Food Wars

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I think I need help.

A little background: Dearest had parents that forced him to eat his food. I’ve heard stories of him sitting at the table for 4+ hours sobbing, not allowed to move until he ate every bite of slimey cooked spinach on his plate. You can imagine how that influenced him towards food. Once on his own he rebelled against anything “good for you” and lived on a diet of Pepsi and junk food. A diet he still mostly lives on today. (a side note, now his parents feed the grandkids poptarts and pepsi and call that a meal)

I, however, grew up with a garden in the backyard. I dined on fresh fruits and veggies any time I wanted so food was never a fight. Well, except for being told to get out of the garden and stop eating all the peas out of their pods. I love food, love fresh fruits and veggies. There isn’t much that I won’t eat.

So since E was old enough to eat solids food has been a war between Dearest and I. I beg for week for him to buy fruit and he buys a can of diced fruit in thick corn syrup, then acts offended when I say that doesn’t count. He only buys cans of green beans and cans of corn and rolls his eyes when I ask for real veggies to feed the kids. To him if he gives them a plate of greesy french fries with ketchup then it’s ok.

I get why he is this way, and I get why he hates feeding the kids real food. And he is making small steps. I can get some fresh fruits now once a week, oranges or bananas or apples. And he’s finally moved past canned veggies to frozen ones, even if they are still only corn and green beans.

But E seems to have already got into his father’s food habits. I slice him a yummy orange for breakfast and he turns up his nose, wanting chocolate coated sugar puffs instead. And Derest seems to take this as proof that I’m abusing the kids with food. How do I get E to eat the healthy foods I serve without forcing him, without it being a war? How do I get Michael to see that E isn’t asking for the junk food because I’m mean but because junk food is addictive? Do I only serve the healthy foods and just let E miss a meal or two until he eats what is given? Do I give in and give him the junk because then at least he’s eating something? Do I club Dearest and steal his checkbook every payday?

I wish I could grow a garden here. Every year, no matter what I try, nothing grows. Oh to have a garden over flowing like I had as a kid for the boys to play in and nibble in.

parenting, food

Tags: parenting

Sorry Kids, Mommy Doesn’t Allow Toys Anymore

Is this human freedom,
Hedonistic excess?
Junky consumerism,
Mass-production, toxic sickness,
Everyone is wearing now,
Plastic masks that they hide behind,
Marketing massive sales of nothing,
Everything is selling.

~ Born Frustrated - Rancid

Is anyone else getting damn tired of “recalled toys, recalled toys, recalled toys” every 5 minutes? Cause I’m about at the point where I stage a boycott of every toy company there is. Though, I have myself to blame here. I’m the one who keeps going back to Not China Made every day to read what new toys to cross off the wish list. For crying out loud, not even a wooden coloring case is safe. Which kills my “everyone buy wooden toys instead of plastic” idea. :grumbles:

And in unrelated news my knitting class was canceled for lack of people. Dearest trying to console me by saying “It probably would have been just a bunch of old ladies anyway. Knitting isn’t exactly cool.” Is that a poke at how (un)cool I am?

toy recall, toys

Tags: kids, life, parenting

Hey baby, what’s your style?

If someone gave me $500 and 3 free hours every day to sew/knit without kids and told me to create my own look it would be a mixture of these two:

Tags: life

A new friend

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