Food Part 1 : Junk Food

Mummy was thinking of sharing some of JL’s eating habit. Even though it was not perfect but we are still learning. The first part would be on junk food.
JL knew what junk food is. We always tell him that it is no good to take too much junk food and it is not healthy. For example, got problem to ‘em em’ (constipation), sore throat etc. When he has problem in toilet, he will said
“I think I didn’t drink enough water and I take too much junk food today, now I got ‘em em’ cannot come out”
There was one time when JL was doing grocery with KongKong and PohPoh when JL was pointing at someone’s trolley and said
‘KongKong, PohPoh, wow this trolley full of junk food!’

The person who was pushing the trolley and also KongKong and PohPoh were shocked.

Our apartment has not much junk food. Usually when JL is hungry he will help himself with raisins, prunes, yogurt, fruits, cornflakes and biscuits. As for biscuits, we have minimum stock of biscuits with cream. Cereal, JL will eat Cornflakes and Rice Krispies. Some people will asked Mummy how about outside someone give him those sweet cereal like honey stars? Well, it is not often so Mummy is ok once in a while as a treat for JL. As for sweets, we preferred the gummy type rather than the hard time.

We still give him some chocolates, ice- cream, chips etc but with limitation and with condition he has already taken his proper meal and brushed his teeth. So, JL will usually finish up his meal/milk before he requested to eat one sweet which is given by someone e.g. Sunday School Teacher.
Mummy told JL that when someone (he knows and with PaPa, Mummy, KongKong & PohPoh approval to avoid him taking food from strangers) give him any junk food, take and say ‘Thank you’. Then, later we will negotiate whether JL can take it or not.

One day after kindy, teacher gave JL a lollipop. He took and said thank you, then when JL and PohPoh was out of the kindy, JL passed it to PohPoh and said

“Mummy said ‘said thank you’ and then give it to PohPoh the junk food. Maybe eat later."

This really caught PohPoh a surprise.

So, JL has no problem drinking soup without salt and drinks like barley without sugar. Some how is taste bud has adapted to that taste.

He is still a kid and we do have ice-cream and chocolate together as a family at home. Even for jelly (JL loves jelly); PaPa will take time to make jelly together with JL at home so that it will not be too sweet.