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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar? [/quote]
I have/had cookies at home pretty much all the time. Kids are in college, so not so much now, but as they are home more than near college...oh well. I did not grow up with cookies and chips at home. I grew up in Europe and if I wanted chips I had to ask mom or dad for money and go to the corner store and get the small pack. Same for ice cream. We had occasional chocolates the same way, usually snack size or if dad or mom brought a bar home, which was very rare.
Grandma made us crepes or donuts (Viennese style) here and there. Not more than once a month. When she got much older she would make it a bit more often. She would also bake strudel and pies on occasion. We cherished these treats! I loved and still love food! Strawberries and sugar were a treat, tomatoes were in salads and we ate them in season.
I was, according to all relatives, that kid that people who love food dream of having. The kid that eats everything and loves everything. A grandma's dream. I am not overweight, though I was getting there at 2 years old!
Fast forward to my kids, and they did not eat! I mean full FTT! DS below 1% in weight and height from 2 years old, seeing specialists at 13. DD GERD through the roof, FTT since birth. Refused breast, bottle, I fed her oatmeal at some 5 weeks old. Ph probe showed insane acid reflux.
So I was told to feed my kids whatever they will eat. If they ate a sugar bar that was a good day! I don't know what I did to get the kids that were the total opposite of me when it came to food. But, you all have to parent the kid you were given, not the kid you want. So, yes, at 19 DD is 100lbs, at 21 DS is maybe 143 lbs and 5'11" so those donuts and cookies did help. Whatever, I don't' even eat cookies.
I still hope that one day maybe I can show future grandkids some of my cooking skills! Grandma taught me to cook 1910 style.[/quote]

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