I’ve been called a bit of a health nut, I prefer to think of it as well informed and using the knowledge to my advantage. Our family eats healthy, this is not to say that we don’t eat “junk food,” but it’s all in your perspective. We buy organic foods, no trans fats, no hfcs, no super fatty or super salty foods. Our snacks run the gamut from pita chips and humus or tortilla chips and fresh salsa, to fresh fruit and cheese or nuts and crackers. Our treats are cookies or frozen goodies, but again, purchased with their processing, or lack thereof, in mind. I work hard to make sure the girls have more than light colored blobs of pastsa or mountainous amounts of ketchup on their plates. They still have macaroni and cheese, but they also have asparagus and hearty, simmered-on-the-stove-all-day-chock-full-of-veggies-stew.
Why the food sermon? Call it guilt.
We’ve been sick. My ability to do anything to truly soothe the girls has felt non-existent, so yeah, I did it.
I just sat ’em in front of Noggin and let them eat 3 popsicles each.
I’m contemplating giving them a fourth.
Wanna make something of it?
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Just think of it as colored water. At least they are very hydrated now!!
We eat the same way… And I'm sick too and if it weren't for leftovers tonight, we'd be doing popsicles too!! You gotta do what you gotta do, mama. They'll survive. š
Thank goodness for Noggin, eh? At least they might learn something! Now if you sat them in front of Hannah Montana all day we'd have to have words. š
We all hit that point at one time or another. At least it's popsicles and not Cheetos.
Mess with a pregnant lady?
yeah, not so much š
When my Baby starts getting dehydrated, you don't even WANT to know how many popsicles I'll let her eat.
Not a single thing. š
The creator of Noggin is my hero.
If you didn't do that once in a while I'd have to seriously reconsider my love for you. heehee.
No judgement.
Also? Perhaps people in Canada with more than basic cable understand the reference, but I have no idea what "Noggin" is, so no judgement there either. š
All bets are off when they are sick, again. I remember those years. My kids would barely recover and then be down again. It's tough.
(If you can get a toddler to eat asparagus, well, I don't even know what to say. You are light years ahead – they will grow up with great palates.)
Nothin' wrong with a little Noggin and a couple of throat soothers. Little Bill and Max and Ruby never hurt anyone.
oh geez … no guilt!! I would be surprised if a parent did not resort to it …
Grandmothers love Noggin too.
This is sewious!!!
Ah, kids survive almost any thing we do to them as long as we love them.
Popsicles are delish.
Hey, I'm sure they'll survive. And make up for it. š
Feel better soon!
Don't worry about it! Pregnancy and sickness are no fun at all.
If it makes you feel any better when we moved last month I fed my family a lot worse food that popsicles for about 2 weeks. It was pretty gross actually š
No judgement here.
I would go the ice blocks too if my kids were sick.
Hope you all feel better soon
We are a health concious family too. Limited refined carbs, trans fat, fatty foods, fried foods, etc.
We bake mac 'n' cheese from scratch, pizza from scratch, cookies from scratch etc not only because they taste better, but because of all those crazy preservatives.
But we aren't martyr's either. We still buy boxed stuff sometimes because, oh my goodness, can you imagine life without convenience food?
I cant!
It's how you eat MOST of the time that matters. š
We generally eat the same but I must admit that when my literary agent called to discuss signing me and the kids were running amuck (but I had to pick up that call!), I got down a BUCKET of candy – the hidden bucket, high above the fridge — plopped it down in front of them and turned on the TV. I spoke in peace, without interruption. Then, when I was done, we went back to our organic wholesome eating ways. But I always keep that bucket above the fridge, for when the book deal– or something equally stupendous — comes through.