Comments on: Hope springs eternal http://www.lesbiandad.net/2006/10/hope-springs-eternal/ notes from the crossroads of mother and father Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Liza http://www.lesbiandad.net/2006/10/hope-springs-eternal/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Liza Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:28:01 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/?p=100#comment-140 What a fabulous picture! I think a lot about this, less, thank god, than I did when I was pregnant, but still a lot. I tend towards the schizophrenic. I try to be careful and responsible, eating stuff that's good for me, and being careful about what Noah gets to eat. But then I impulse eat a bunch of donuts or go to McDonalds 3x on my solo business trip. What I come back to, in order not to be crippled by guilt, is that every responsible decision I make helps improve the chance that Noah will grow up healthy. He's got a pretty good shot at it, just statistically (college educated parents, nursing for 8.5 months so far), but of course I want to improve the odds. And, it's ok that I'm never going to get the odds to 100%. My occasional McDonalds and occasional beer aren't going to hurt him. What a fabulous picture!

I think a lot about this, less, thank god, than I did when I was pregnant, but still a lot.

I tend towards the schizophrenic. I try to be careful and responsible, eating stuff that’s good for me, and being careful about what Noah gets to eat. But then I impulse eat a bunch of donuts or go to McDonalds 3x on my solo business trip.

What I come back to, in order not to be crippled by guilt, is that every responsible decision I make helps improve the chance that Noah will grow up healthy. He’s got a pretty good shot at it, just statistically (college educated parents, nursing for 8.5 months so far), but of course I want to improve the odds. And, it’s ok that I’m never going to get the odds to 100%. My occasional McDonalds and occasional beer aren’t going to hurt him.

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