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Smug fruit shoot feeders - don't you ever worry about 20 years down the line?

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welliemum · 18/03/2007 21:09

Lots of people here talk about feeding their dcs crap food as a badge of honour - it's a weird kind of street cred.

"My kinds eat junk food - so shoot me, ha ha"
[subtext: I am a laid-back cool person and people who fuss about junk food are so up their own bums it's unbelievable]

But.... there's a big worry out there about obesity, about additives in food, about the way bad eating habits often have their beginnings in childhood...... and the concerns are likely to get stronger with time.

Don't you ever worry that 20 years from now when times have moved on, one of your dcs will read your light hearted comments and actually feel a bit that you seemed so proud of feeding them crap?

Whereas what I'd hope for with mine is to be able to say, "Well, you did sometimes eat rubbish at parties and I wasn't all that happy about it, but I let you because I didn't want you to feel left out. I didn't stress about it too much because I knew you ate well the rest of the time."

[subtext: I was never a perfect parent but I did my best to find the balance between feeding you well and not being obsessional about food].

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welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:29

WB, while you're there, could you ask QV about giraffes?

dd1 thinks they roar. I'm fairly sure they don't roar, but what do they do?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 18/03/2007 22:31

ROFL at this thread

Soapbox · 18/03/2007 22:31

Well wasn't it Hippocrates who said 'Let medicine by your food and medicine be your food.'

Perhaps we're just coming round the final bend of the circle

nulnulcat · 18/03/2007 22:31

dd says giraffes go rarrr! and she does a sort of thing where she stretches her neck as far as she can

WelshBoris · 18/03/2007 22:32

They are mute, they have their voiceboxes taken out at birth.

Kind of like circumsion but not so Jewish.

lionheart · 18/03/2007 22:32

Good for you, WB. Happy birthday.

LilyLoo · 18/03/2007 22:33

Have to say wmum admire your efforts trying to keep this thread on track !

VeniVidiVickiQV · 18/03/2007 22:33

Thats not quite true WB, you asked me how to do a donkey noise, then you asked me how you spell it (having typed out the said donkey noise for you to read) PMSL!!!!

Giraffes snuffle.

Blu · 18/03/2007 22:34

Eeyore.

Hee-haw.

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:35

nulnulcat, mine does the same!

WB, thank you, that is fascinating, now please come and explain that to my 2 year old without using the words "mute", "circumcision" or "Jewish" as I don't think she's come across these concepts yet... You might need to mime it.

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Blu · 18/03/2007 22:36

Braying.
That's what it's called.
(what donkeys do. Not talking loudly about healthy eating while wearing Boden)

WelshBoris · 18/03/2007 22:37

If you want me to come to your house and mime a mute Jewish giraffe having a circumsion I'll be more than happy to

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:38

I've given up trying to keep it on track lilyloo! Pity, I think it's interesting, but, realistically, stupid of me to think it could be discussed without a food fight...

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 18/03/2007 22:38

That's what it should be called though Blu

I'm fed up of seeing the word "smug", I think I'll use braying instead....

nulnulcat · 18/03/2007 22:38

wb sounds like you are trying to arrange a party - who is bringing fruit shoots and who is providing the drugs

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:39

That's great WB, would tomorrow teatime be OK? I just need to recharge the camera batteries.

Oh, and by the way, how do you post pictures on mn? just asking.

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nulnulcat · 18/03/2007 22:39

hmm i refer to ex as smug bd braying b***d doesnt seem so so insulting somehow

Blu · 18/03/2007 22:40

And who's documenting it all and putting it on YouTube so that the babies can see it when they grow up?

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:45

"Mum, I've just found this 20 year old video on YouTube.
What is that lady doing?"

"Oh, that's WelshBoris, and she's miming a mute Jewish giraffe having a circumcision, obviously".

"Sigh.... the drugs must have been so much better in your day."

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nulnulcat · 18/03/2007 22:46

it wasnt the drugs wellie you had all been drinking fruit shoots!

welliemum · 18/03/2007 23:40

"What's a fruit shoot, Mum?"

"Oh, it's something you used to have at parties when you were little. We thought they were awful."

"That's because you're a nutter, Mum."

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fortyplus · 19/03/2007 09:29

WB - rofl at donkey/giraffe/circumcision

fortyplus · 19/03/2007 09:31

welliemum - just keep things in perspective and you'll be fine! If your children have great food at home then you don't need to stress over occasional junk intake.

But of course I am a laid-back cool person who thinks people who fuss about junk food are so up their own bums it's unbelievable

OrmIrian · 19/03/2007 09:40

"I think that the biggest divide in opinion on these subjects over the years is due to the age of the children we are talking about".

Yep. Abso-blardy-lutely!

fortyplus · 19/03/2007 09:48

Ooh, yes! If you'd asked me if my kids would ever eat junk food back when they were 2 or 3 the answer would've been NEVER!

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