Diet problems for children.

My childrens' pediatrician recently informed the wife and I that our boys have high cholesterol. When did they start routinely checking that in 7 & 8 year olds anyway? Doesn't matter, it's been identified as a problem and I believe in following the doctor's orders in most cases. When I don't trust what I'm told, I get a second opinion. Doctors aren't God but all that education must be good for something, hey I'll trust the opinions of a reliable auto mechanic so why not the same for a doctor? FWIW, I've seen what happens when the advice of doctors is disregarded. My old man always dismissed the furor over cigarette smoking, claiming everybody dies from something. He was right, he kicked the bucket due to lung cancer at the age of 57. Four packs of Luckies a day will do that to ya. Yep, stupidity fueled by arrogance runs deep in my family.

But back to my kids. I'm now trying to modify their diets to lower those cholesterol levels. Some days its like pulling teeth. Today we started off with a bowl of oatmeal. Not just plain old oatmeal mind you, but oatmeal cooked in chocolate milk and sweetened with cinnamon and white sugar.

You'd have thought I put a plate of SPAM topped with Brussels sprouts in front of them.

Shit.

Well, back to the drawing board on that one. At least shifting over to whole wheat bread, brown rice and spinach hasn't been TOO difficult. Red meat isn't a problem, we already eat more pork and chicken than anything else.

I hate fish but guess it's time to find some recipes for that too. Forget nuts, our oldest wears braces and they'd get caught behind the wires.

Who knew parenting could be such fun?