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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're traditional Italians, they say they love their grandchildren by giving lots of food. They have good intentions but I need them to stop.[/quote]

I could have written your post almost word for word except DS is 8. We went on vacation in July and I had many discussions with the family about my son and healthy eating before. I was lectured by my mother that I forgot my Italian roots and "food is love" so I really get it. We ended up having a great week with compromises. Here's what worked.

They didn't care one bit about what the doctor said. I spoke to them about my son's feelings and how he was becoming self concious of his weight. I was trying to hard to focus on health, not weight and would appreciate support. Of course that wasn't enough...   My sister and her family lives there and she was completely supportive. We planned a food festival and had all the kids make recipes for everyone to try.  Tons of food but we controlled the recipes for at least that day. It was a fun activity for the cousins and the older relatives love anything with lots of food. :-)

Accept there will be desserts, macaroni, meatballs, whatever their homemade specialties are. I asked and they made sure there were lots of vegetables too. I encouraged my kids to eat balanced meals.  Some days it worked.

Luckily my parents are very active and we had a lot of physical activity. They didn't eat as healthy as they usually do but they had a great week with the family and it wasn't a total free for all as it has been in other years. [/quote]

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