Too much chocolate?

I try not to stress too much about what Brett eats. He usually eats well, and likes fruit and vegetables, along with pretzels and fruit leather. Anyway, the research says that left to their own devices, most kids eat a balanced diet over any given one- or two-week span.

This time of year there is rather more opportunity to eat sweets than usual. In the spirit of not stressing, if Brett wants chocolate and I feel he's eaten enough other stuff in the past few days, he can have chocolate. Sometimes he stops halfway through one and wants raisins or dried apricots instead. Some times he wants two, so I give him a second one. Whatever.

Yesterday though, I wondered if he'd had too much. When I changed his diaper, instead of the usual near-barnyard stink, there was the unmistakable overtone of something sweet. I'm sure this didn't happen after Halloween.