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39. When my oldest boy was about 2

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 10:32 AM

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He loved Cracklin’ Oat Bran and would eat it as a snack ……but I will save you the description of what came out the other end. We had to really limit it after a while!

I saw the price of a box just recently and was just as flabbergasted as you. Why is that stuff so expensive??

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