Myrtle
03-05-2006, 08:21 PM
I won't go into all the details, but with this pregnancy I have been very sick until recently and have had help with meals for the past couple of months. My mom is pretty good about trying to make healthy stuff, but she also has the idea that sugary food is love, so all the veggies and fruits are followed up by something chocolatey. My sil has also helped to feed the family while I was unable to cook, but her idea of healthy is Kraft Mac-n-Cheese, fish sticks, and Go-gurts.
My dd is 19 months old and has, until recently, had very little sugar (only on special occassions like a b-day party). She used to eat veggies and fruits for snacks, and her meals were healthy. Now, however, she has been given soooo much sugar and junk food that she has grown very accustomed to this. I'm feeling a bit better and have started fixing a few meals, but dd refuses to eat most of things I fix. She cried for "bears" most of the day yesterday b/c she'd eaten Care Bear fruit-flavored snacks the day before. That's all she wanted all day. I'd offer other things, and she'd just cry, "bears."
I need help getting her back on the right track. Do I cut out the junk cold turkey? I'm still not 100%, so I also need ideas for snacks/breakfast/lunch that require very little prep b/c my time in the kitchen is limited before the yucky stomach stuff sets in again. I hate that she's eaten so much junk lately, but I wasn't up to feeding her myself or enforcing any boundaries about her eating. I was just thankful someone was keeping her fed. Now, I'm ready to start making some changes. Any ideas how to get started?
My dd is 19 months old and has, until recently, had very little sugar (only on special occassions like a b-day party). She used to eat veggies and fruits for snacks, and her meals were healthy. Now, however, she has been given soooo much sugar and junk food that she has grown very accustomed to this. I'm feeling a bit better and have started fixing a few meals, but dd refuses to eat most of things I fix. She cried for "bears" most of the day yesterday b/c she'd eaten Care Bear fruit-flavored snacks the day before. That's all she wanted all day. I'd offer other things, and she'd just cry, "bears."
I need help getting her back on the right track. Do I cut out the junk cold turkey? I'm still not 100%, so I also need ideas for snacks/breakfast/lunch that require very little prep b/c my time in the kitchen is limited before the yucky stomach stuff sets in again. I hate that she's eaten so much junk lately, but I wasn't up to feeding her myself or enforcing any boundaries about her eating. I was just thankful someone was keeping her fed. Now, I'm ready to start making some changes. Any ideas how to get started?