I trust him!
Millie Rosa
Okay, so I admit that when I saw posts about freedom of choice regarding tv and especially food choices that at first I thought the idea was ridiculous. I am pretty conscientious regarding the food I put in my body, and also what I give to my son. Now, he has always been allowed to eat whatever he wanted from our stock, but there were only healthy choices. I made him cookies and he has a sweet tooth, so I buy him chocolate chips (NOT slave- produced or Nestle!) and put sugar (not refined) in his smoothies. But I am relaxing after being here a short while. So last weekend we went to our condo where there is cable tv. Normally I do not even turn it on. But it rained all weekend, so I gave Will the remote, showed him how it worked, and held my breath. He started flipping, stopped at SpongeBob for about a minute, moved on. Settled on some news channel where they were covering the launch of spaceship one, and he was transfixed! He did watch TV ALL weekend, but besides this
launch, he watched a symphony and a documentary on ancient Egypt....and has been building pyramids all week! He saw an ad for some Keebler cookies and asked me to buy them. Uh-oh. Well, I made a special trip just to buy these cookies for him, hydrogenated oil and all. I brought them back, opened them up, gave him two on a plate in front of the tv. A few minutes later he came in the kitchen, threw them in the garbage, said "These cookies is yucky. Make me some peanut butter cookies." ALRIGHT!!! And here's another. This morning I was making his smoothie. He always asks me what everything is as I add it in the blender. When I got to the Turbinado and he asked what it was I said "it's sugar." He said "I want some sugar." I said "I know, I am putting it in here." He said "No, I want to eat sugar just." Well, I thought oh well, I was going to put it in his smoothie anyway, and gave him about half a teaspoon. He spit it out, said it was yucky, and he wouldn't let me put it
in his smoothie, either. And here's another: He went over to Grandpa's house, where he was offered blueberries. He asked Grandpa "Does it have chemicals in it?" Grandpa didn't know what he meant. No, it's blueberries... William said "Is they 'ganic?" and when Grandpa said no, Will wouldn't eat them! And here's another: we went to the market to sell some tomatoes. I had told him we were going to the market and to the Goodwill box. I was mad at the stupid produce manager for refusing to pay for organic and was heading home in a huff. We were jamming Raffi, and as I got into the turn lane heading home, I heard Will saying something. Turned down the radio said "what, baby?" And he said "Goodwill box." I was so impressed w him for reminding me, because I had totally forgotten. So I turned around and pulled in the parking lot where the box is and someone had set up one of those little sno cone houses, which I had to pull right in front of. Will says "What is that?." I
told him it was sno cones and he said he wanted one. I thought crap but said okay. I did order pina colada specifically b/c I figured it wouldn't have artificial color...but look I was doing really well to let him have a sno cone! And I admit that I poured at least half of it out before I got it to the car, but it was in a really big cup. I told him he'd have to wait until we got home....he was cool...he's had ants in his car seat and so he knows...and when we got home and I gave it to him, he tasted it and said "pour it out it's yucky I want some juice." So, yeah, alright, he knows what is good for him! Also, he asked for his chocolate chips for breakfast the other day and I obliged. Actually this is cooler than after dinner when he usually eats them, because they were out of his system before bedtime (no, we don't have bedtime, but you know what I mean)...he went to sleep a lot earlier than normal that day.
I knew I could trust him to learn but now I know I can trust him to make good choices regarding what he eats as well.
Millie
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launch, he watched a symphony and a documentary on ancient Egypt....and has been building pyramids all week! He saw an ad for some Keebler cookies and asked me to buy them. Uh-oh. Well, I made a special trip just to buy these cookies for him, hydrogenated oil and all. I brought them back, opened them up, gave him two on a plate in front of the tv. A few minutes later he came in the kitchen, threw them in the garbage, said "These cookies is yucky. Make me some peanut butter cookies." ALRIGHT!!! And here's another. This morning I was making his smoothie. He always asks me what everything is as I add it in the blender. When I got to the Turbinado and he asked what it was I said "it's sugar." He said "I want some sugar." I said "I know, I am putting it in here." He said "No, I want to eat sugar just." Well, I thought oh well, I was going to put it in his smoothie anyway, and gave him about half a teaspoon. He spit it out, said it was yucky, and he wouldn't let me put it
in his smoothie, either. And here's another: He went over to Grandpa's house, where he was offered blueberries. He asked Grandpa "Does it have chemicals in it?" Grandpa didn't know what he meant. No, it's blueberries... William said "Is they 'ganic?" and when Grandpa said no, Will wouldn't eat them! And here's another: we went to the market to sell some tomatoes. I had told him we were going to the market and to the Goodwill box. I was mad at the stupid produce manager for refusing to pay for organic and was heading home in a huff. We were jamming Raffi, and as I got into the turn lane heading home, I heard Will saying something. Turned down the radio said "what, baby?" And he said "Goodwill box." I was so impressed w him for reminding me, because I had totally forgotten. So I turned around and pulled in the parking lot where the box is and someone had set up one of those little sno cone houses, which I had to pull right in front of. Will says "What is that?." I
told him it was sno cones and he said he wanted one. I thought crap but said okay. I did order pina colada specifically b/c I figured it wouldn't have artificial color...but look I was doing really well to let him have a sno cone! And I admit that I poured at least half of it out before I got it to the car, but it was in a really big cup. I told him he'd have to wait until we got home....he was cool...he's had ants in his car seat and so he knows...and when we got home and I gave it to him, he tasted it and said "pour it out it's yucky I want some juice." So, yeah, alright, he knows what is good for him! Also, he asked for his chocolate chips for breakfast the other day and I obliged. Actually this is cooler than after dinner when he usually eats them, because they were out of his system before bedtime (no, we don't have bedtime, but you know what I mean)...he went to sleep a lot earlier than normal that day.
I knew I could trust him to learn but now I know I can trust him to make good choices regarding what he eats as well.
Millie
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TreeGoddess
On Jun 27, 2004, at 1:16 AM, Millie Rosa wrote:
choose if your DS chose to keep watching Cartoon Network while eating
sugar straight from the container? Sometimes when I read emails like
this I can't help but wonder if the poster would still be as OK with
the choices their child made if they weren't the "right" ones. KWIM?
I'm not trying to be snarky at all....I'm just curious. :)
-Tracy-
> I knew I could trust him to learn but now I know I can trust him toWould you have still been joyous about giving your son his freedom to
> make good choices regarding what he eats as well.
choose if your DS chose to keep watching Cartoon Network while eating
sugar straight from the container? Sometimes when I read emails like
this I can't help but wonder if the poster would still be as OK with
the choices their child made if they weren't the "right" ones. KWIM?
I'm not trying to be snarky at all....I'm just curious. :)
-Tracy-