I know its late, but this is really the topic I wanted to write about for a while now. What is in our fridge? A question I would have never asked myself if there were no dietary issues in the house. So really the question you may be wondering is do we keep any type of milk products in our fridge? And the answer is...yes, we do. We don't usually have milk, but often we have ice cream (in addition to the soy ice cream, etc.), and young cheeses in the fridge. Sometimes, this is rare so, Ron will buy some milk...I feel strongly that the girls must learn at home that there are foods that they cannot eat. They do not learn, if every food we keep in the fridge is OK for them to eat. It was not always like this in our house so...
...I did not allow ANY type of milk products in the house for the first 3 years of Alena's life. That summer we travelled to Northern Italy and met a family who also has two kids with CG. Their kids were 9 and 7 at the time. Beautiful kids. The family invited us to spend the night and we talked over a couple of bottles of wine. I was shocked when I found out that they keep regular, and soy milk in the house; Nutella and Chocoreale; Butter and Margarine; etc. Wow, I asked them, don't you ever worry...and this is where I learned to let go of it. I really was obsessed not to allow any milk in the house. Honestly, what would and what does happen if a mistake happens? This family taught us that kids learn at home best. In any case in the morning I almost had a heart attack. Here was the breakfast table set with butter & margarine; Nutella & Chocoreale; Yoghurt & Soy Yogurt; Milk & Soy Milk the kids sat at the table and you know what happened. Lisa & Philip showed Alena what she could eat. Not once, not once did they want anything else. It was the most normal thing. This was a moment of revelation for me...OK,OK its getting late, words are getting big. But it was...this was when it all became small. And yes, the glass is always, always, always half full. Good night!
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Same here, We have Cows Milk right next to the Soy milk. Anna can't open the fridge yet (takes a strong arm) so we haven't had any issues...yet. But she does know that she can have the lemon pudding cups and not the caramel ones. She is learning.
Actually my Father thought I put to much trust in her, she IS only 3! but how else is she supposed to learn?
Thanks for this subject!
I do belive in empowerment :)
I am so glad you like this subject!
I really enjoyed this topic....we also have regular milk, cheese and yogurt in our fridge. But we have converted to non dairy butter only. My daugther is able to open the fridge, so I made all the bottom drawers for items that she can have. But she is learning from going to other houses/parties that she can't have the same things.
It's a rule of mine to not let any kids open our fridge and mine not to open anyone elses, in order to show a little control and keep track. Right now it's pretty easy, I just hope once she is in school she doesn't feel too left out!!!
So glad everyone likes this topic :)
Both of our girls can open the fridge. I am not really thrilled if they do it and get their own food. I was just thinking that I really should allow Alena to get food out of the fridge whenever...maybe I am having a few control issues. Hmmmmm...this maybe an entire new topic ;) In any case, Alena has been asking whether she can eat a specific food or not. - We do keep ice cream as well as soy cream in the top, top shelf of the freezer. The main reason for keeping the treats that far up is so they don't just go sneak Cuties :)
The family in Italy kept milk items right next to the items the kids could eat, etc. Having to make the choice at home I think really prepares them...
I have older siblings so my parents always kept milk, ice cream, etc. in the fridge. I also used to go to friends houses and since I had the foods in my own house it helped me to know not to eat it at my friends house. (I wat taught not to eat it). Now I have osteopenia from not getting enough calcium so I have to make sure my kids get enough calcium. I keep the milk next to the soy milk in my fridge. And I make sure I have regular yogurt, ice cream, cheese, etc. so my kids can eat things with milk in it. That way I don't have to worry about calcium issues for the whole family.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it, and find it so helpful. - I do have a question for you. Did you get calcium supplements when you were younger?
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it, and find it so helpful. - I do have a question for you. Did you get calcium supplements when you were younger?
I took Tums for calcium when I was younger but, I did not like taking them so I did not always take them. I am better about taking calcium now, but I don't always remember.
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