Eighteen dollars and 3 different bottles of honey later (leading to Buckwheat), the child would prefer to take actual cold medicine over the taste of honey. She looked right at the dose, went to drink it, and turned away and said NO! We dipped it into her paci, and she reluctantly sucked on it. Then she proceeded to gag and actually almost vomited! She hasn't "almost vomited" at anything since she was a newborn!
She was repulsed. Amazing. She will drink the cough medicine straight up just for fun if we let her.
She has a 2:40 doc's appt today, likely for them to tell me she's got a cough, let's wait it out, thank you very much for the $20 co-pay. She's had the cough going on 2 weeks and it's bad a night. No snotty nose...only chest congestion. I guess we'll see!
At least she's napping without a fight.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Yes, I did tour a grocery store
Yes, people. This is my life. I actually went on a grocery store tour last night.
It was sponsored by the JSC nutritional office (we get free nutrition counseling here at NASA, which I might add, is actually pretty cool). We met as a group at the local HEB. We were there to learn how to read labels and just look for stuff to watch out for. I didn't learn anything new, to my surprise. So I guess I know how I'm supposed to eat. But what was surprising was the fact that HEB has a whole bigger selection than the Kroger I have shopped at the last 6 years. PLUS the organic/good for you versions of food are on the shelves right next to the crappy versions so I can find what I want without cruising the "organic/healthy" aisle only.
For example, I found some really yummy peanut butter that's kosher/vegan/organic/all-natural/no preservatives, etc (http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/) right next to the crappy Skippy we usually buy. So I bought the good stuff. And when I got home I was surprised at how GOOD it actually is. Everyone knows natural peanut butter isn't that great tasting. But this stuff had raisins and cinammon in it. And I also got the dark chocolate version. Hello, even the same calories, close price as the Skippy and zero trans fat.
I also didn't realize HEB = Central Market. So now I know there's a place that I can go when I need to buy "good for you" and "not-so-good-for-you" groceries all in the same place.
I didn't realize it was that easy to eat better. SCORE!
Am I really posting about a grocery tour? Sigh....
It was sponsored by the JSC nutritional office (we get free nutrition counseling here at NASA, which I might add, is actually pretty cool). We met as a group at the local HEB. We were there to learn how to read labels and just look for stuff to watch out for. I didn't learn anything new, to my surprise. So I guess I know how I'm supposed to eat. But what was surprising was the fact that HEB has a whole bigger selection than the Kroger I have shopped at the last 6 years. PLUS the organic/good for you versions of food are on the shelves right next to the crappy versions so I can find what I want without cruising the "organic/healthy" aisle only.
For example, I found some really yummy peanut butter that's kosher/vegan/organic/all-natural/no preservatives, etc (http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/) right next to the crappy Skippy we usually buy. So I bought the good stuff. And when I got home I was surprised at how GOOD it actually is. Everyone knows natural peanut butter isn't that great tasting. But this stuff had raisins and cinammon in it. And I also got the dark chocolate version. Hello, even the same calories, close price as the Skippy and zero trans fat.
I also didn't realize HEB = Central Market. So now I know there's a place that I can go when I need to buy "good for you" and "not-so-good-for-you" groceries all in the same place.
I didn't realize it was that easy to eat better. SCORE!
Am I really posting about a grocery tour? Sigh....
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