OH BRAVE NEW (M&M) WORLD!
Don’t go to your friend’s house for a play-date if you don’t want your kid to eat M&Ms. My friend, Priscilla, makes fun of me. She calls me “strict” about food, and I continue to question why avoiding straight sugar from traveling down my daughter’s gullet is considered strict and not normal and obvious. Anyway, she makes me laugh because she warns me ahead of time that she’s not going to hide the candy or pretend that she doesn’t bribe her...
MY FOOD CRAZIER FRIEND
My friend is even food crazier than I am. I met her at a Mommy and Me class while I was discussing fish sticks with some other moms. You see, fish sticks at my daughter’s school are not the baked, whole-wheat breaded, mercury-free fish sticks we eat at home. So I pack a lunch for Daniella on fish stick Wednesdays, but she comes home with the telltale fried Wonder bread mercury crumbs all over her face. My new friend joined the conversation by telling me about the only 2 pre-schools in...
NO MORE FOOD PUSHING
Are you hungry? Do you want more? Are you ready for a snack? Are you ready for lunch? Are you ready for dinner? Do you want another piece? How often do you ask it in a day? I find myself asking it a lot. She finishes her bowl of Cheerios in the morning. Are you done? Do you want more? No. Soon after. Are you hungry? No. Are you sure? No answer. Are you sure? No. No, you’re not sure or no, you don’t want a snack? No answer. Daniella? I don’t want a snack, Mommy. Okay, but...
MACROWAVES ONLY PLEASE
We just moved into a new house and there’s a built-in microwave. I haven’t had a microwave in my house since before my daughter was born, if that time ever actually existed. I’m a very modern thinker, not scared of new technologies or changing times, but on this subject, I’m completely retro. There have been several reputable studies done about the dangerous effects of microwaves. The results of these scientific experiments can be confusing, but include the following...
JUICE BOX NATION
My daughter’s two and she’s never had a juice box. I’ve never filled her sippy cup with anything but water. I tried milk at the beginning, but she flatly refused. So I continued with water and now, two years later, it’s still the only thing she asks for when she’s thirsty. An 8 ounce box of organic apple juice from R. W. Knudsen contains 30 grams of sugar and zero grams of fiber. A normal sized apple contains 18 grams of sugar and 3 grams of fiber, and it&rsquo...
CAN ONE GRAM OF SUGAR MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE TO A 2 YEAR OLD?
I never thought much about Cheerios until I became a mom. But now, I’m a slave to the big yellow box. And I’m not the only one. I bet most of you are carrying a baggie of the suckers somewhere on you right now.
At first, I didn’t believe the other mothers when they said Cheerios were “healthy”. Then my pediatrician recommended them as a first chewable food to offer at around 8 months and I started to question my pediatrician. Turns out, they were all correct....
