Comments on: Happy Meals for My Children

By: Beth Reed

Beth Reed — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:20:28 +0000

Thanks for Harper’s menu. I needed some new options and I got some great ideas from you.

By: teresa

teresa — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:43:12 +0000

Hi Cindy! Congrats on being the first blog site I’ve ever visited! I had no idea what they were!
Anyway, I second everything you said. Aisla is 2yrs and 3 months and has never had mcdonalds, she did have an apple juice box for the first time last month and aside from the cookies everyway we went in Canada over Christmas and Aisla’s obsession with them, she had never had anything from a packaged source! Needless to say I was gasping for air when my sis n law fed her canned soup and a cheese pizza last week!! I’m still sickened over it, but I want your followers to know that like u said, u are the parent and u decide what they eat, period!!!! Aisla eats pretty much everything, her favorite is Indian food and beans! So keep spreading the word on health and let everyone know that It is not lokay to feed your children garbage!!!
and Aisla takes the omegas right off the spoon as well!!
Take care, Teresà

By: Leigh Anne DuChene

Leigh Anne DuChene — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:41:01 +0000

I LOVE your blog Cindy! and this post is wonderful!

We too strive for a strong healthy whole food diet, especially where the children are concerned. My oldest is 3 y/o and I pioneered my way through natural holistic baby-led feeding when it came to introducing solids. I had no resources other than a Swedish website that I had to translate into English to read the information, but even though the approach was a natural approach the recommended foods were not. I was astonished at some of the foods they listed as okay for a baby to eat. Pasta, bread, dairy, etc., etc.

So, I adapted the philosophy to my holistic and natural parenting and living approach that I am known for and teach, and it was fantastic. JP has been sick once, he was just over 2 y/o and was still quite heavily breastfeeding, and kicked it rather quickly, he would of been in the hospital for dehydration had he not still been nursing. Such a blessings.

We did only whole foods, fruits and veggies till he was 21 months old. Grains don’t digest well till around 28 months of age when the pancreatic amylase is in full production. So to reduce any potential allergies we did not introduce any grains, nuts, seeds, beans, or legumes till he was 2 years old or older with some of them.

Nori, bananas, blueberries, broccoli, collard greens, kale, and sweet potato, were some of JP’s favorites when he was starting solids and remain so today!

I LOVE Mae’s blog too, I hope to learn a lot from her budgeting skills, that is an area I certainly need some assistance! )

I look forward to reading so much more of your blog Cindy! Great stuff!

By: Hannah Tallo

Hannah Tallo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:37:50 +0000

thanks for the reminders and ideas! It’s nice to be reminded why we do what we do for our kid’s! keep up the good work! you are impacting many…including me!

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:39:06 +0000

Thanks Cindy! I love that you are feeding Harper the healthy way and, as you know, I can attest that it DOES pay off. Cole is seven and, to this day, will not touch anything that is not “good for my body!” This is his choice b/c I have explained to him since he was old enough to hear the REASONS we eat the way we do and the consequences of the alternative, even if they are not seen immediately. He has no desire to eat candy or fast food. If he sees something unhealthy that looks super yummy, he asks me to make a healthy version. So far, so good! Those precious tastebuds are easy to train with commitment and perseverance! Kudos to you and JB! Y’all are AWESOME parents!

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:13:42 +0000

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the blog;)

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:13:08 +0000

for a special drink, I just sqeeze a bit of (real) lemon juice into my 3 yr. old’s water and add a couple drops of Stevia extract. I call it lemonade, and she loves it! (Me too!) This also works really well @ restaurants because they always have lemons they can bring out, and I just keep a tiny bottle of natural stevia in my bag. This way we’re never tempted to just order her the “juice” they have on tap.

By: Mae

Mae — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:04:36 +0000

Organic eating without the organic prices :]
http://maeannetteburke.blogspot.com/2010/01/organic-eating-for-street-rats.html

By: Jolee Burger

Jolee Burger — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:17:03 +0000

Wait, maybe it’s the apricots that don’t have sulphur… Anyway, sometimes it is important to read the ingredients because there are sometimes added sugars or sulphur in that stuff. But it is possible to find them JUST the fruit and nothing added.

By: Jolee Burger

Jolee Burger — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:14:25 +0000

My kids adore dried mangoes (without sulphur). That is a pricey, but fast and easy go-to snack when I am running out the door and anticipating them being hungry.