Respect the Body

Ok, so I just need to vent real quick, sorry no pictures since yesterday. I know, we are horrible parents, but please listen.

As often happens at church in Japan, we have a food party after our main meetings. Well I was in another meeting, and came down to the kitchen looking for my men when it had finished. Daddy was eating, and baby was being cared after by a sweet sister. She is wonderful, and great with kids, but very much lives up to her Latin American roots. Clark was upset when he saw me, because, well, I wasn't holding him, so she automatically assumes he's hungry. This would be a possibility if I hadn't just nursed him 30 minutes earlier. It was obvious to me he didn't really want to eat, especially since he refused the rice I proffered him. I said he wasn't hungry and continued to get my own food. He would have none of it, so sweet sister kept looking after him. Here is the horror part to me, she comes over to be near us, and just takes some cookie thing and feeds it to him. I don't know how I saw it, since I wasn't paying any attention, but I did, and just about died. Why? First, he's allergic to eggs, and his body doesn't tend to agree with wheat flour all that well. Second, I'm trying to raise him a refined sugar free baby until he's three. Thirdly, she didn't even ASK, she just pops it in his mouth, which I then had to fish out with my finger with considerable protest from the baby.

In the grand perspective of things, it really isn't a big deal, but I needed to vent. It just means I need to watch him very closely, and understand that a lot of people aren't going to immediately think 'Hey, should I maybe NOT feed sugar to a young child that is already really active, and probably doesn't need it'. Le Sigh. Ok, and just so everyone knows, I'm not pushing my baby's diet on anyone else, but it is a decision that we've made, ok so I made, but Masaki supports whole heartedly for our kiddies.

We were nice about it, and she was nice about it, so it is all good, but DANG, people, respect parent's dietary needs and choices for other people's kids.

Thanks for letting me vent

p.s. I have a mango pit growing in my kitchen sink.