I was wondering if any of you guys know if it is bad to give babies items that are sugar free. By this I am refering to items made with Splenda for example. I am diabetic and that is the type of things I eat and drink at home. Someone recently told me that I should not give him those things because they are harmful. I just don't know how true this is.
I don't believe artificial anything is good for a person, so I wouldn't feed it to my baby. I know sugar is bad, but at least its natural! Once he/she's one year, you can use natural sweeteners such as honey. And fruits, like kween83 said, as a sweet treat. I agree with her 100%
How old is the child?
You definatly should not give a baby sugar - whether it is artifical or not. There is no benefit that the child get's from it, so why would you feed it to them.
don't give kids sugar free stuff...not good for them, it's 'artificial', heard it causes cancer...I've got 2 kids and I just give them fruit or use honey as a sweetner!
Cheers Jess..if you deprive your kids from sweet stuff, they are going to want it more!!!
