I have just been on a caravan holiday with my husband, 2 children and in laws. My ds is allergic to nuts and eggs. Throughout the 4 day holiday my son had to put up with the following:
- being offered sausage, eggg and bacon for breakfast
- my fil having honey loops and singing/dancing round the kitchen saying I'm eating honey nut loops.
- my fil cooking a fried egg, showing the egg to my son saying 'look at this lovely yummy creamy egg'
- my ds being unable to have ice cream in a restaurant (had egg in it), my fil then continued to order the very ice cream that ds couldn't have saying 'I hope it's a big one' whilst waiting for it. Then eating it in front of him. The mil chaged her cream accompayment to the same ice cream.
- (on another occasion) my fil trying to buy my dd ice cream knowing that my ds couldn't have it.
- After ordering soup for lunch, my fil looks down the menu and says oh look cashew nuts- we could order cashew nuts'
- my fil insisting that he ate fried/scrambled egg for breakfast every day even though we asked him not to (it's my holiday is the response we get).
- my fil asking to 'swap' food at lunch time with my son knowing full well there was mayo in his sandwich.
I am so outraged and upset by the whole thing. I didn't make a fuss at the time as I didn't want my ds to think he had been the cause of a row. My dh put it all down to his dad being a bit thick - I put it down to active bullying. Please, please tell me what you think. Am I over reacting? Thanks so much in advance for your responses.