Return Of The Snake

A child recently plugged up a toilet where I was working and it flooded the bathroom which in turn meant that a teacher had to check it out to report. There in the bowl was a poop the the size and shape of a tennis ball. I began to wonder what happened to the snake poops that are the healthy ones to eliminate. A few of the teachers said that the snake is long gone due to the change in children's diets. How could this be possible? Healthy diets are a thing of the past? In an effort to keep healthy diets in the forefront, Musings would like to offer up a few tips to keep your child's snake moving. First is water. Make sure that your child is properly hydrated at all times. This rings especially true during the summer months when water is lost due to sweating. It's okay to offer a child water during a meal instead of or with milk. Ask your child's pediatrician how much milk your child should be drinking and take it from there. 8 glasses of water is the minimum your child should be drinking. Dairy products can plug up a child if consumed too much. Secondly, make sure that there are pro-biotic yogurts in your child's diet. There is soy yogurt if you prefer which also contains pro-biotics. Thirdly, roughage. Add lots of salads for roughage to your child's diet and start early on adding this to your child's diet so that they develop a taste for them. Less processed foods and more roughage. Roughage can also come from fruits and vegetables as well and should be given at least 3 times a day each. Don't ever make the mistake that your child will be able to discern what they need to keep their young bodies moving...that's why they have you to make those choices for them. The following three ideas should help your child to keep their snake moving. If they don't, maybe it's time to visit the doctor to get to the bottom of it.

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