Kyle and I got into this discussion last night about Emily. Emily has always been in the 95th percentile size wise, even when I was breastfeeding her as an infant, but her weight and height have always been in proportion, so it was not a concern. At her 3 year check up, her pediatrician said she was finally about average for her age, still a little above, but closer to average. So after that DH gets it in his head that she is going to be overweight.
Let me clarify: He was overweight as a child and for part of his teenaged years. I am overweight now, but I never was overweight as a child, a teenager, or an adult--until I got married. When I say I was not overweight, I mean, in my 20's I wore a size 3 or 5. I really was thin.
Anyway, so last night Kyle says that he thinks I give Emily too much sugar. Do I?
She drinks chocolate milk for breakfast. She won't drink regular milk. I asked her pediatrician about it, and he said it didn't matter that it was chocolate milk as long as she is drinking milk (I do 2% milk with hershey's calcium enriched syrup mixed in it)
She also eats a carton of yogurt for breakfast. I do give her a small amount of sprinkles to mix in it, but by the time she eats four bites of yogurt, there are no more sprinkles.
She drinks apple or grape juice, which I always dilute with water. She only drinks juice with her meals or if she asks for it. She doesn't always have a cup sitting around.
If I drink water, she drinks water, too.
She doesn't eat cookies. She doesn't eat candy. She might get a dum-dum lollipop once a day some days, but those are small lollipops. She doesn't eat ice cream.
She does chew sugar-free trident bubble gum.
She also eats baked cheez its, an apple, or raisins for snack. She never eats those gummy-type fruit snacks. (She used to, but I stopped giving those to her when DH was b*tching about this before.)
I honestly do not think she is eating that much sugar. He acts like she eats it all day long. He eats more sugar than she does, but he says he's an adult and can do that.
Let me clarify: He was overweight as a child and for part of his teenaged years. I am overweight now, but I never was overweight as a child, a teenager, or an adult--until I got married. When I say I was not overweight, I mean, in my 20's I wore a size 3 or 5. I really was thin.
Anyway, so last night Kyle says that he thinks I give Emily too much sugar. Do I?
She drinks chocolate milk for breakfast. She won't drink regular milk. I asked her pediatrician about it, and he said it didn't matter that it was chocolate milk as long as she is drinking milk (I do 2% milk with hershey's calcium enriched syrup mixed in it)
She also eats a carton of yogurt for breakfast. I do give her a small amount of sprinkles to mix in it, but by the time she eats four bites of yogurt, there are no more sprinkles.
She drinks apple or grape juice, which I always dilute with water. She only drinks juice with her meals or if she asks for it. She doesn't always have a cup sitting around.
If I drink water, she drinks water, too.
She doesn't eat cookies. She doesn't eat candy. She might get a dum-dum lollipop once a day some days, but those are small lollipops. She doesn't eat ice cream.
She does chew sugar-free trident bubble gum.
She also eats baked cheez its, an apple, or raisins for snack. She never eats those gummy-type fruit snacks. (She used to, but I stopped giving those to her when DH was b*tching about this before.)
I honestly do not think she is eating that much sugar. He acts like she eats it all day long. He eats more sugar than she does, but he says he's an adult and can do that.
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yeah right, a whole year before it was true 
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