6 month old dd was average weight at birth but has gained weight quite rapidly (as babies do) within the last month or so. HV confirmed all is well, nothing out of the ordinary, she’s just having a wee growth spurt. I’m not concerned at all as she looks well and healthy and she’s feeding as she’s supposed to.
However, what I have a problem with is FIL’s recent comments about how she is going to be a “big girl” when she’s older and she needs to watch her weight. I ignored these comments the first few times but I’ve now had enough and told him that she’s perfectly fine and I’d appreciate it if he would stop saying these things as there’s nothing wrong with her weight. I don’t want this to continue into her childhood and cause her to feel uncomfortable in any way (also, I love my child no matter how she looks and feel a bit offended that a family member would ever comment on my child’s appearance). WIBU to ask DH to tell him to stop this? FIL just laughed at me when I asked him to stop so he might be more likely to take it seriously from DH. Or am I overreacting? Very aware that this is pfb and I’m prone to overprotectiveness!