natalie

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> " Natalie Yarbrough " <natalie

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> Hello, all. It has been awhile since I've contributed anything. My

> oldest son turned 5 on July first. We went to a water park instead of a

> party and had a birthday morning brunch with grandma. I made an organic

> chocolate cake with strawberries and we had canteloupe, pineapple,

> strawberries and marshmallow fluff as fruit dip for a special junk treat

> because it has no gelatin of any sort in it. and although it is pure

> sugar, it is a treat to have the taste of marshmallows.

Sounds like a nice birthday! What's a birthday without loads of sugar? ;-)

 

>I have been

> vegetarian for 11 years, and although there were some very unhealthy and

> poverty stricken times in my life, overall i feel that i have tried my

> best to eat the healthiest that i can. My children are fed very well,

That's great, especially if youe struggle to make ends meet, like I do.

 

> espescially because i feel that my brother's allergies and his inability

> to continue with drastic changes in his diet as an 8 year old caused his

> learning disabilities and eventually lead him to self medicating. He is

> an addict, and i am not too hopeful at this point. Maybe some day he

> will clean up.

That's such a hard situation. Maybe someday.... In the meantime, continue

to take care of yourself and your sons.

 

> The point is, i am SOOO careful about the way i watch my

> child react to the foods that he eats and the effects of chemicals and

> preservatives on him are awful. He made the concious decision about

> three weeks ago to stop drinking cow's milk altogether.

Cool! Good for him! How old is he? Maybe you could show him some of the

veggie kid sites.

 

> ( we recieve

> WIC, which is the only reason i even buy the cow milk.and he has always

> preferred Rice Dream and Edenblend, and we tried the 8th continent and

> Belsoy recently.)

I have some thoughts about 8th Continent, which you might want to read since

you're so cautious about what affects your sons and what they eat. I'll

post it as a separate email. So stupid that WIC only covers specific

things. I have a friend with a pantry full of - what was it, some kind of

fruit cocktail that was all full of food colorings and such - and she'll

never use it all, but she took it at the time " just in case " she got

desperate enough.

 

> He said to me one day, " Mom, does this milk really

> come out of a cow's body? " We had a discussion about what things are

> made of, and later in the week we were driving down to Indiana to see my

> parents and he said " Mom, cow milk comes from a cow's gutters. " I

> laughed so hard.

ROFL! That's hilarious! Don't you love those little misunderstandings?!

 

> Given the choice, he picks the natural food. Staying

> with my mom for two weeks, he was watched a few times by a friend of

> hers while my mom went to work at her health food store. The woman

> watching Solstice has a 4 year old son, and his mom feeds him whatever

> looks like the most " fun " . When she offered Solstice a bright green

> freezie pop he told her that food coloring is bad for you, that he

> doesn't eat that at his house, and that he would have to have my mom

> pack him a lunch so he can eat " not bad food " I just beam. I love how

> much they listen when you tell them that things are important!!

Sounds like you've done a great job educating him so he can make healthy

choices! We can all hope for as much. That, and hope that they don't rebel

as teens!! :-D

 

Good to hear from you.

~Doh