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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that this can become annoying.  I was that way on beach trips.  I thought it wasn't a big deal - in our case there were 5 adults and 2 kids - I thought we just do our own thing and we all watch the kids collectively.  What I learned is that the other adults were getting resentful thinking I was dumping my kid on them all the time.  Here are some subtle things they did (that worked).

Assign meal preparation to each adult.  "Hey sis, let's each pick a day to make [breakfast/lunch/dinner] for the house so that we each get a break from doing it. why don't you make [meal] for everyone on Saturday and I'll make it on Sunday."

when you see her making herself breakfast, casually mention, "hey sis, bobby and susie were asking for breakfast a few minutes ago.  You might want to get them some"

Right before she's going to take a nap you say "sis, you might want to take bobby to your room with you today since I'll be leaving in a little while and no one can watch him."  or...

"I know you want to take a nap with susie, so I'll take bobby with us this afternoon, and then can you take my kids tomorrow afternoon so DH and I can take a walk on the beach?"  Or plan outings for all the kids each day and assign an adult to go with them - at the beginning of the trip tell her "sis, I thought it would be nice for both of us to get a break from parenting - I know we could use it and I'm sure you could use it too.  Why don't we take your kids with us Saturday afternoon and then you take our kids Sunday afternoon."  [/quote]

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