Roman - God, your dimensions make me want to top myself. Tall and thin, oh dear.
Cakey - ooh, am thinking of you with those in-laws. They sound appalling. Your outfit sounds great - casual, yet stylish (its the vintage that really makes the outfit, isn't it?!). Shame if you instinctively slap one of them when they touch your DC while you are BF-ing, solely because it was affecting his latch. Or something. Although, you have won the war (DH moving o/s) so prob feel like you can hand them the odd battle. Smug in the knowledge that Australia is oh so far away. AND an incompatible time zone.
On the BLW, Delie just decided that she wouldn't be spoon fed and would feed herself finger food. Classic PFB (ie prob wouldn't happen if I had more children and therefore less time). So had to do mezze plates which mademoiselle would peruse and eat what she liked from (no consistency). While I tried to hide my grinding teeth. Seemed it was a phase, though, so now I can spoon feed her again, but also have some finger food avail as she does like to feed herself too. Sorry if that isn't much help, but this is the approach I have taken (over-indulgent) so she gets enough to eat while still feeling independent. Don't want meal time to = battle time.
MM - your in-laws also sound terrible. Although your vitriol was also v amusing - good to be witty while angry.
Tracey - strict tee-total or the like makes me a bit about a person. No wonder you don't mix the in-laws w the festive season. Not a good match from the sound of things.
And who is in the utility bunker room - Plum? Your poor ladies with these awful in-laws!! My MIL is lovely, really sweet. Prone to over-emotion and paranoia from time to time, but a v lovely lady.
Helles - how terrible that your evening out was ruined!! Mr Bunny's first reaction (I read to him choice morsels from this thread, as he hears me laughing or gasping (w delight at links or horror at in-law antics) and wants to know what the Sam Hill is going on) was that "cleaning up was grandma's job, that's part of babysitting". So she got off v lightly according to Mr Bunny.
Can't keep up w the links, but wanted to also send thanks for this threat - am sporting Uniqlo zebra scarf (love it) and generally making more of an effort w my appearance. Have also thought "what would S&B ladies think" and put clothes back on rails/emptied online shopping cart. Pious me.