MIL letting my 4mo lick chocolate - what do I do?

WhyNotSmile · 2014-12-22 00:03:40

My 4.5mo son is mainly breastfed (gets 1 bottle of formula each night, though rarely drinks more than a couple of mouthfuls of it). My MIL has been asking when he's getting solids, and I've said that it won't be until he's at least 6 months (he was a month early too, so if he doesn't seem ready then, I'll maybe leave it a couple of weeks). I got the feeling that she disapproved of me waiting so long, but she didn't say anything, so that was ok. Tonight we were at her house, and she was eating a chocolate bar, which melted on her fingers. She proceeded to stick them in my son's mouth to let him lick it off! I initially assumed she was just messing about and pretending, until she actually did it, so I didn't have time to stop her. When I thought about it afterwards, I was pretty appalled. Husband just sort of shrugged it off when I brought it up. This is on top of a few weeks ago when my SIL had my son on her knee at dinner, and put a carrot in his mouth for him to lick. That time I did ask her to stop, but in a joking way so as not to cause a scene. Anyway, am I being silly being concerned about this? I know there would have been so little chocolate it probably wouldn't make it into his tummy, but still! And what should I do? My MIL is quite domineering, and my husband never stands up to her. I'm reluctant to cause a scene, but we're going there on Christmas Day and I don't want it to happen again. The thing is, as well as the fact that he's not on solids yet, I don't want him being fed chocolate even when he is. My parents would never even think of going against what I wanted, but my in-laws seem to have their own ideas.

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