My sweet little one wanted to go to a "pizza place" on wednesday night. She had been at "pre-preschool for almost 9 hours (husband traveling for work so he couldn't pick her up at normal time and I teach late). Anyway mother guilt had set in hard so I took her to one of those buffet pizza places (introduced by her beloved grandmother who says yes to everything). When we got out of the car she said, "Mommy's not going to eat salad, mommy's going to eat pizza." My heart just melted. It has apparently sunk in that mommy is dieting and surviving on only salads. So I ate two pieces-trying to avoid the crust- and a huge salad. She ate mostly bread sticks (god I used to love those in highschool) and gooey cinnamon rolls. Besides being a sweet and attentive thing to say it did make me think about what kind of messages I am sending her. On the one hand you want your child to see you eat healthy food but not to such a point that you shun all other foods. Wouldn't that give her the idea that she needs to eat like that too. I do not want her in anyway to be obsessed with her weight. I'm sure we will continue to battle with all the unhealthy weight messages sent to girls in the U.S. Right now she's got these gorgeous chunky cheeks and the cutest little folds in her thighs.
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