I think the biggest struggle with the transition into a better diet for Wolverine will not be the added prep time or the increased work load for me in the kitchen and grocery story but will come from our families. Not so much my Dad - I think he will be quite taken with this idea unfortunately, he's also the one living furthest away. We went to the Hubster's parents' house to visit with his relatives who were in town.We left Wolverine with them for an hour or so and went with CrazyHorse to play in a creek. I guess I should have said something to someone about not giving Wolverine stuff he's not supposed to have. But then, it never occured to me that anyone would give him jelly beans or chocolates. He's not even two. Even before we looked into this new diet, I had sugar restrictions well in place. And I can't even be too mad because the woman is a virtual stranger and I don't think my motherinlaw saw her giving him chocolate. But it still irritates me. What I need to do is get a food mill - something to make sausage like things. Wolverine will eat anything that looks like a hotdog. Maybe if I make them at home, stuffing them with good meats and veggies - maybe he can still eat what he likes and be eating all the stuff that's good for him too. I'll be very interested to see what my grandmother thinks. She's a snackbuyer. She loves plying my kids with everything they like to eat (even if it's not good for them). But I think she'll go out of her way to try to find alternatives too. So, we'll see. Today, CrazyHorse and I are going to make fruit leather. Trying to replace the gerber fruit strips he loves so much. If it goes well, I'll post the recipe.
Posted by Shade53 at June 23, 2008 06:41 AM