Sunday 27 January 2013

Will you pass your bad habits on to your children?

This is something that I am going to be very passionate about for years to come,
After growing up being allowed to eat junk food, take away and microwave meals,
I am still to this day a seasoned salad dodger and chocolate eater!
It's not something I am proud of but it was how I was brought up and some bad habits are extremely hard to break!

I grew up being overweight with led to me having lapband surgery when I was 18 years old,
by no means was I massively obese but I was depressed and after attempting to lose weight for a knee reconstruction and losing all of 3kg in 3 months my mother and I decided that it was time for a huge life change and that's what we did!

I believe strongly that my mothers choices of what to feed me when I was young did effect how I eat now but I don't blame her for any of it.

I now have a family of my own and yes, sometimes cooking up some processed frozen food looks like the easy way to make a quick meal but I don't want my children growing up believing that it is ok to eat junk all the time.

My son eats a lot and is just like my husband with a very quick metabolism, but, That doesn't mean I feed him junky things.
He eats Fruit, Veggies, Salmon, Bread, Pasta and Salad.
He still drinks some milk but now it is mostly water.
I don't feed him chocolate or lollies, He has some junk food when attending birthday parties but at home it all in moderation.

I don't want my children to grow up with the bad habits that I have passed on to them.

Today I was going down my facebook newsfeed and came across a picture of a fellow mum's (with a lapband) 12 week old son being fed spoonfuls of nutella!
Why I believe parents have rights to do what they feel is right for them and their child, 
I don't believe that you should be feeding a baby nutella out of the jar,
Do things like this set children up for bad eating habit later on in life?

I would love to hear other peoples opinions on this subject!

 

4 comments:

  1. This is just one reason why I like your blog. I have many unhealthy/bad habits I do NOT want to pass on. I also nominated you for a Leibster Award. Check it out here: http://www.modernmamadramas.com/2013/01/a-fitting-award-if-i-do-say-so-myself.html

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  2. Hey, just found your blog from the GFC blog hop and I love it. Annnd....I den.t have kids, but still.. I think you are definitely right! Eating habits stay with you for life...giving your kids healthy attitudes and expectations is so important. Well done :-)

    P.s. I' s love it if you checked out my blog: www.rachelroaming.blogspot.com

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  3. I have searched all over your site and I was unable to find your email address. So I decided to leave you the message through comments. I wanted to let you know that have been folowing your blog and this week I nominated your blog for the Liebster award. This award is to honor up and coming blogs and hopefully help gain new followers. My post with the details are below.

    http://niftythriftyfamily.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-liebster-award.html

    Way to go!

    Felicia ( the Nifty Thrifty Mom)
    http://niftythriftyfamily.blogspot.com

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  4. Hello! Good for you for making sure your child loves healthy food. We also try to implement the same kind of eating habits in this house as well. I really hope I don't
    pass on any of my bad habits to my children, I have a couple. I am your newest follower and found you via 'I Love My Online Friends Hop'. I Hope you have a wonderful day.
    Angie G.
    http://mycraftycollections.blogspot.com/

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