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MIL body shaming my DD

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Oysterbabe · 01/10/2016 20:26

I have a 9 month old. She's not crawling yet and she's a gorgeous, chubby little thing. MIL has made several comments about her weight. We were having dinner together and DD was happily stuffing it down. She loves food, we do BLW and just let her go for it. MIL was becoming increasingly anxious about the amount she was eating and saying things like "Is she ever going to stop?" and eventually "she'll end up 10 stone at this rate!". Her dinner was salmon, boiled potato, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. Given that I only offer her healthy, nutrious food, AIBU to let her eat as much as she wants? I thought they self-regulated and I'm sure her proportions will change once she's mobile and grows taller. Or is MIL right and I should be limiting how much she eats at mealtimes?

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aprilanne · 01/10/2016 22:27

tell her to butt out my youngest son is very skinny .in the bottom %10 for his age .when he was a baby he was like a weeble wobble man even he laughs at photos .as long as its not crisps and cola i cant see the problem

Frazzledmum123 · 01/10/2016 23:33

You sound like you have a really healthy attitude towards food, I wish I could be so relaxed but I'm the other way, constantly fretting they don't eat enough!
I don't mess to hijack the thread but do you mind if I ask what people's opinions are on kids not wanting hardly anything for breakfast, would it worry you? Would you encourage them to eat a decent amount or just accept they have had enough? I have a 3year old who is a bloody nightmare in the morning and 'struggles' to manage 1 1/2 weetabix. She goes to preschool so I am not around to give her something later (although they do do small snacks). I feed my kids healthy food but cannot bare the thought of them being hungry later

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