Dear All,
HAPPY, HEALTHY and FULFILLED NEW YEAR 2012!
The new year started with many wonderful
'Firsts' for my daughter: first road-trip up North to visit Santa Claus
Himself, kiss to a (real) rain deer, welding of a horse shoe predicting the new
year (yes, it is a tradition) and traveling by train.. Talk about the amazement
of an almost 2 -year old! At least as surprised, I realized I had to convince
her of the fun of rushing downhill with a snow sleigh, making snow angels or
building a snow man..By the end of the week we were finally both enjoying:)
She was not the only one discovering new things
either. Apparently the many years abroad have left me with some worrying gaps
in my general knowledge about how to live this life (the right way). Did YOU
know that:
- It is no longer enough that your child covers her
mouth with her hand when coughing? She should be covering it with her elbow of
course! (to avoid seriously the share of microbes)
- BIO food is dangerous (because it probably
contains un-tested toxins that will harm your health)
- Eating vegetarian will very likely make even
your child's growth curve slow down (even if you give them a steak twice a
week)
-Yogurts should be forbidden, lunches must be
served hot and heavy, milk with vitamin D is the only proper drink for a
toddler and vitamin C is THE remedy for all illness!
I felt the responsibility of making smart
decisions weighing heavy on my shoulders. Made me also wonder of all the other
vital pieces of information I am still left out..How will we survive?
Some weeks later I was back home visiting our
neighbourhood boulangerie with my little daughter. As we were leaving, the lady
suddenly opened a drawer and - before I could take a breath - took a huge,
beautiful bright blue artificial lollipop glowing of e-items and stack it to my
daughters delighted mouth. I blushed and muttered: "Oh, indeed, great,
there goes her first lolly..!". The lady looked at me puzzled: "But
it's not so serious Madame".
I realized from this moment onwards it was
NOT going to be all so serious ! Who cares! Where's the FUN! Think of us,
kids of the wild 70's: How many e-filled candies have we eaten? How many toys
coming fresh from Chinese factories? And yet we turned out so perfect !
New Year's promise? Let's take it laid
back..
