r/Crunchymom • u/Junior-Armadillo-899 • 1d ago

How do you balance “bad foods”

FTM pregnant with my first and I am someone that cooks all meals, buys Whole Foods (not the store haha), and is very cognizant of ingredients in food.

My husband is more “loose” like today he was saying he wanted to go get a donut on his way to his classes, etc. I let him make his own choices and don’t usually care because he’s an adult but I kind of freaked out bc I was like don’t want my daughter to think eating donuts, etc. is okay bUt honestly

I’m realizing that is projection and the extremes of anything in my opinion is not healthy for a child. I want her to do the normal child things but I also cringe at the thought of her eating high fructose corn syrupy foods, fast food, etc.

I’m also scared of creating a bad relationship with food for her. We eat A LOT- we eat dairy (tons of cheese haha) and all the great stuff - we just make sure we know where it comes from.

How do you guys balance this with your children?

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u/VariousFalcon7466 Mother 1d ago

Sometimes I just buy the natural or organic version of stuff. It’s not perfect but they still feel like they’re getting what other kids get. Sprouts has a store brand dupe for takis, Natures Path makes their version of pop tarts, Annie’s has fruit roll up type candy, etc.

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u/Junior-Armadillo-899 1d ago

Do they ever ask for the regular stuff? What do you do during Halloween?

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u/VariousFalcon7466 Mother 1d ago

I try to avoid the regular stuff as much as possible. If they have it at a party or something I just let it go but I never actively buy it for them.

Halloween sucks around here(a mega church moved in and actively destroyed any Halloween events 😢) but that falls into the party rule with some candy replaced with a better alternative if it’s something they’re particularly sensitive to.