Tuesday, April 17, 2007

SONOFABITCH

My computer has gone nuts, can we say Virus? Anyways I'm on limited functionality and I'm pissed cuz I wanted to put up some pretty pictures of funny shit and now all I can do is type.


Anyways, Last night as I was eating a funny thought popped into my head. You know how people always go on and on about how beautiful a baby's skin is, how soft their hair and blah blah blah crap like that?

Has anybody ever thought about a baby's (is it babys or baby's? shit I've gone retarded) diet? After breast milk (or formula) they get only the best mushed up organic veggies, fruit, lean protein and carbs. A baby's diet for a day might consist of prunes, sweet potatoes, bananas and chicken. They don't get all the SALT like we do in our foods, or even the pesticides and crap like that. You don't see babies eating triple whoppers and sucking down a gallon of Vault. (ok, at least if your not a TOTAL hillbilly)

I'm not really thinking about going on a baby food diet to see what my skin will do, but it does make me wonder what would happen if you just kept giving kids baby food instead of "graduating" them into the land of hotdogs. That's what they show in the Gerber Graduates commercial - a baby eating miniature hot dogs. Why not graduate them right there with a mini can O spam and a bud light?

C. insists that we need to have a couple of halfbreed mini-mex/crackers and we've talked about (I told him what the hook goan be) kids and food. I gave him a list of things that I don't want to feed my kids.

Sorry Mom, but my kids won't be drinking a gallon of cool-aid a day like I did.

Buying 50 packs of ramen noodles for me when they were busy? -out-
Shoestring potato crips from sams club? -out-
Globs of butter on everything? -out- (their getting the zero calorie spray right along with me)
Spam (oh yeah they gave me spam) -out-

My parents did a good job, and I can't blame them for giving me convenience foods but I'm going to try my damnedest to give my kids healthier convenience foods.

One thing that freaks me out is C.'s view on candy. A friend of ours has a baby one year old that looks like a 2yr old and weighs even more. They placate him ALL the time with candy, and they think it's so cute that when they even whisper "candy" he comes running.
I told chino that I won't give my kids candy for as long as possible. He freaked out and said that I'm nuts and that kids should have a little sweet every once in a while. I asked him what his definition of every once in a while is and he told me
"You know, like once a day in the afternoon or something."

What about no. I'm not going to have some Pavlov baby fiening for candy at 2p.m. each day.

I know it won't be as easy as I'm making it sound, but if I'm going to take on the responsibility of raising a human I'm going to try my crazy best to do it as right as I can get.

God grant me the serenity ..... how about God grant me sterile?

I think I started typing about baby food and skin quality didn't I? See this is what happens when my computer is messed up, I get all retarded and just start typing shit.

Get it fixed you I.T. BASTARDS!!!!!!!

10 comments:

CruiserMel said...

Ya know.....I said I was going to be a wonderful parent and not give my little one special treats, but he begged and begged and I caved-in and now I can't get him to eat his food until I let him have a little of mine, too. He's a garlicaholic and luckily loves carrots, so I'm not entirely evil. OHHHH - you were talking about parenting a HUMAN.

Nevermind.

D-HOR said...

I was starting to wonder if cruiserdog is codename for a real child.

He really likes carrots? Cooked or raw?

One of my moms dogs is weird like that, it's so bad that my mom can't let her into her garden cuz the dog will eat her growing asparagus right down to the ground.

Sassy Blondie said...

I'm liking the idea of the baby food diet...we should try it for 30 days and see if we get skin as smooth as a baby's butt!

But the minute I start gaining weight, I'm out!

One of my dogs eats sticks...no shit, there are half-eaten twigs all over my house! So I keep asking myself: Why do I buy those expensive ass dog chews? Of course, there are three others that don't enjoy bark quite as much.

Anonymous said...

I almost fell out of my chair when I read "Pavlov children".

You..are hilarious.

Oh and you can count me in as one of those repeat customers of yours. I contribute to the 1000 views, I assure you :P

D-HOR said...

Sassy do they have baby food at Sams Club? Cuz I can be a hungry mo-fo. Fo sho. (ah I love to let the geeky cracker run free)

Travis?????? Not so plain???? You? Or another Travis. That's so cool, I'm all wiggly like a dog gets when it sees .... bark?

Carly said...

I think you are onto something because my kids don't drink gallons of Cocca Cola and stay up all night and they have all sorts of energy. Guess I need to give up coke.

I think I may just try the baby food diet. Eat only things that would conceivably be pureed and given to a baby. It's not a bad idea really.

PS: thanks for the support on my blog - I was having a pretty crappy day and that cheered me up a little :-)

another PS: Candy is evil.

Sparx said...

Hey there Lstar

I have a friend who has 3 kids who have never eaten candy (actually I bet the older one has but my friend has never fed it to them). She convinced all her kids that strips of sweet red pepper were treats and that's what they get when they want something sweet. Genius.

I'm going to try the same thing with my son but I'm not sure I fancy my chances against a whining 2 year old once he gets there!

Good luck when you do decide to go for it!

D-HOR said...

Hey Carly, I love your blog what chu talkin bout? Your honesty is a jewel and you crack me up. More people should check you out.

The more I think about the baby food diet the more the serial dieter in me wants to do it. If I still lived alone I'd already be pricing.


Sparx- I'd be all about the brain washing thing if I wasn't so afraid that they would end up screwed up or pissed off. And what happens at school holiday parties when they bring in all the candy and cupcakes? What do the moms do then? Oh GOSH I could NOT send my kid in on party day with a note and a bag of veggie stix. That would be so wrong.

I know they say everything in moderation but even a little bit can get em hooked. I just don't know. AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I was at Target today and looked over the baby food selection, seriously wondering how much money in baby food I would have to spend to equal the "fullness" of one real-food meal.

I've calculated this to be about $4.37. Not too bad, if you go with an off-brand. I seriously doubt the quality of ingredients, however. I would have to see scientific proof that baby food contains less chemically harmful substances than the average meal.

But still, I was intrigued.

And yes, this is *the* Travis. The one who had a giant crush on you in choir.

D-HOR said...

You did NOT have a crush on me.

Because I had my own little weird crush on you. Too funny right?

You always gave the best hugs.