Re: how to do this diet w/ 3yo

[Guest guest]

Hi Marla,

I've written some posts on this in the past and you

might find those helpful. You can find them in the

archives. Probably a search for " debby and toddler "

might find them for you.

My son will be 2 in a few weeks and I have fed him an

almost candida diet (I allow him small amounts of

fruit - not that I think fruit is good but just for

variety) since his first solid foods.

Now he begs for my broccoli which I mix with lemon

juice, olive/coconut oil sea salt and garlic. Try

that first. Steam some broccoli to mush and add the

ingredients above.

My son has been picky lately too and it's driving me

nutty. But I just keep offering him different meats

and veggies and alternating them around. I also allow

him the occassional banana but that's about it for

fruit.

He's long and lean and healthy and thriving on the

diet. He does get colds but breezes through them and

doesn't get them often either.

His pictures are available at the link at the bottom

of my message so you can see what a healthy happy

toddler he is.

Now this is just my opinion. But I think culturally

we often associate food with love. So to not give our

kids treats and only healthy food we feel as if we are

punishing them or making them do something we feel is

restrictive.

But the thing is if you start young, they've don't

really get the taste for sweets and carbs and then

you've really done them a favor.

Because if you start young they don't really realize

what they are missing and when they get older they

will benefit more.

Plus there are so many more ways to show love for our

children other than stuffing them with unhealthy

stuff. Not sure if this is the case with you, but

just in case you feel bad at all I hope this helps.

There are so many choices of meat and veggies you can

have. I know that I feed my son many things I haven't

eaten myself because I am squeamish about it.

Like I've never had lamb in my life but I give it to

my son because I know it's healthy and I don't want

him to have the same squeamish as me.

Branch out and try new veggies.. new meats like bison

or buffalo or duck. She doesn't know these are

" weird " yet in our culture, and as long as you don't

let on she won't.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

--- Marla <busykitchen@...> wrote:

> I'm certain that my 3yo DD has candida. How in the

> world can I put a 3yo on

> this diet? Has anyone had success with that yet?

> She can't have eggs. I

> don't know how I would get her to eat the coconut

> oil. She can't have

> butter. Her diet is mostly hamburger patties w/

> pureed kale mixed in,

> sprouted seed & veggie crackers (homemade), fruits,

> olives, avocados, and

> sweet potatoes. Her diet is limited by 3 factors:

> 1) She has multiple food

> allergies 2) She's a picky eater and 3) I don't

> offer her what I consider

> unhealthy choices.

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

[Guest guest]

Debbie, I just want to say I really admire you and your wonderful tips and

advice to all of us here. Your son is very lucky to have a mother like you. You

are doing a great job of instilling a healthy lifesyle for your family. You make

a great moderator here and I thank you for all you do. Val

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Val.. I just wrote you a couple of messages.. I

hope my opinions are helpful to you and that I don't

offend.. that is never my intention.

Sometimes I don't write things too well and people

take things I say the wrong way. I'm pretty

analytical and not very good at writing emotions.

I try to speak from the heart what I see and usually I

am seeing my own self and my own problems - some I

have learned to manage, others not.

Thanks so much about the compliments with my son. I

am human and I make lots of mistakes. The best thing

I have learned in life is not to feel bad or dwell on

my mistakes, but see what I can learn from them, where

I can grow with myself and then I change myself and

move on.

I make lots of mistakes and have a lot to learn, but

that's OK. I wouldn't be human if I didn't.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

--- Mehner <valiegal50@...> wrote:

> Debbie, I just want to say I really admire you and

> your wonderful tips and advice to all of us here.

> Your son is very lucky to have a mother like you.

> You are doing a great job of instilling a healthy

> lifesyle for your family. You make a great moderator

> here and I thank you for all you do. Val

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

[Guest guest]

Hi val,

I read your post and i have to say first hand that

YOU are in inspiration to me. The Job you do is

something that not just anyone can do! You tend to

the needs of others with 55 hours last week. Now how

about tending to 's? ( haha) I know I used to

take care of everyone else first and then me)

You have to put you first or eventually you wont be

able to take care of them either. I agree the food

thing is so difficult and i know i can guilty of

cheating with any excuse i can get, but i havent had a

cheat in one week which is a long time for me and I

have to say that there might be a slight chance that

i feel better. So i am trying to do it for one month

solid to see if i honestly feel any better or not.

My husband said to me the other day, I dont know how

you can say you dont feel better, you look like you

are feeling much better. You are doing more and your

" attitude " is just like to old sue i married 25 years

ago. WOW was i shocked, because maybe i was focusing

on the fact that this and that are wrong and not on

the fact that this and that are so much better.

Its slow for me, but i do see a change. Try to stick

to it with me and we can see if we notice the

difference. I'll be your sounding board and you mine.

What do you think? Maybe together we can beat this

thing and become a shining star to someone else( like

our fearless leader Bee)

Give it some thought....

<3 Sue

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[Guest guest]

debby,

I have to say that your son will have a different

style of eating as he grows by your setting the tone

for him. He won't know that he isnt having Mcs

and Candy ( until he becomes social) and then your job

gets harder.

I have raised 2 beautiful kids a son 21 and a daughter

19 and they were raised on mc donalds and other fast

foods with candy always in the house. They both ended

up eating healthy as adults now. My daughter doesnt

eat meat by her own choice but eats veggies and

protein and is a fitness/nutirition minor in college

with a major in education. So she will learn more and

more abut eating properly in her studies. She is also

an instructor of cardio classes and a lifeguard. My

son is a criminal justice major and graduating this

spring to keep us all safe and make his mother more

anxious that i already am. But my point is that they

are good eaters even though i kinds didnt enforce it

as they wer growing up.

We make tons of mistakes in raising them but the one

thing somehow i did right was teach then about respect

and intergrity...Your son will bee whatever he choses

to be, but with your guidance his eatinghabits willbe

better because of your efforts.

Just my thoughts...

Sue

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[Guest guest]

Sue I'm very proud of you.. good job! Can you share

what you feel has changed for you that has helped you

start doing better this time?

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

--- susan <tauttodream@...> wrote:

> You have to put you first or eventually you wont be

> able to take care of them either. I agree the food

> thing is so difficult and i know i can guilty of

> cheating with any excuse i can get, but i havent had

> a

> cheat in one week which is a long time for me and I

> have to say that there might be a slight chance

> that

> i feel better. So i am trying to do it for one

> month

> solid to see if i honestly feel any better or not.

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

[Guest guest]

--- susan <tauttodream@...> wrote:

> I have to say that your son will have a different

> style of eating as he grows by your setting the tone

> for him.

Yes, they say modeling good behavior has a great

impact on children. I just hope he follows my lead

and not Daddy's.

> He won't know that he isnt having Mcs

> and Candy ( until he becomes social) and then your

> job gets harder.

Ah yes, so I hear. But candy and mcdonald's cost

money so he won't be able to get those until he gets

his own job, so I have a while. I won't buy that crap

for him.

> We make tons of mistakes in raising them but the one

> thing somehow i did right was teach then about

> respect

> and intergrity...Your son will bee whatever he

> choses

> to be, but with your guidance his eatinghabits

> willbe

> better because of your efforts.

Yes, I hope I can teach him respect and integrity, and

most important to take care of himself - noone else is

going to do that for you.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

[Guest guest]

> Deb wrote: Yes, I hope I can teach him respect and

integrity,

> and

> most important to take care of himself - noone else

> is

> going to do that for you.

he is going to become his own person in spite or

because of what we teach our children. I guess

hillary clinton said it best,she said, you fish for a

child or you can teach him to fish. I guess its up to

us which to do. I have learned that you can guide

them to make the right choices but at some point they

are going to want to stray out with other choices. As

long as you are ther to rope them back in and with the

grace of God that's his plan, then its all ok. I

remember my son wanting m & m's when he was 2 years old

and carrying on with a fit of rage when we took them

away from him. He had an allergy to everything at

that point and we didnt know for a few years. He would

get a stomach ache and be in pain if he had chocolate.

He was such a little boy then and he knew that his

belly would hurt if he ate it so h learned at a young

age to turn down chocolate or he would be sick.

Usually he turned it down, but when he was at a school

party or a friends bd party he would come home not

feeling well and we would say, you had chocolate

right? He had to make the choice for himself and at 5

years old in school they would play math facts with

m & m's, and the prise was always m & m's, it was hard but

he would put the m & m's in his pocket that he won and

bring them home for his sister.

My point here is he did that because that is what he

was taught. Too bad for him that was the only food we

restricted, because Lord knows we didn't eat all that

healthy when my kids were growing up. And we were all

taught to take antibiotics and eat wrong...but now we

know better and can be an advocate for someone else to

eat better.

I think Bee;s way of eating with foods should be

taught in either pregnancy classes or given to our

children at a very young age. That way parents could

learn along with children what i s good for us and

what is not so good.

Imagine what a healthy world it would be. And our

doc's practices would be so much less needed.

Just a thought...Sue

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[Guest guest]

> My point here is he did that because that is what he

> was taught. Too bad for him that was the only food we

> restricted, because Lord knows we didn't eat all that

> healthy when my kids were growing up. And we were all

> taught to take antibiotics and eat wrong...but now we

> know better and can be an advocate for someone else to

> eat better.

>

> I think Bee;s way of eating with foods should be

> taught in either pregnancy classes or given to our

> children at a very young age. That way parents could

> learn along with children what i s good for us and

> what is not so good. Imagine what a healthy world it would be.

And our doc's practices would be so much less needed. Just a

thought...Sue

That's an excellent idea to teach pregnant women, or even teach it

even earlier before conceiving. Too bad kids get all of the wrong

information about diets in schools these days, and their cafeteria

foods are horrible.

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

Bee wrote:>

> That's an excellent idea to teach pregnant women, or

> even teach it

> even earlier before conceiving. Too bad kids get

> all of the wrong

> information about diets in schools these days, and

> their cafeteria

> foods are horrible.

>

> Luv, Bee

Bee, I think that is all changing. In our town they

no longer offer soda, or snapple drinks. They offer

juices n bottled water. The no longer have chips or

snack cakes out for sale and all candy is removed

fromthe cafeteria. But ifyou dont teach the kids the

right way to eat they will just find the bad food

somewhere out there. Kinda like telling our kids not

to smoke or take drugs...we need to tell then the

rights and wrongs of eating. Boy my kids are probably

glad i didnt know abut this when they were growing up(

haha)

Sue

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[Guest guest]

--- susan <tauttodream@...> wrote:

> us which to do. I have learned that you can guide

> them to make the right choices but at some point

> they

> are going to want to stray out with other choices.

Oh I agree with you. But as I control the money that

he is given, and the food that is available to him, I

have a choice not to purchase those things for him or

enable him. It's kind of like with alcohol. When

your kids get older, you know they can figure out how

to get alcohol themselves, even though the may not be

of drinking age.

But until they can figure out how to get it themselves

and get the money for it, why should I make it easier

for him? Plus there are tons of kids out there who

are raised vegetarian and don't go sneaking out after

meat when they are five. So I guess for me it's a

battle I'm willing to fight.

> I think Bee;s way of eating with foods should be

> taught in either pregnancy classes or given to our

> children at a very young age. That way parents

> could

> learn along with children what i s good for us and

> what is not so good.

I had planned to follow low carb during pregnancy, but

I let my pregnancy be an excuse for eating some things

I normally didn't allow myself. Once I let those

cravings in, plus the hormones, I was out of control

and gained 100 pounds while I was pregnant and went

through all sorts of complications.

Right after I got out of the hospital I went right

back to low carb and I've been feeding my son more of

a Paleo diet since he started eating solid foods. He

loves meat and veggies so it's not a problem so far.

He begs me for bits of my broccoli when I'm eating it.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

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It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/