Misty Felner

I have a 2.5 yo, just turned. Not long after she turned 2 I joined this
group. After I first joined I responded to someone's comment with support
saying I did the same thing regarding some issues. Boy did I get an
"eye"ful. Since then, I've taken a good look at my issues with controlling
my dd food, and have given her much more freedom than I ever thought I
would. Last week we went grocery shopping to buy chocolate chips and carob
chips. DD spent the entire hour at the store munching on Carob chips, which
she sometimes would refer to as chocolate even though she knows the
difference. In the last week she has had nothing but Carob chips for
breakfast 3 times, including this morning. I'm still working on shedding
negative feelings so I just remind myself that carob chips are high in
calcium and she's not eating any worse than yogurt or any other high calcium
snack. Yesterday morning she asked for cookies for breakfast. DH was home
and initially told her that wasn't a very good breakfast, but after I told
him that actually they (the brand of cookies we buy that she eats) had about
the same if not less sugar, and was fortified with more vitamins/minerals
than some of the cereal she eats he was all for it.

Anyway, what I was actually intending in this post was to say, like whomever
mentioned the "junk" issue... I try and keep only foods I wouldn't mind her
eating in our house. Of course I don't have any other kids, except for dh,
but we don't have candy or sodas in our house so she doesn't ask for them.
I've even noticed that on the rare occasion that we have something less
nutritious than what I'd ideally like to see her eating when she asked for
something she only takes about 2 bites then she decides she'd like something
else. She too loves popsicles, but we make them together using fruit
that's getting to ripe. We just pop watermelon or honeydew, oranges,
blueberries whatever in the food processor and pour them into popsicle
molds. We all enjoy eating them in the hot afternoon. We do the same to
make frozen ice cream type treat, we just add frozen sliced bananas each
time to make it creamy. Hope these ideas help.

Misty

Renee McGraw

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Subject: RE: [unschoolingbasics] Digest Number 950- food question

Anyway, what I was actually intending in this post was to say, like
whomever
mentioned the "junk" issue... I try and keep only foods I wouldn't mind
her
eating in our house. Of course I don't have any other kids, except for
dh,
but we don't have candy or sodas in our house so she doesn't ask for them.


Thanks Misty, those ideas do help.
For me though the *control* of just not buying those items is out of the
question. I have 2 teenagers AND dh who all go to the store independently
and buy what they want. Dh will make a special trip to the store because I
don't even go down the chip and soda aisle simply because I don't care for
chips or soda. Everyone else in the house loves chips and soda. I don't
mind that they get them, it's just that I really don't think to get those
things because they aren't part of *my* shopping trip. Now the chocolate
aisle is a totally different story.
. .......now that I'm actually reading my reply I feel like a heel. If I
counted on dh to do the shopping and he NEVER brought home some of my
favorite items (chocolate) I'd be....well.....to put it bluntly....pissed.
Maybe I haven't been very considerate in this area.

Renee
~sigh, who will be consciously making a trip down the chip and soda aisle
this week.






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Pampered Chef Michelle

On 5/26/06, Renee McGraw <mwaynejr@...> wrote:
>
> Everyone else in the house loves chips and soda. I don't
> mind that they get them, it's just that I really don't think to get those
> things because they aren't part of *my* shopping trip.


If you do the family shopping (the staples, eggs, milk, butter, flour, meat
(if you do meat) veggies, etc.) then chips and sodas should be on your list
since it is something that the rest of your family consumes. :)

Now the chocolate
> aisle is a totally different story.


You have a store with a chocolate aisle? I am SO moving there. :)
Actually, at my HFS there is a self of chocolate. I'm sure that there is
other stuff on the shelves below the chocolate, but I have no clue as to
what is there. It runs all along the aisle at my eye level. LOL!

. .......now that I'm actually reading my reply I feel like a heel. If I
> counted on dh to do the shopping and he NEVER brought home some of my
> favorite items (chocolate) I'd be....well.....to put it bluntly....pissed.
> Maybe I haven't been very considerate in this area.


There you go. Self discovery! I had one of those moments. I periodically
buy "therapy" (Ben and Jerry's ice cream - cheaper and yummier than a real
therapist and all I need after a frantic week). One day the kids asked if
they could have some. I said, "That's my therapy." IOW "MY special
treat." My oldest child said to me, "Mom, aren't we worth special treats
too?" Hmmmm. They have a point. So now I buy either two things of B&J's
or I buy a half gallon of something we will all enjoy.

Renee
> ~sigh, who will be consciously making a trip down the chip and soda aisle
> this week.


You might be surprised that they also have other things down the chips
aisles. I love pretzels but could care less about chips. I've also found
interesting "chips" like baked sugar snap peas, beet and sweet potato chips,
and dehydrated veggies down the chips aisle.





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