Interview with a 5 year old (and his baby brother..)

Q1. Why did God make mothers? (modified question: What are mothers for?)

Seamus: Booba.
Noah: I don't know.

Q2. How did God make mothers? (modified question: How were mothers made?)

Both boys: Mmmmmmmm.. (completely stumped by this question)

Q3. What ingredients are mothers made of ?

Seamus: Biscuits. I want a biscuit as well.
Noah: Skin.

Q4. Why did God give you your mother and not some other Mum? (modified question: Why am I your mommy your mommy instead of another woman being your mommy?)

Seamus: Because.....*trails off*
Noah: To look after me.

Q5. What kind of little girl was your mommy?

Seamus: Like you.
Noah: I think you were quite good.

Q6. What did Mommy need to know about Daddy before she married him?

Noah: That you needed to be friends with him.

Q7. Why did your Mommy marry (choose) your Daddy?

Noah: Because you thought I would like him.

Q8. Who’s the boss at your house?

Noah: You are.

Q9. What’s the difference between mommies and daddies?

Noah: Mummies are small and daddies are big.

Q10. What does your mommy do in her spare time?

Noah: You have a day off. (Questioned what I do in my day off?) You do things.

Q11. What would it take to make your mommy perfect?

Noah: To dry your hair and put glasses on.

Q12. If you could change one thing about your mommy, what would it be?

Noah: Not put glasses on you. (I took my glasses off) You look beautiful Mummy.

My thoughts on #nestlefamily

I've sat and watched a big drama unfold on Twitter over the past few days. Seems that Nestle invited a bunch of bloggers to LA, paid for their hotel/air fare and gave them the opportunity to ask questions and test products. Bloggers tweeted using the hashtag #nestlefamily leading up to, during and after the event.

However many of the bloggers attending the event have been criticised for not being aware of Nestle's chequered history regarding formula marketing, child labour and other issues. Annie at PhDinParenting sums up the problems many people have with Nestle that have led to there being an international boycott of their products that has been going on since the 1970s. Some tried to make it about breastfeeding versus formula, commenting that mothers in the Third World who are malnourished are unable to breastfeed their infants, and therefore Nestle is doing an honourable thing in giving them formula samples. This is, in most cases, not true. If Nestle really wanted to improve the health of people in developing countries they'd give food to the mothers, NOT formula to their infants.

I did see name calling on both sides of the #nestlefamily debate - but if I'm honest, I saw the worst offences coming from those defending Nestle, with the boycotters being called Nazis and Communists, at the same time making jokes about child labour and talking enthusiastically about cookie dough. Most of the bloggers attending were respectful to the cause but one thing that has bothered me is how so many took Nestle's responses at face value (see Lauredhel's critique of this) yet stated that sites like IBFAN and BabyMilkAction were biased and therefore not to be taken as an objective source. To this I would say - Who actually stands to benefit, financially? IBFAN and BabyMilkAction are non profit organisations.

On a positive note I feel this has brought a lot of attention to the boycott, which can only be a good thing!

Testing this out!

Trying out a blogging app for my phone. Looks sweet so far but will it work!


-- Posted from my iPhone