{"id":1367,"date":"2012-10-15T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2012-10-15T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T17:20:14","slug":"finding-a-nutritious-balance-for-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/finding-a-nutritious-balance-for-your-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a nutritious balance for your kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there’s one thing my husband and I don’t agree on (ya right… 1 thing), it is with regards to feeding our two-year old son.<\/p>\n

Our disagreement stems from years of being raised on different spectrums of food ideologies.\u00a0 Growing up, my school lunches consisted of mostly either Nutella\u00a0on bread or sour cream and olives \/ pickles on bread (I loved eating this!).\u00a0 For breakfast we could have our cereal of choice, full of sugar or not, and dinner always consisted of soup, chicken and a side dish.\u00a0 I never questioned this eating style and to be honest, I loved it.\u00a0 No one in my family was overweight and we never had any issues with diabetes, high blood pressure, etc…<\/p>\n

On the other hand, my husband was never allowed any sugary cereals growing up.\u00a0 And they mostly had pasta for dinners.\u00a0 John loves chocolate and candy and had only limited access to this food group growing up.\u00a0 As an adult, he loves anything sweet and will usually make me “hide” any candy \/ chocolate we have in the house so he doesn’t finish it all in one sitting; and I’m talking about Halloween candy bag sizes here!\u00a0 Similarly, everyone in his family is healthy.<\/p>\n

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Mommy… is ice cream and M&M part of the food guide?<\/p><\/div>\n

We both believe that the food we ate growing up was healthy, so we had to compromise when it came to finding the right balance for our son Kyle.\u00a0 While I focused on just getting anything into Kyle’s mouth (and tummy), my husband was obsessing about WHAT was going in there.\u00a0 While it wasn’t always “ideal”, we managed to have a healthy two-year old.\u00a0 Of course, our debate continues on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

I was recently invited to join a six other fellow bloggers to discuss family nutrition with Lydia Knorr<\/a>, mom of three, Registered Dietitian and Yoplait spokesperson.\u00a0 My husband and\u00a0<\/del>I jumped at the opportunity and attended this event last week.\u00a0 If anything, we were both hoping to learn something from a professional to prove the other wrong (yes, we’re both a little competitive).\u00a0 Here’s some of the key take-aways that I learned that day:<\/p>\n