MIL feeding my 17mth champagne truffles

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I was incensed yesterday after my MIL was slyly feeding my 17mth son these chocolates (he NEVER is given chocolate by us) - but was finally calmed down by my DH.

But the result of her doing that today has been him doing 8 rancid poos throughout the day instead of his usual 2-3, including a pile over the living room carpet after removing his nappy because of his RED RAW bottom - surely caiused by these crappy chocolates and the other rubbish she passed to him.

Maybe overreacting, but am sure that she did it just to annoy me, as she knows that i am a bit of a nazi about his food. After having 4 kids herself she should know better.

More worryingly, she will be having DS while I am in hospital giving birth in approx 3 weeks.

""I was absolutely disgusted on xmas eve when my FIL gave my 21 month old liquorice allsorts!"

I dunno, DS had these once before he was potty trained, the poo was black and sticky the next day. We had to institute a couple of food rules, they were: No curries, no sashimi and no liquorice for nappy wearing baby.

Nothing to do with him you understand but do you have ANY IDEA how foul a raw fish nappy is to change?

Has anyone mentioned what is up with mushrooms (apart from the fact that they kinda taste like dirt?).

guilty of only reading beginning and end of thread so here goes. Can symathise with you about MiL going against your express wishes but am struggling to empathise with your position completely as I think yabu about the whole diet issue.

Agree with others who'vesaid there are some right nutter comments on here, some of you seriously need to get a life! My dc only has a plain diet etc. etc. why???? What's the worse possible scenario of your dc having a bit of chocolate now and again? There are far more important thing to worry about in life than the odd bit of a festive treat, maybe get a bit of perspective and look at the grand scheme of things?

My dd (3) has a healthy diet but she's had her fill of treats over the past few days and loved it! I don't know any mums like in in rl as i find this whole mentality too draining and exasperating.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MUSHROOMS?

15mo DS has mainly eaten christmas cake, shortbread and mince pies for the last few days. He is going through a fussy phase and my parents (who raised me on a very healthy diet) keep saying 'well he's enjoying it, at least he's eating, it's xmas'. I wasn't over the moon but it is christmas and they love him. It really isn't worth getting upset about. After tomorrow it's back to normal (which for DS atm means eating hardly anything, so maybe christmas cake is preferable anyway ) and it's all good. Eating 'naughty' things is part of being spoiled by the GPs and will do zero damage in the long run, so IMO people should chill right out about it.

Personally yes, I do think Thisweatherajoke ought to chill out about food BUT she's admitted she's a "bit of a nazi" on this issue and therefore, if relatives know that's what's she control freaky about (and most of us havve something that we're very particular about when it comes to our children), it is unkind to try and upset her about it.

well scottish relatives,knowing op touchy would go out way to wind up about food and most definitely not avoid.double points of bottom liop wobbles.triple kerching if she cries

she needs to unclench

Nothing wrong with mushrooms, and a trial on nuts showed that kids exposed to small amounts of nut from the age of 6 months have fewer allergies than those denied them as helps build the immune system.
I don't think daily peanut butter sandwiches are a good idea for very little ones but apart from avoiding wheat under 6 months didn't deny my kids anything and they would have happily wolfed down a champagne chocolate or liqorice allsort age 17 months. They are both skinny and eat most things.
Some of you are raising neurotic fuss pots.
no wonder the MILs think you are barking and ignore you.
I think keeping control of their diets when they start school and get under the influence of friends and making them want to heat healthily, and not overstuffing them (kids can get obese by eating too much healthy food) is more important than completely cutting out certain foods and going silly over chocolate and sweets.

OP - YANBU, it's your child and you should decide whether chocolate is ok or not. It doesn't matter what other people choose to feed their toddlers, you have chosen not to give yours chocolate and pil must respect that. FWIW, my toddler did eat chocolate over xmas but she is slightly older. I did get a bit annoyed with my mum giving her more when I had already said no.

For fact fans out there, it is only illegal to give a child alcohol between the ages of 1 and 5. Giving alcohol to a child under 1 is, strangely, not illegal unless you cause them measurable harm from it (ie alcohol poisoning).