Originally written 6-17-12
This baby thing really is an awesome responsibility. I find myself looking at the whole world
differently. The TV is too loud. I cannot allow her to watch half the crap
that is on TV. I just finished off the
bag of chips before dinner but I hands are greasy.. I can’t let her eat that! I even looked at bacon with horror the
other day thinking that I can’t even believe I eat it, (but its soo good!)
I have never been a
health nut . I am not a vegan or
vegetarian or organic food only sort of
person. I am not a “no sugar before
you’re 5” type of person. I just look
a this precious baby and think. I
created you. You are growing and are
healthy with only my breast milk. You
are perfect right now, and I cannot ruin you with food. Very young kids who know their favorite meal at
multiple fast food places scare me.
Kids who are overweight because of poor nutrition make me sad.
I want the best for my
Tessie.
I decided while I was pregnant that I would make her baby
food. Mostly because I wanted to keep controlling what she eats
(control freak) and partially because the challenge of it sounds good. As part of my research I read this
blog…. Which really inspired me and
cemented my decision. The author says
that she wants her baby to think it is totally normal to eat lots of different
fruits and vegetables every day. She
wants her baby to experience the texture of real food and the true flavor. I like it.
We are at the farmers market every weekend anyway. We have the best blender known to man. And we both want to make sure that the best gift
we ever got stays as healthy as can be.
We will teach her from the beginning that the best food is actually GOOD
food. The best dessert really is fruit
and variety is the spice of
life.
Hopefully her father and I won’t be total hypocrites and
keep eating the same crap we have been while teaching her good eating habits. Hopefully. We'll see how it goes. Intent is everything, right?
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