Mommy Goes Green

If you follow Mommy Goes Green regularly, you read last week that many fruit juices and packaged fruit have lead in them.  I sent the info to every parent I know and made sure to ask our parents to refrain from serving these things to our children.  Then I talked with the director at my children’s preschool and asked them to check into the food and drinks they served during snack time.  She said she would.  I also made reiterated my request to not serve juice to my daughter.   In the meantime, I noticed that Del Monte packaged peaches were sitting in the classroom for snack.  I was mildly relieved because my son doesn’t have snack at the school (yet).  HOWEVER…..there are many other children in the classroom that ARE eating these possibly lead filled fruits.

So the question is….do I pester the director again?  It’s been a week since I spoke with her and she hasn’t said anything to me.  If she decides not to do anything about it, do I say anything to the other parents?  I only *know* one of the other parents.  The other parents are acquaintances.  I don’t want to be the crazy mom but if I were in their position, I would want to know if my children were eating food that might be tainted with lead!

I need some Mom Advice – what are your thoughts?

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Mommy Goes Green is primarily a community of moms interested in a healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle but first and foremost – we’re moms!  Moms whom have already raised their children or moms that are currently in the trenches raising babies and teenagers. 

I enjoy getting advice from moms that have already been through what I might currently be experiencing.  It’s helpful to share ideas of what worked – and what didn’t – and laugh (or cry) about the crazy things our kids have done to torture us. For example, my friend, Kristin, and I were just talking about how both of our 3 year olds had a delayed reaction to the recent addition of a newborn to the family. They both started acting up several months after the baby came – which we didn’t expect. Now I’m wondering if that is the norm, instead of the exception.

Because moms love to give advice and we love to get advice, we’re adding a monthly column called Mom Advice where we ask you, the readers, to share some of your best mom advice on a certain topic.  To kick off our monthly Mom Advice, our first topic is siblings.  What advice would you share with other moms about raising siblings?  Even if you only have one child, if you have siblings of your own – you must have some thoughts on being raised with a sister or brother.   What are your thoughts on competitiveness?  Disciplining each child differently?  Was your first child easy and then your second hard – or the other way around?  What worked and what didn’t?

Please share some of your best advice on raising sibilings and make sure to come back over the next week to see what other moms have to say!

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