Food Shopping List

It’s been a while since we talked about grocery shopping.  Mikey loved to bring his own list and cross off each item as we put it in the cart. I wrote the list for him.

At home, when he was asking for a food we didn’t currently have in the house, I’d show him that I was writing it on the list. This acknowledged that I understood what he was asking for…and that we’d get it next time we were at the store.  We put the list on a clipboard and packed a pen.  The act of crossing off is very satisfying.

These days, Michael picks out whatever he would like, but when he wrote this journal entry, I focused our grocery trips on the healthy items.  We wouldn’t even go over to the bakery section, the cookie aisle or the candy aisle.  Except for the chip aisle, we tried to shop the perimeter of the grocery store. This is a great trick for healthy eating in general, but you’ll only be able to swing it when your kids are still a little bit overwhelmed by the grocery store so they will follow your lead.  

After they are totally comfortable, all bets are off…they’ll be in the bakery section before you can blink.