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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"She rarely says this stuff when he's around"?

Then don't hang out with MIL so much unless DH is around, problem solved![/quote]

That came out wrong - should've said, "when he's within earshot." We do not hang out alone very often but if DH is in the living room and DD follows me into the kitchen, she will follow DD. She gets visibly annoyed if she is visiting and DD wants anyone else's attention but hers. She has also loudly proclaimed her desire to be "DD's favorite person" and mounted a campaign built on gifts to succeed. If I correct DD's behavior in her presence she tells DD, don't worry, "Grammy will let you eat cookies for breakfast/watch cartoons all day/have a water fight in the living room after Mommy leaves." It's massively annoying so I try to spend as little time with her as possible. [/quote]

Grandparents who become obsessed with their grandchildren have a screw loose.

At some point DD is going to understand that Grammy is contradicting you so I would stop that now.  "Hey, Gertrude, we're working on family rules with Molly and it could be confusing to her if she keeps getting conflicting messages. We don't want her thinking cookies for breakfast or cartoons all day are OK with us. I'm sure you understand." Make MIL feel like she's helping you and DH with Molly's learning. (gag, I know)

Have DH talk to her if you don't feel comfortable doing it.[/quote]

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