Guest guest Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 http://www.lime.com/blog/ksteckler/7993/doing_the_cheerio_thing Published on LIME.com (http://www.lime.com) Doing The Cheerio Thing As a baby, a kitchen floor sprinkled with Cheerios was all it took to keep my husband occupied long enough for his mom to cook dinner. And while you'd probably never want to eat off of our floors, this image was cute enough to keep my pregnant brain daydreaming for months of when I, too, could feed our baby Cheerios. Or, rather, let her feed them to herself. Now that Hayden's here, I've discovered few things cuter than watching her self-feed with that dainty pincer grip. She sits in her "Cheerio fort" (a.k.a. the floor of her Exersaucer) for large blocks of time, gumming happily away at her magically-dissolving cereal. As an added bonus, they're fortified with iron, something I've been worrying about my vegetarian [0] daughter getting enough of. Both practically and nostalgically speaking, Cheerios are a babyhood rite of passage that's just not to be missed. Organically speaking, there are plenty of alternate o-type cereals out there, and we've certainly considered them. Many even have the benefit of being wheat-free, in addition to being made without genetically-modified ingredients or tripotassium phosphate (TSP [0]), a component found in both Cheerios and wallpaper stripper [0]. But few are fortified with all of the vitamins and minerals that Cheerios possess. And most importantly, the disappointing word on the new mom street is that none of these organic [0] versions dissolve as quickly as the classic Cheerio, due to their harder and thicker consistency. What's a new mom to do? Do the pros of the Cheerio outweigh the cons? Generations of kids have been raised on Cheerios, and have clearly turned out, as my mom would say, okay [0]. Organic is important, but is it all-important? For the time being, we've decided to stick with Cheerios. Once Hayden's old enough to chew her cereal, and won't depend on it dissolving as quickly, we'll make the switch to organic. Sometimes you just have to compromise. "Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky Ward Be a PS3 game guru.Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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