Thursday, November 15, 2007
Adventures in high fructose corn syrup
So, I've been really careful about not feeding the kid anything unhealthy. We make most of her food ourselves, we steam it and puree it. She only gets water to drink (well, and Mama's milk.) Apparently, she knows this and decided she wanted to try something new. I walked into the pantry at work holding her, to get Ava an afternoon snack. "I've been waiting for this," she thought. Madeleine sees the Lite Aunt Jemima Syrup - you know, high fructose corn syrup, artificial sweetners and maple "flavoring." Now this kid who has never had a bottle and can hardly drink out of a sippy cup grabs the bottle, puts it in her mouth, and starts guzzling the stuff like she's a college freshman downing a cold one. I took it away from her and I can't be sure, but I swore I saw a little smirk. God help us.
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Bwhahaha, yes, it's only just begun! I was so, so careful with my first, he never had sugar, food coloring, etc for his first 18 months. That didn't stick around too much longer! I just try to do as much healthy as I can, and there *are* going to be treats now and then. Won't be too long til you have a first birthday cake to be thinking about!
A friend of mines daughter guzzled a bottle of Catalina salad dressing at someone elses houses after my friend had painstakingly made sure she never had any of those ingredients in her little life (she was about 3.
Madeleine sure seems smart to me!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
LOL! Yes, she has such an expressive little face - I bet it was a smirk!
at least it wasn't Karo syrup which is pure demon sugar!
I know! After giving them such good breastmilk, it's hard to imagine ever tainting their system with crap. Isaac's first run-in with chocolate was an accident, and I was mad!
However, I think my milk must be sugar-rich, whatwith the insane amounts of chocolate I'm eating these days. I mean, where did that whole box of Junior Mints go? And that ice cream?
That would have been nice on video.
Soon she'll be gnawing through Kit Kat wrappers to get to the chocolate like another little stinker I know...
Too funny. She's a sneaky one! check out this blog www.ourlittleorc.blogspot.com to see my newest niece! :)
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