You try and you try....slightly OT

I'm so frustrated right now. I recently found out that my 8 year daughter has been putting sugar into her applesauce! I make sure to buy the unsweetened kind because frankly, apples are sweet enough. Plus, kids eat enough junk. We now fight tooth and nail every time she wants to have applesauce because I refuse to let her put sugar into it. DH says "What's the big deal?" I say I don't want her to eat more sugar than she needs and then end up being a fat kid that turns into a fat adult like I am. I just cut my stomach in half so that I can try to lose weight. This is kinda like a kick in the ass for me. I know I'm being a little dramatic...but I'm very frustrated. Ugh. 

Replace your sugar with splenda or throw the sugar out.  

I just had this problem about milk!! The pcp said my daughter was taken in way to much milk a day and said to take her to water. I have fought her tooth and nail to get it through to her and my mother in law tried to give her a pepsi and I lost it because they are all overweight as well and I don't want her to fight the battle that I have. So now I have her on vitiman water zero

Children will eat what ADULTS bring into the house.

Dont buy it----she cant eat it.

Maybe trying using the applesauce as a dip for sliced apples, pears, orange slices. When we make it fun the battle lessons ever so slightly.

OR just beat her......  JKJKJK

Unfortunately, hubby is a coffee drinker and refuses to use fake sugar. It's also kind of, I'm the parent, I told you it was unacceptable, you move on. It's not like I deprive my children of goodies. They are very healthy children, not overweight so it's not an issue...but it could be if they keep adding sugar to everything. I'm tired of this "acting like a mouthy teenager" thing she's going through. I'd beat her (kidding), but I wouldn't do well in jail. 

  good answer mom !

You don't need sugar in your house, get rid of it. Tails don't wag the dogs. I cannot imagine what I would have done if either of my children, especially at the age of 8, felt they could circumvent my rules. I also cannot fathom the wrath I would feel if my husband ever openly disagreed with me in front of our children. We present a united front even if we are on VERY different pages once one of us has spoken because we will not be torn asunder by children we created. 

If it were me, there would be NO applesauce in the house, just apples. She is being an amazing brat (and I hope you punish her in a way she will remember if she ever thinks to disobey you and think she is in a place to argue your rules with you again!) and without support from your husband, I'd not chance him continuing to usurp your role, either. Apples are fine and dandy and have more fiber, which is excellent.  

Yep... I would give the warning, "I told you no sugar in the applesauce." The next time I saw her do it - the applesauce would be down the disposal and that would be the end of that.

Or buy Splenda and tell hubby it is for her.  

I understand your frustration.  Don't forget you are a big raging post-op hormone too right now... :-)

If she cannot follow your directions to not put sugar into the applesauce, then stop buying applesauce for her (just buy apples).  If she wants applesauce, she has to follow your rules.

Lora