Toddler / baby feeding question?
Question: Toddler / baby feeding question?
My brother-in-law and his wife and 2 boys ages 3 and almost 2 , are down to vistit. So everytime we see them they have to put their input about what I’m feeding my kids. Like last time we went up to see them and they said ” we bought sugar cereal cause we thought that’s all you give her” meaning my daughter. That is not true at all! We give her whole grains and ect. Soo they were over last night and my brother-in- law decided to tell me I should feed my kids turkey meat and not hamburger, they should eat organic veggies and ect. Now I don’t give my toddler can crap food. We try our best. So I guess my question is how do I not take it personal they they are calling me a bad parent cause I’m not perfect at giving my kid the most healthy things I can. Also we have a “no junk food” rule in my house. So they don’t eat crap ya know.
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Your in-laws need to mind their own beeswax. If your kids are eating while grains and home cooked meals instead of junk food, I’d say they are eating better than a lot of other kids do. Keep on doing your best. This is your family and you call the shots.
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Just ignore them. Obviously they don’t know what really goes on in your house, so their judgment means nothing. Don’t get offended by things people say when they don’t know what they are talking about.
Your in-laws are a-holes. Smile and nod and then ignore everything they say. That’s all you can do. Any confrontation will just make you look like the bad guy.
ETA: Wha? you can’t say a-holes??? It’s not even a bad word. I left the bad letters out. Sheesh. Okay how about this, your in-laws are a-wholes.
“I’m not perfect at giving my kid the most healthy things I can. Also we have a “no junk food” rule in my house.”
I think only one of these things is true, and your anger with your BIL is actually more anger over this internal disconnect. If you were genuinely abiding by a ‘no junk food in the house’ rule, the comments would be so untrue as to be totally meaningless, not anything that would bother you any more than a street schizophrenic telling you that Napoleon was trying to break into your house. But, if the reality is “not perfect at giving my kid the most healthy things I can,” and you feel badly enough about this to feel guilty when somebody calls you on it…why not just buy better food?