My kids think I have gone crazy. As part of my “Health Kick” that has begun in our house this September I have banned juice from our house.
Maybe they are right-maybe I have officially lost it?
These are my reasons. It’s all very simple. Whatever I have in my house-my kids reach for it. If I have cookies they choose them over crackers. If I have eggos-they choose that over toast. If I have chocolate syrup for milk they choose that over plain milk. If I have sweet granola bars they choose them over healthy granola bars. If I have juice they choose that over milk.
So I have decided that I cannot have both.
Something has to go.
It’s going to be the less healthy choices. Banned. Pointe Finale. My Soul keeper (aka Flaxseed girl) should be very, very proud of me.
I have tried everything to make my kids want to make autonomous nutritious choices-but most the time it doesn’t work unless I am there nagging them. They eat very healthy much of the time-but also eat a pile of crap alot of the time.
They rarely get sick (touch wood!) so I must be doing something right.
So here’s the news system (September is full of systems for our household)
· All food in house is very healthy (as in nuts, cheese, yogurt, protein, whole grain breads etc..)
· That’s all they have to choose from
· Any result kind of snacks like white crackers, juices, and granola bars etc.. are put on a super high shelf none of us can reach and brought down for “special” occasions or weekends
· On weekends I buy treats and they are allowed them all
· After the weekend is over the treats go back on the high shelf until the next weekend
· At Trent
So far my system:
Has caused alot of backlash from my kids (and my Mom). My Mom is quite shocked I limit juice so I allow some juice boxes now for lunches-gosh. The pressure!
Has definitely made my kids eat healthier. Chase the other day had 4 yogurts! Bear asked my Mom to go out and buy him a full ham and Bonne Bell cheese since he had a craving. Beauty loves whole wheat bagels and says the white ones now taste like cardboard! Yay!
So it’s a Health Kick and one of my new September Systems. Will it stick? Will it be kicked? Will I be murdered by the kids (and my Mom) before it’s been long enough to tell? I will let you know.
PS-For any husbands reading this don’t feel so sorry for my Protector ok? He has a huge stash of cookies, chocolate bars, white crackers, chocolate almonds, tons of caffeine and lots of liquor in his own secret high up hiding place. He is just perfectly fine.
