The Cereal That Rocks Me

Ok so, when you're pregnant, it's important to remember that there is stuff you just gotta ingest daily for your own health and that of the baby. You need calcium (bcse if you don't get enough that little symbiant is gonna suck it right out of your bones) and the baby needs folic acid especially early on.

When I was pregnant with my twins, we travelled a lot - there were a lot of weekends at Disney as we lived about an hour away and it was great fun. But it's hard to get all the stuff you NEED at places like that sometimes - especially if, oh you're absentminded and forget your vitamins.

I know, none of you ever EVER messed up and forgot your prenatals on any given day - so this is clearly a message to us slackers out there. Yeah, I forgot my prenatals when we travelled to Disney.

Know what I learned? Captain Crunch cereals contain 100% of your RDA of Folic acid! Guess what other cereals pack in that much? Pretty much none of them - except things like Total and others that are very health conscious. But let's just say you are marooned in kidland. You're trying to obtain folic acid in your first trimester without the aid of vitamins. Oranges, orange juice.......and Voila - CAPTAIN CRUNCH.

Yes, it's got sugar. Lighten up. ONE BOWL OF CEREAL will neither rot your teeth nor make you weigh 800 pounds. It's 150 calories with vitamin D milk for 3/4 cup of cereal. That's plenty.

Right it's got carbs. Carbs aren't going to hurt you. Ask a dietician. Don't LIVE on carbs.

Moderation in all things my friends. If we could learn that - we wouldn't have to diet at all, now would we?

Captain Crunch is delicious, it tastes like a ridiculous treat and it isn't all that bad for you. It's not as good for you as a bowl of broccoli but it tastes about 10000 time better.

Guess waht I love for breakfast this pregnancy?

You got it - Captain Crunch.

Deeelish.

But no, I don't forget my prenatals anymore.