Who has influenced your sah/woh

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Who has influenced your sah/woh
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Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:39pm

opinion to DIFFER. What I mean is--is there anyone on this board or in real life whose opinion/reasoning/debating/facts started to make your thinking more to the middle? As in if you thought sah or woh was best & then after some discussion/thought, you began to think that whatever is best for each family--really there is no one best way, etc.

We just really needed a new thread here!!!!!!!!

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 4:57pm

It was your post where you said they'd have oatmeal for breakfast (or cheerios, I forget which), then a sandwich for lunch, and then be set for the day wrt their daily requirement for bread and/or grains. Struck me as too little. Then you said they have really large servings of oatmeal or cheerios, as well as toast for breakfast. So I was confused, both as to what they eat and how much bread/grains you thought they or any other kids should have.

But you're right, food is a fascinating topic. Especially today, with food, diet and health being in the media all the time.

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 5:01pm
Your kids are different, I understand that. But for typical kids, there's no way that gummy snacks, which are basically candy, are better for them than a slice of bread, at any time of day.
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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 5:03pm

1 packet of oatmeal is one serving
2 cups of cheerios is 2 servings

Pour 2 cups of cheerios in a bowl. It isn't a lot. I don't think either of those servings is a lot.

 

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 5:03pm
I never said it would be. Not once.

 

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 5:05pm

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Yes, she was using children in general but she was applying her reasoning, which is based in what she does for her children to a general snack question.

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 5:19pm
Well, obviously it has occurred to you or you wouldn't bother washing them, right?
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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 6:19pm

***I am teaching my children to make the right choices for themselves and that means sometimes not choosing what is on the table or on the menu.***

That is great. Your children are much older than mine. However I just chose a different route than you do. There are several restrictions in our home. I am lactose intolerant, my DH has had some severe stomach problems his whole life, our son has acid reflux disease, and our DD has dysphagia. Just like when I grew up. My mother just didn't have certain things in our home. We don't keep soda's in the house. Every now and then I will pick up Diet Rite because there is no sodium, no caffine, and no sugar. We just don't have it.

***Still not the point. Gummy snacks are not a healthy choice for a snack if that is what you are trying to present. Mine ask for bread for a snack all the time, ds2 loves whole wheat bread and as I said, it's better than gummy snacks any day of the week.***

Nope not one time was I discussing or comparing bread to gummy snacks. They can have gummy snacks. They can have a banana, an orange, grapes, watermelon. So I think this is trying to be steered into a healthy choice debate. That was not the issue. I never said it was.

***My youngest is a grazer, eats all the time, all day long...thin as a rail. Love to have his metablism. Ds1 has a toally different one and he eats much larger meals, but doesn't snack all day. We have taught them to listen to their individual bodies and decide when they are hungry and make good choices.***

Our children too. However we also teach them that having pizza, and cheeseburgers is ok too. Just not all the time. The little one won't even eat a burger she opts for chicken tenders.

****If one is shooting for a mostly healthy diet with kids who have eating issues, one would think that one would encourage healthy eating all the time. I would let my kids eat a piece of bread over gummy snacks any day of the week, because gummy snacks have little nutritional value and are just empty calories, the bread may fill them up, but those are good calories.****

I disagree. I think encouraging healthy eating MOST of the time is smart. I think you also have to allow children to have a bit of junk food. Just like I said before. We do allow them to eat pizza at night, and that has bread. To stick to an all healthy diet sometimes is just not a good balance. I don't want their 3 oclock snack to fill them up. I want their dinner to do that. They will eat 2 or 3 vegetables and some meat. I would much rather them not fill up at snack and eat a good dinner. Just my preference though.

***I'm sure it is and we aren't questioning that, just the why one would choose non-healthy over healthy?***

Don't you sometimes? I don't think I said they are given gummy snacks daily for snack. I said they are allowed to eat them. They also eat apples and all sorts of fruit. I have said that numerous times.

***You are saying it's not the right choice for them to eat bread in the afternoons? Didn't you say you would have a battle at the dinner table if you allowed bread then? Do you mean it's not the right choice for you?***

No it isn't the right choice for them. I would much rather them eat all their green beans and carrots then eat bread. Green beans and carrots are much better than bread.

 

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 6:28pm

Psst....a lot of people think $113,000 for someone in their early 30s is a lot of money, and don't be so coy about the family money. Your DH was well aware that you stood to inherit big bucks."

Um I was actually in my late 20's when we combined accounts. 28.

And no he wasnt aware of the family money, at least not the extent of it, till well after we were living together and had combined accounts. For all intensive purposes after a few years, in CA that makes us married in the eyes of the courts.

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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 6:52pm
If you say no bread after lunch but gummy snacks as a snack in the afternoon or in the evening, that to me *implies* that you find the gummies to be a better, more healthful snack than a slice of bread; but maybe that's just me ;-)
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Wed, 02-22-2006 - 7:11pm
well only if there are weight issues in the family. My family tends to be slim to very thin...DH's family is slim as well. He eats carbs all day...whenever he feels like it.
We don't limit our kids at all except with candy and salty foods....

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