it) but he’s so happy with yogurt, fruit, etc so really doesn’t need chocolate as a treat yet.”

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