Since when did eating healthy become a bad thing?

This has been on my mind a lot lately. I guess since the boys are getting older and eating table foods, I am seeing this more and more. I get the "Your such a bad parent" look when it comes up in conversation that I am not letting the boys have sweets or candy till after 2. Is that such an unheard of thing in this day and time? And I have also been getting the "Oh you just wait you will get them McDonalds everyday if that is all that they will eat" and that disturbs me!!! Now I am not pointing fingers at anyone lol my biggest thing since becoming a parent is realizing what works in one household may not work in another. So I never look down on anyone for their parenting techniques. In fact, I had to apologize to my brother not too long ago bc in the beginning when Aubree was a baby I thought Oh gosh she is going to be a brat because they never raised their voice at her, put her in time out, etc. Well boy did I eat my words and then some! My Miss Aubree is one of the most sensitive well behaved little girls and it is more than a pleasure to be in her company. She has such respect for Wayne and Amanda. She treats the twins and Rowen (aka Ro Ro) with just a maternal instinct. Wayne and Amanda are such great parents and have done an awesome job! So there is a perfect example of how I knew nothing!

Anyway, back to eating habits. I inherited my thinking from my mother, and then through Wayne and Amanda. Aubree loves veggies, really she prefers raw veggies. She is such a good eater. Now granted, I think some children are just better eaters than other....just my opinion don't know that for a fact but this little girl eats well. But she knows that if she doesn't eat her food no dessert. And dessert is a special thing, its not after every meal. And she doesn't get sweets everyday. I think this is important. Mainly, just for health reasons. But I really do get odd looks. Its like the thought of holding out on sweets and then monitoring them later is a thing of the past.

I promise I am not a bad mean mom, I just want the boys to enjoy good food. And I want a Friday night to be a fun movie night with popcorn and them look forward to it and it not be an everyday occurrence. So I guess I am defending my thoughts in this post lol. There is a reason behind my madness and I hope it works as I want it to. I also want the boys to eat the food off their plate because they know mom and dad work very hard to bring this food to the table.

I end on this note, I ask you for your prayers daily for my parenting. I feel sometimes like I am going through a maze blindfolded trying to figure this whole thing out. Outside opinions and judgments really is the thing that makes parenting that much harder. I just pray in the end that I will raise good Christian men. That is my goal. And I pray that God helps me not mess these little boys up too badly :-) I was holding Major last night as he has become quite a mommy's boy and we were playing and I just looked into his face and thanked God right then. My main prayer when I was pregnant in my first trimester was that God lets me hold Major before He does. Many of you know I supposedly was not "supposed to" carry Major and he didn't get a good report from 6 weeks till about 8/10 weeks. But I trusted that God was bigger and I remember just crying on the way to work pretty much begging God to just give me a chance to raise Major. And He did. And I thank God for my two precious miracles everyday.

Well this was longer than I planned :-) I guess you can call these "Mothers Thoughts"