Halloween + a no-sugar diet (autism, toys, parent, son)
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Has anyone dealt with this issue? My son is 3.5 and he loves trick or treating (and our neighbourhood is great for it), but he is now on a no-sugar diet and I'm not sure how to deal with this.
Would you make separate treats and just hide the rest when you get home? Let him have a few and just deal with the consequences of it? I'm not sure how to handle this. It's probably the last year that I can be sneaky about it, next year he'll be much more aware.
Thanks
(And just to clarify, I'm not trying to be a meanie, he has autism and processed sugar/syrups seems to drastically affect his symptoms - I have seen remarkable improvement since I started this no-sugar diet).
I'd make him his own treats and just swap them over when you get home. Just explain to him why he can't have the ones that he was given while trick or treating, its basically the same thing as explaining to an allergic child why they can't have certain things - they might moan but they understand.
Would you make separate treats and just hide the rest when you get home? Let him have a few and just deal with the consequences of it? I'm not sure how to handle this. It's probably the last year that I can be sneaky about it, next year he'll be much more aware.
Is there something non-food that he really wants or enjoys? If so, you could do a candy fairy thing, and have him leave his candy somewhere overnight where it'll be magically transformed into the toy/book/etc. he wants.
Is there something non-food that he really wants or enjoys? If so, you could do a candy fairy thing, and have him leave his candy somewhere overnight where it'll be magically transformed into the toy/book/etc. he wants.
Is there something non-food that he really wants or enjoys? If so, you could do a candy fairy thing, and have him leave his candy somewhere overnight where it'll be magically transformed into the toy/book/etc. he wants.
I you know your neighbors well enough, could you take some treats for him over ahead of time so that the neighbor can actually give him the treat? (I would do this even for a person that I didn't know) The fact that he gets a handful of treats in his bag that he can have may be exciting for him and make him feel special.
Even if it's just a neighbor or two giving him a few treats, he will love it and it will help reinforce what he can have when you help him sort through the bag instead of the idea that it is all off limits.
I like the candy fairy idea as well!
Last edited by raindrop101; 10-09-2013 at 12:19 PM..
Has anyone dealt with this issue? My son is 3.5 and he loves trick or treating (and our neighbourhood is great for it), but he is now on a no-sugar diet and I'm not sure how to deal with this.
Would you make separate treats and just hide the rest when you get home? Let him have a few and just deal with the consequences of it? I'm not sure how to handle this. It's probably the last year that I can be sneaky about it, next year he'll be much more aware.
Thanks
(And just to clarify, I'm not trying to be a meanie, he has autism and processed sugar/syrups seems to drastically affect his symptoms - I have seen remarkable improvement since I started this no-sugar diet).
I would make sugar-free treats for him that he doesn't see ahead of time. I would bring a few with me trick-or-treating and hand one to him now and then like they come from his bag. When I got home I would stash the candy and just let him have the sugar-free treats now and then.
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He is obsessed with excavators right now so I'm sure we can find something like that to trade 
