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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m bordering on crazy control freak mom. What’s a nice way to handle this in advance?

DD is 4 and has a metabolic disorder. One side effect is increased appetite which causes rapid weight gain.  She doesn’t quite understand but we are working with doctors, child psychologist, dietitian and a plan to manage the weight while they get medical condition  under control.  We caught it early so with (a lot of) work, DD can have normal quality of life and get ahead of complications.

Our dietitian has a plan that allows for normal kid things like a cupcake at a birthday party, work around snack at preschool etc. The goal is to feel normal and not restricted but manage everything else.

That said -she’s still 4. Other parents, grandparents etc are making this 1000X harder.  Giving her extra cake when we aren’t looking, offering lollipops, juice, huge portions and treating her like their kids who are stringbeans that subsist on chicken nuggets and goldfish.

What’s a nice way to say: I know you mean well, but Larla has a medical condition please don’t give her extra cake or please ask me first.

The dietitian said to make it sound like a life or death allergy.

I went crazy the other day. Not my finest hour... I’m going to therapy for it too..
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I don't know how you treat it as a life or death allergy when you say she can have one cupcake, but not more.  That will confuse people and probably cause them to think you are exaggerating and may make it more likely they ignore you.  Plus, I don't think it is a good thing to lie about something like that.

I would be direct.  I would say she has a medical condition that requires you to monitor her food more carefully than normal.  I'd ask people to check with you before offering her something.[/quote]

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