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[quote=Anonymous]No advice OP, just to say I feel your pain.

My mom REALLY wanted us to use my old crib (which had been her old crib before that, so we're talking a 60 years old) for DD. Every time I gently expressed doubts, she assured me she had measured the bars & she was sure it met today's safety standards. In the end we decided to use a Montessori bed, otherwise I'm not sure how I would've worked that out.

Likewise, she'll haul out old toys of mine. She says she  cleans them, but after 10 minutes of play my daughter's fingers are covered in grime. I just let the toys stay at grandma's house and make sure we use the bathroom (=wash our hands) before we leave. Fortunately DD is older now and doesn't put everything in her mouth.

My dad is just as bad; when DD was a toddler, I asked him repeatedly to only buy her water, plain milk, or 100% juice to drink, but he insisted on letting her pick out whatever she wanted from the beverage case. (It wouldn't matter if I provided a beverage -- he'd buy her something anyway.) He finally listened after she vomited up purple Vitamin Water all over the place.

He kept saying, "I don't read labels, I just let her pick something." I said, "Dad, you HAVE to read the labels, b/c she can't, she's only 2!"[/quote]

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