junk food - a question

[lilmisspositive]

Sorry must of missed this post.

These kids are the ones that stay glued to the food tables at parties and scoff the lollybags in the car on the way home from parties.

I hear that one all the time, but with my dd she never had sugar until her first cake at 1! *she spat it out. Cordial *very very diluted at 4... She also still to this day, brings home the lolly bags from parties and offers it to me.. If I do not take it, it ends up in our baking drawer and I usually chuck it a month later. We were very strict with sugar intake when she was younger. So not the case all the time. Thank god. : ) I still get amazed looks when she orders water at a restaurant or says no thanks to dessert. Not to mention those that insist I am denying her of a childhood. HA. I just smile and nod... : )

Now she is old enough to make *most* choices on her own. She will never make the right choice all the time but as long as she makes the right choice most of the time, I am happy. : )

[Mak]

To clarify I was more full on with DD1 (cos I could be, lol) and whilst I think it is really important for as long as you can to minimise sugar etc it is a little unreasonable to still be trying to do this at events where there is heaps of stuff (like parties) and the kids are older, so 3+. ITMS??

[nickle730]

Macca's (and similar) are 'eat occasionally' foods in our house. They don't have all the vitamins and good stuff in them to help your body grow healthy and strong. That food has lots of stuff, like salt and processed sugar, which your body finds really hard to digest. (Yes, they do know what digestion is! It's how your body makes poos...)

We drive past Macca's every day on the way to and from school. DS5 has been known to ask 'mum, is today an Occasion??' DD7 would rather eat a home cooked meal.

[peanutter]

thanks, all!!

so many good ideas.

at the moment, it's not too much of an issue (though we did have someone wanting to give DS mud cake - at five months old!!!) but I think there are loads of good ideas here to keep us going, and for us to find a good balance that works for us

thanks again