My Vow

I promise to never go back to the lifestyle i was living...my poor 3 yr old pretty much ate take out, mcdonalds, burger king, and KFC from the age of 1 until the age of2...he would barely touch it and i would wonder why...now looking back on it, little children seem to have this innate sense of what is good and what is bad for them....i think after the first week of having junk constantly he didnt feel good therefore just chose to eat small small small amounts of the food...now he eats tons of food all of which is home cooked and healthy....I look back and realize how much of an irresponsible parent i was....When i had him i was just turning 19 and was very immature...I went from never needing to keep a place super clean because it was just me....then when i had him i had no idea what to do..i didnt know about routines or even how to keep a place clean...i knew how to cook and just chose not to....he was always awake past midnight and some nights was even awake until 3 am:noway: :noway: i am vowing never to ut my child/children through this lifestyle again...it's amazing how a few years can change your whole outlook on life and also your maturity levels...I gave him all my love but wasnt giving his little body what it needed... (and please no one get offended by this next statement, i am not super religious or anything, but its the only thing that makes sense to me) thankfully God mustve been looking out for him because all that junk and bad habits can really hurt a child .....I know this sounds horrible and it is horrible and i feel bad for putting him through this, but i was a child learning how to raise a child with no idea of what i was doing and now that i'm learning as i go routines are set in place along with healthy living ......so once again i vow neverrrrrr to do this to my children ever ever ever again

Thank God for the changes you've made! There are many parents that just don't realize how detrimental fast food is! I totally agree with you on the maturity levels as well. I am so grateful that God waited to bless me with my daughter. At 24, I am just now mature enough to handle the responsibility! :noway: I can't imagine what my life had been like if I had a baby that young like I was trying to :blushing:

deffinately..that food is horrible and probably rots the insides....and im lucky where my son didnt get addicted to the fast foods...he would rather eat fruits and veggies and his favorite meats are plain chicken, pork and steak...i wish i had waited till i was older, but only if my kids could come out exactly how they are now lol...i had my second son when i was 22 turning 23 and he has neveeeeer gone through the stuff my older son went through...at one month he was in bed by 5:30-6:00 woke up once at like 2:30 for a feeding and change went back to bed until 5:30-6:00 and ate at normal regulated times...and now he eats like a piggy lol but its all good foods...the other morning he ate a whole banana and then had rice ceral and 8oz of formula :noway: :noway: and he's only 9months old lol..... but now he goes to bed at 7:00pm and my older son goes to bed at 8:00-9:00 at the latest....

thank u all for listening and understanding...I was just thinking today and felt sooooooo bad for doing all that stuff....i still feel guilty about it even though my son has been eating good for over a year... sometimes i should just get over the past and realize its all part of growing up and learning but its suchhhhh a bad thing to do to a child