Toddler Tuesday # 18 - Halloween Candy

Happy Tuesday everyone. I hope you are all having a wonderful day. Our day has been going very well. Everyone has been in good spirits.

Since, it is Tuesday I am going to join Giselle for Toddler Tuesday. As always, thanks for hosting.

I know most of you, like us, are buried in Halloween candy and you may be thinking now what?

If you have been reading my blog for awhile you know I truly believe everything in moderation. I feel this way for myself, as well as my girls. My girls have been taught a piece or two is okay every now and then, but having too many pieces will not make you feel so well. So, upon getting back from trick or treating they each had a couple pieces then we put the candy away for the night. We told them they can each have a piece after dinner the next night. Since they know what to except they don’t usually ask for candy throughout the day and if they do I simply say after dinner. I do take some of the candy and put it in the freezer since it takes us awhile to go through it all.

My hope for all my girls is that they grow up having a healthy relationship with food. I learned the hard way. I hope and pray every day that my girls don’t go through what I went through. I learned so much from my eating disorder and can’t imagine my life without going through it, but I don’t wish that upon anyone. It was tough. Everything I do with food and my girls is to teach them it is fuel for your growing bodies. I try to teach them what foods help them to be healthy and feel good. We talk about foods that are “treats” and foods that you should try to eat everyday. No food in our house is bad or off limits. We simply limit how much we eat of certain foods. We never talk about our bodies in a negative way. I want my girls to feel comfortable in their own skin no matter what.

I want my girls to always feel beautiful!!

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