Let's talk Chocolate

I think the kids had one pack of Mike and Ikes each. And not very much candy corn at all. I can't remember if it was one pack or two packs of that. They are both children that like, or at least claim to like candy corn.

I never, ever claimed that eating chocolate was good for me. But I do have a certain sweet tooth and really do like to eat some sometimes. I do have to admit that the best chocolate that I've ever eaten was about two years ago when one of my internet friends visited the United States and sent me an envelope full of chocolate and candies from Germany. It was heavenly. Oh and then there was the Swiss chocolate that I bought when I traveled to Europe.

What a bummer to have gestational diabetes. I was lucky to never have to deal with that during my pregnancies. My children will also share their candy to a certain extent, but on the other side of things, I don't think that they share it fairly.
What I mean is if I ask my three-year-old for a piece of candy he will probably give me something that I don't like. However, earlier in the week after the kids went to a Halloween party, they had candy and Paul and my niece that I babysit would lay in the living room floor with the candy stash and he was actually sharing with her.

Last night I saw my husband take a piece of candy from my daughter's bag - right in front of her - and she didn't even flinch - hee hee. So I guess it must be ok with her (at this age, for now - ha ha). Yah, I know kids tend to share the stuff they don't want . . . they're pretty tricky, eh?

Yah, GD is annoying to have. But I survived - only 3 weeks or so to go - and I was able to control it with diet and exercise alone (no insulin!). You are fortunate you didn't have it . . . I wonder if it's because you had your kids much younger than I did.

When I have my first chocolate bar after our baby is born, I'm gonna think of you!

I think as far as the GD thing went, I may have been borderline in a certain sense. My blood sugars normally run very low so it would take a lot more of a spike in my blood sugar levels to trigger the alert for gestational diabetes.

It looks like you are due then right around my daughter's birthday, actually a little bit before it I suppose. My cousin's wife, who has juevenile diabetes is expecting her first one in three weeks as well. I will keep you all in my thoughts.

I can honestly say that I've never met a person with diabetes that didn't sneak a candy here and there some of the time. I remember just before my grandmother died, she was always munching on candy. She didn't die from problems with her sugar though, she passed away due to complications from a broken hip earlier that year.

I certainly hoped that my husband and I were not the only parents that would sneak a candy from the children's candy bags. Thanks for your response.