Let’s Talk About Sugar!
I feel like sugar has become one of the most stressful parts of feeding kids.
There’s a lot of messaging out there— that it’s addictive, that it needs to be limited, that it’s something to be really careful with.
And I get where that comes from.
But I also see how quickly it turns into parents feeling like they have to constantly monitor, manage, and control it.
Which is… a lot.
For babies and younger toddlers, there is some guidance to limit added sugar as much as possible before age 2 (with special exceptions like 1st birthday party cake, of course).
That can be a helpful general framework.
But after that, the goal shifts.
It becomes less about avoiding sugar entirely and more about helping kids learn how to be around it.
