DH brought dd a book from the library which is about elephants going on a diet... (She is 2) I said I didn't think this was very appropriate and I didn't want her having to think about these sorts of subjects while she is so young. He said that the book's message was that it's ok to be fat, but I said I didn't care was the message was, it was the fact that she was too young to be thinking in those terms.
He KEPT reading it to her, which pissed me off, but anyway...
Anyway TODAY she said to me "Mummy your bottom is wobbly wobbly like in my book!" and I said what book and she said "The fat elephant book" !!!!!!!
I am now MAD at DH because I think this proves my point. AND it made me feel like shit! I've spent my whole life fighting feelings of shame about my body. I just don't want my 2 year old thinking in terms of body shape and body image and I'd rather she didn't get these sorts of images from her home life.
Before I start a mjor row, am I being unreasonable? Am I just projecting my own obsession?!
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Am I being unreasonable: books/DH/body image
morningpaper · 09/12/2004 13:24
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