Organic food for kids

It feels impossible to keep up with all of the latest healthy food fads. Organic, non-GMO, grass-fed — it's all so overwhelming. And while I believe it's important to teach my kids about healthy eating and living an overall healthy lifestyle, I refuse to become obsessed with feeding my kids all-organic food. I think it's great that some parents are able to ride the all-organic train — more power to you! But after years of parenting, I've found that it's just too much for me and my family to worry about.

You see, when our son was a baby (and our only child), I'll admit that I was a little fanatical about feeding him only the best foods. I pureed all of his baby food myself and made sure everything I used was 100 percent clean and organic. I was strict with family and friends about what we fed him, despite their best attempts to go against my wishes. My brothers tried to slip him Hershey's Kisses. My mom tried to give him juice, and even my husband wanted to give him junk food. I'm sure everyone thought I was completely insane with my strictness (probably because I was). I remember one time specifically, our nanny at the time fed him a couple of fast food french fries while I was at work. My son was only 10 months old at the time. The thought of my son eating something both non-organic and deep-fried nearly stopped my heart. But then something happened to cool my nerves about the whole thing: I got pregnant with my second baby.