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BY the time this is read, Easter will be over and the egg-eating will have begun. Currently the Easter egg total in the house stands at two, and it's not even Good Friday yet.

The little lad has only had the odd bit of chocolate so the prospect of eating his own body weight in Easter eggs is not really on.

However, this is what I fear will happen, as egg pledges have already been received by a number of extended family and friends.

I don't want to sound ungrateful but there is no way Ben is going to chomp his way through a stack of foil-wrapped goodies.

He's only got five teeth and I'd like them to stay there for the time being. Plus, there is no telling what a sudden rush of sugar will do to the lad's system.

To date, he has had little in the way of fatty and sugary things - I know, aren't I awful!

So the fear is he will go completely loopy on a sugar rush. In fact, if I think about it this could solve the problem of his inactivity. Maybe a good old-fashioned hit of energy is just what he needs to get him off his backside and running around the house like a demented thing.

I think I am clutching at the proverbial straw here though, as chances are any chocolate intake will end up piling on to the already sizeable waistline, with no prospect of it coming off.

I can see me gratefully accepting the packages of chocolate, despite large hints being dropped that he'll never get through them all and bare-faced lies that I didn't think he actually liked the stuff.

Reading this back, I am aware I sound like a right misery and of course Ben will be getting a little taste of the good stuff, but I think he has plenty of time to discover the joys of junk food so waiting a bit longer won't hurt him.

As a friend pointed out though, it's not all bad news - the eggs will have to be eaten up one way or the other and if Ben can't manage them I suppose his mum and dad will have to step in.

It's one of the many sacrifices I am willing to make.

9:52am Tuesday 25th March 2008

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