This is especially true if you let them drink juice from a bottle, but it's also true for milk from a bottle.
Yeah, there's not a lot out there with more sugar in it than breastmilk.
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Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
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Jessica - Apr 21, 2008 10:30:08 am PDT #5765 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
beth b - Apr 21, 2008 10:30:58 am PDT #5766 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am the poster child that will prove that low-fat milk( in child hood) won't make much difference in an adult weight. My sister could not handle full fat milk when we growing up ( projectile) . so we had dried milk powder mixed with water and then mixed with milk to cut the fat .
Fred Pete - Apr 21, 2008 10:31:58 am PDT #5767 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Makes me wonder how my generation ever made it to adulthood, with all the things our parents did wrong without knowing it. (But then, I'm convinced parents inevitably screw up their kids' lives. Not because they're bad parents, but because they have to make so many decisions affecting the fundamentals of their kids' lives, based on limited understanding of their kids' personalities and frequently contradictory advice.)
(The above either says a lot about my childhood or a lot about my world view. Either way, I'll stick with cats. And avoid giving any advice to parents that isn't based on either my memories of my own childhood experiences or "YOU DID WHAT?!?!?!?!")
Amy - Apr 21, 2008 10:32:42 am PDT #5768 of 10001
Because books.
Although the other day at naptime the boy did not want to go to sleep.
Naptime can get tough as they outgrow it. We always made sure to say the kids simply had to stay in their beds, or even in their rooms, but not specifically enforce *sleep* (which is, you know, impossible). They usually dozed off anyway out of boredom, and at least I got a break.
Um.
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2008 10:33:28 am PDT #5769 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You know, because it's not like fats are necessary for brain development or anything.
But Jessica, having a fat child would be the worst fate ever!
Having a fat child could lead to CPS taking your kid away. And if you think I'm kidding, just google "childhood obesity." It's happening more in other countries, but I'm SO expecting it to happen here soon.
Fred Pete - Apr 21, 2008 10:33:49 am PDT #5770 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
and at least I got a break.
I suspect that was my mother's reasoning. Funny how naptime always coincided with Dark Shadows....
Amy - Apr 21, 2008 10:34:54 am PDT #5771 of 10001
Because books.
::high-fives Fred's mom::
Emily - Apr 21, 2008 10:34:54 am PDT #5772 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
"They fuck you up, your mom and dad."
Ginger - Apr 21, 2008 10:36:08 am PDT #5773 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
straight juice makes my blood sugar go bonkers.
Teppy is, once again, me. It's good to know, since I've gotten the "yes, she is crazy" look when I've said that straight fruit juice is the road to headaches and yelling at people.
NoiseDesign - Apr 21, 2008 10:37:43 am PDT #5774 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
So the 8-16 soft drinks a day I drank growing up might have been a bad thing?