MY kid...hands off

Toni - posted on 08/07/2011

Nicole have you tried hiding veg whilst cooking by chopping really finely or blending into something she likes so she can't pick it out.

There are some great ways out there...maybe post a question asking what others do and you will defo get some great recipes.

Nicole - posted on 08/06/2011

AMEN! lol you are not alone. my SO's mother likes to feed my 17 month old nothing but pudding......every tie i am there she gives her pudding.....i dont care if it is sugar free cause the lady is a diabetic. my daughter does not need pudding every time we freaking visit. his dad tries to give her cookies too. even my so will buy her cookies. like really big ones from the store and im just like she doesnt need that stop it,. i understand my SO cause he has done it a few times as a treat. and we moderate together. but our issue is he does not like to stand up to his parents cause they are biologically our daughters great grands. i have been having issues wiht them since day one. now i see where it is starting bad eating habits where she loved peas and corn along wiht other veggies. the only veggie i can get her to eat is green beans everythign else she spits out i have to hide corn and peas in mashed taters. she will find the carrot and spit that alone out yet eat everything around it. and it upsets me. then they have the gall to be like you give her chocolate !! when we gave her a bite to try ( we like never buy chocolate so it was maybe her second time and when we do we buy godeva from where they make it at the mall so its the good stuff wiht fruit pieces in it.) and they tell us we shouldn't . o.0 a bite of dark chocolate is healthier then two pudding pac puddig cups.... so there are times where i try to avoid her visiting relatives for that very reason they think its all good to try and spoil her. rice puddding is not lunch.... and pudding has milk in it. not to mention my daughter can not have milk in most any shape or form. cheese and yogurt is like the only way my daughter can have milk product. same with soy can not have that either. yet they ignore it><



christy...omg you too lol i do do gatorade i had to though but my kid was sick and wouldnt drink the pedalyte. we had intenstional flu the both of us at the same time so i gave her gatorade cause i had to buy it for me anyways. worst week and a half i have ever had out of being a mom so far. im sorry but if some one fed my child beer ...i would have had a cow and banned them from seeing my kid again unless i was there watchnig both of them like a hawk.



i have already banned one set of grandparents from my child for various reason. and i will another if i have to i have no qualms if its a serious issue.

Minnie - posted on 08/06/2011

That's SO annoying. Today we were at a family reunion and EVERY time I turned around the girls had frosting smeared all over their faces. Yeah, yeah, I know, it's only one day to be fed junk, but I do prefer to have no vomiting or meltdowns due to sugar crashes. Or reactions to red dye #40. My husband's grandma was shoving them brownies and cake whenever I turned my back. Then it was cups and cups of these nasty extruded chips that people gave to them without asking.

Not nearly as serious as feeding a four month old though!

Ashley - posted on 08/05/2011

I have the same problem with my fil giving my son ice cream after repetidly telling my son to finish his sandwich he was like here u go after my son had two bites i lost it.

Good Day! - posted on 08/05/2011

Tonight it was a small piece of brownie. REALLY??!!



I said, 'Oh, she can't swallow that yet. She doesn't know what to do with food.'



Thankfully she said, 'You think she'll gag on this small piece? Oh well.' And then she ate the piece herself.



Sigh of relieve.



Meanwhile the other baby that was there tonight was being fed ice cream. facepalm!

Corinne - posted on 08/05/2011

On our wedding day our kids ended up sitting with M.I.L and she lead them off to the candy buffet and let them loose. Our daughter threw up all over my husband who then had to take her and the little man home, my Mum went with him so he could come back to his own wedding. Then when he got back, wearing a Danger Mouse t-shirt, someone kindly pointed out that she'd puked all over my dress too - yum!

Stifler's - posted on 08/02/2011

My mother in law and parents are the worst culprits. WHY does my 4 month old need to start solids, the recommendation is 6 months I doubt he will die if I don't start feeding him Farex and pureed apples 6 times a day.

Good Day! - posted on 08/02/2011

Yeah, I'm typically so laid back about things, but the problem here is that food (MILK) could actually cause real harm to her! You'd think that the one thing I'm adamant about people would listen to. I think I mentioned before about my three year old being fed so much crap that it made her sick. Literally sick. She woke up in throw up and diarrhea. I don't know how to get through to them. I'll just continue to obsessively hover over my kid until her little stomach can handle random food people think she needs.

Stifler's - posted on 08/02/2011

I hate this. What is people;s obsession with feeding babies. Why do they apparently need to eat so fucking much at 4 mnths old.

Toni - posted on 08/02/2011

My issue isn't with my baby everybody asks before they give my baby stuff (nobody has dared with Poppy yet but they did with Ethan). With my toddler, however, my MIL and FIL seem to think he can have whatever they want him to have, even when I say no, at a party recently my MIL gave my son some crisps even though I had said he had to finish his sandwich before he had crisps (he WAS eating his sarnie nicely) - I then had to be bad cop and take the crisps off him, whilst having words with MIL (I bit my Tongue and was curt but polite, reminding her I am his mum and I said not yet) I was beyond livid! There are several more examples like this where I have had to step up and make myself really clear with what he can eat and when because they insist on giving him pur crap (like the time she gave him an ice cream as big as his head because his two older and bigger cousins had one, yeah that made him sick she thought it was funny now if I have to leave him with her (I try not to) I remind her he doesn't need a giant ice cream or chocolate bar! Grrrrrrrrrr

Erin - posted on 08/02/2011

Put your foot down Sara. I made it well known very early on that I wouldn't tolerate that shit. My Mum's actually very good about stuff like that - she respects the boundaries. My Nana.. not so much. I remember being at a family function when Milla was a baby (8-9 months old I think), and some of them were teasing me about being a 'Food Nazi' because I wouldn't let them give her chocolate. But I stood firm and they backed off.

Nikki - posted on 08/01/2011

That is so annoying, I was very lucky that my family and friends were pretty good with this issue. Mostly because I think they were scared of me lol I was a tad over protective psycho mama when my daughter was born and almost 2 years later they still ask my permission before they do anything with my daughter :P

Katherine, beer? wow I would have chucked the biggest hissy fit.

Julianne - posted on 08/01/2011

yea i have this problem too...my mom gave gabby a high fructose corn syrup popsicle today. she doesn't understand the meaning of no artificial. Claims is good for her because it says "real fruit" on the package...ugh

Christy - posted on 08/01/2011

Yes, that and the plastic pants going over a kid's diaper to prevent leaks. Those are so 1970's, all the babies at that time using those had yeast infections and diaper rash. HELLO! It's called changing a dirty diaper! (talking about someone who watched my kid). Also, sugar free pudding? HUH????????? And gatorade for an 8 month old?

Corinne - posted on 08/01/2011

Bugged the crap outta me too. Glad mine are that bit older now.
Katherine - WTF? Beer? and I had a bad time over soda!

Teresa - posted on 08/01/2011

That is crazy. I'm sorry that people aren't respecting you and her.

Katherine - posted on 08/01/2011

Vent away.

Good Day! - posted on 08/01/2011

Oh I agree. And I watch her very carefully. It's just a shame though. Because these people do love her, and I'd like to trust them with her, but I can't. Not until she's older. I just needed to get it out there because it's been eating at me.

Amanda - posted on 08/01/2011

Whether it's something that will hurt your child or not, she is your child and what you say goes.

Katherine - posted on 07/31/2011

And here's the lag.....

Katherine - posted on 07/31/2011

My MIL used to give my daughters beer when they were young. I threw a shit fit. My older one was only 10 months old.
But yeah definitely a no, no. I would flat out be bold and tell them to stop. That is YOUR child, and no one else should be doing that.
That may be their OPINION that it's not going to hurt her, but they aren't the mother.