How do you keep your family from sneaking your child food?
At home I don't have a problem with this (yet). However, with the holidays coming up I know this is going to be an issue. When BB was 3 or 4 months old (I can't remember anything anymore) a cousin of mine gave him a lick off her spoon of ice cream. I was so pissed off! And I couldn't coherently explain why it was a bad thing to do. I think I said that babies intestines aren't sealed up yet and she just kind of laughed at me like I was stupid. I could have explained it better if I hadn't been flabbergasted by her flippant behavior.
A few weekends ago we had a small family gathering for those who had October birthdays (really it was for one person, but I showed up anyway because I don't want people knowing that I'm a terrible bitter person, but lets face it, I am). I made a special bib for the occasion so no one that could read the English language could say that they didn't know any better. I made a picture and I ironed it onto the back of a different bib.
You are welcome to use this, although I don't know who made the monster picture. Just remember to mirror the image before printing or it will be wrong when you iron it on. |
So, I had my bib safety net in place and it worked a treat, but it didn't stop people from telling my 7 month old baby (who is not yet eating solids) that his mommy was mean and wouldn't let him have cake and ice cream. Really? Really!? For serious. This shit happened. I just don't know what to do to make them shut the fug up about it.
Perhaps I can glean some information from other people in internet land.
So, how do you keep your extended family from feeding your kid crap?
So, how do you keep your extended family from feeding your kid crap?
Labels: boundaries, extended family, parenting, relatives, solids
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