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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will just get worse the older your kids get. They'll be sneaking them candy bars and whatnot.  [/quote]

Honestly though isn't this what grand parents and aunts are supposed to do.  Spoil their grand-kids and nieces/nephews...

WTF is wrong with ice cream(frozen milk)   mashed potates(isn't baby food soft)
baby powder (as long as they are putting clouds of powder around the kid)

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I am a grandmother and would never go against my son or DIL's wishes.  But I would internally roll my eyes. I raised five healthy children without any problem.  A little ice cream or mashed potatoes is not going to hurt a four month old. At four months my kids were eating cereal, fruit, eggs, and vegetables. The baby powder might concern me more. I would just ask her to put it on her own hands before putting on the baby.

But again, I do exactly what my son and DIL ask because they are the parents.  [/quote]

Great, except that's not the current recommendations, so those mashed potatoes and that ice cream end up being the baby's first solids.   That's not something Grandma should be stepping in to.  And baby powder use increases ovarian cancer risk, so no, that's not okay near my baby. The threat to not speak to them again shows it is indeed about control, as a poster up thread said. [/quote]

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