I honestly could not believe it, we do not visit frequently so there is certainly not an understanding between us that she should take her medication upon herself.
DD has a cold, it sort of came on yesterday afternoon. MIL said to DD, "its ok, i'll get you some CALPOL that will be nice" . Not, "oh LEM i have some calpol if you want her to have it" It was pretty bloody obvious she would have dosed it anyway, but DP knew what was good for him and asked me if it was OK. I said no, and felt bad because i thought i was being petty but she didnt have a temperature, and i thought that i might give her some medised at bed time to stop the runny nose (and help her sleep ) We did as it goes. So whilst i didnt have any problem with calpol per se it was just my MIL assumption that she could just give it to her. Then THEN she put vaseline under DDs nose, which i HATE, never mind the fact that it came from their bathroom and was not newly opened so god knows what they had been using that for .
I love my MIL but i am so glad she lives over an hour away!!