tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post907565327843860699..comments2023-11-05T02:43:58.241-05:00Comments on Mimi on the Breach: Unmitigated bitchinessMimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-52088724471547336142008-12-08T11:18:00.000-05:002008-12-08T11:18:00.000-05:00Reading this post and Beck's comment got me to thi...Reading this post and Beck's comment got me to thinking. Right now I weigh the most I have ever weighed. Part of it is stress eating and part of it can be attributed to spending 2.5 years with a thyroid condition that packed on the pounds for me. Miss M is wee but cherubic of face. I do take her to Second Cup regularly for a treat while I drink a latte in peace. Miss M still makes a gluttonous Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-61161239850779405082008-11-26T12:42:00.000-05:002008-11-26T12:42:00.000-05:00It is a wicked interesting discussion. A venti is ...It is a wicked interesting discussion. A venti is TWENTY ounces. Of coffee. That boggles my mind, really, but I see beck's point too.the new girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947910641549198688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-47376153392344799162008-11-25T10:14:00.000-05:002008-11-25T10:14:00.000-05:00Jen -- a kid's hot chocolate and a cookie is a tre...Jen -- a kid's hot chocolate and a cookie is a treat, I think, and totally cool. But this kid had a VENTI (ie, the very biggest) mocha, and an adult-sized chocolate milk. So it was also, for me, a question of the wrong thing (caffeine-y coffee drink) and the wrong size.<BR/><BR/>I keep starting, right here, to write part of this comment about judgments I make based on perceived class. But I Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-71378399971939006322008-11-25T09:06:00.000-05:002008-11-25T09:06:00.000-05:00One of my neighbours has kids that are both very o...One of my neighbours has kids that are both very overweight...the kids can't keep up with the other children on the street when they play outside because of their weight. The mom buys CASES of potato chips and the kids nearly always have a can of pop on the go while they play outside. The ice cream truck driver knows to stop at their house when he comes around because they nearly always buy iceAmy Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011605158544190413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-57136949383477781642008-11-24T17:15:00.000-05:002008-11-24T17:15:00.000-05:00Yesterday at a place called Bouncing Off the Walls...Yesterday at a place called Bouncing Off the Walls -- where kids spend an hour or so jumping in those inflatable bouncy things -- I saw two pre-teen kids drinking Pepsi. I was shocked. Pepsi seems like such an obviously horrible thing for kids to drink, and there are so many alternatives.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say it's child abuse, though.Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-86866326409804411502008-11-24T16:48:00.000-05:002008-11-24T16:48:00.000-05:00It is one of those things that conflicts me for a ...It is one of those things that conflicts me for a variety of reasons. On a given day my girls at Starbucks having a kiddie hot chocolate with a chocolate chip cookie might look bad. No one might know they had a healthy lunch right before.<BR/><BR/>Then there is my issue with when I see someone giving a baby (1-2 year olds) pop and it drives me wild. It happens so much more than you would think Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-87778904841396561272008-11-24T15:22:00.000-05:002008-11-24T15:22:00.000-05:00Beck -- fair enough. I wonder about this, too. I...Beck -- fair enough. I wonder about this, too. I mean, I'm at Starbucks having my coffee drink and a cookie, right? But I'm thin. I feel like a jerk, and yet, there seemed to be something WRONG going on over there. We're beginning to reference not-food issued like 'well-behaved' and such that bespeaks a certain kind of class and parenting competence that makes sugary junk okay. Still, I Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812707312289852258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-70552506084143127422008-11-24T15:04:00.000-05:002008-11-24T15:04:00.000-05:00We do eat a LOT of treats at our house - but my ki...We do eat a LOT of treats at our house - but my kids are all skinny, skinny kids, thanks to their genetics. I somewhat shudder to think about people's reactions if I had FAT kids.<BR/>My kids aren't allowed to have coffee drinks (although they're always stealing drinks of mine), but it would totally be my kids with chocolate AND hot chocolate - not every day, but how would you know that if you Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-82280580172670029012008-11-24T07:21:00.000-05:002008-11-24T07:21:00.000-05:00I do sometimes notice what other families feed the...I do sometimes notice what other families feed their kids, and I certainly do feel surprise. I forget that not everyone knows what healthful eating looks like. However, you never know what other families are dealing with. <BR/><BR/>I know Andrea posted a while back about bad parenting and what to do about it. The parenting that is bad but not necessarily abusive. The problem is that I don't thinkcinnamon gurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363288586285868779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-43653526983731390652008-11-24T06:16:00.000-05:002008-11-24T06:16:00.000-05:00Treats are good. We do many a treat in our family....Treats are good. We do many a treat in our family. So is balance and excercise and moderation.<BR/>I can understand why it bothered you but it sounds like she was just a product of what she came from.<BR/><BR/>and some people really do not know how to eat.<BR/><BR/>(yeah. me moderate. HAH!)crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-24962793016066072312008-11-23T22:16:00.000-05:002008-11-23T22:16:00.000-05:00My Italian in-laws think I;m some kind of crazy as...My Italian in-laws think I;m some kind of crazy as I don't allow our 3 you to drink espresso. THNAK GOD my husband is as wild-eyed-terrified at this prospect as I am. <BR/><BR/>Can I say that it is so gratifying when my mom goes somewhere with us where there are other families & she is forced to reckon with the fact that we are not some sort of weirdoes because everyone is as strict or hoppytoddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908238288294828258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33659348.post-13210101615475187092008-11-23T18:26:00.000-05:002008-11-23T18:26:00.000-05:00This gets me grumpy too. Says the mom whose kids h...This gets me grumpy too. Says the mom whose kids have had more than their fair share of fruit snacks and pie this weekend. I don't know what the answer is, but owning up to your bitchiness makes you less bitchy, in my opinion. ;-)Melanie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01542313652003967176noreply@blogger.com