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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Day 1 - and let me thank you in advance for being kind to me - well, the BEst part of my day was when my 4 yr old fully trained son poopedin his shorts and my MIL ran around looking to see if he pooped on her carpet. In the middle of dinner.

So, in brief, my childless SIL told me I'm depriving my kids bc they watch tv only every other day (she said, wait till they get to school; they're going to feel sad when other kids are all talking about shows - ummm... They're both in school, but ok) and my MIL told me I don't allow enough junk food. That I'm depriving them and wait told they get to high school; I can't control them then - what's funny about that is that I'm the most laid back mom about food - we have those frozen colored pops in our freezers, we eat mac and cheese from a box, and tonight, in front of them, I allowed my son to have a Rolo for his bedtime snack... I'm not a vegan crazy lady!

But I digress; before the TV and junk food judgements were weighed, we went for a swim... And my kids returned home hungry. So I asked when dinner would be ready... 15 min was the reply. So I set one in front of the TV and took the other for showering. Well, mil was pissed that I asked (I'm guessing) and had words with dh, who then came to the shower to yell at me for "starting the week off badly" and "being that way"

DD asked why we were arguing and I told her (ok, this was bad. Like really bad) that grandma doesn't told daddy that she doesn't want to help us by getting dinner ready for her brother because she wants to keep on her own schedule. It was not nice, but it is true. Almost every single meltdown my child has had at in laws has been directly related to being told to wait to eat bc the grown ups are t ready - today I decided to advocate for my kid (I actually also tried to buy him a hot dog at the pool, but they were sold out.)[/quote]

I have no specific advice, but lots of sympathy. Your in laws really do sound ridiculous, and I hope you keep a mental running tally of their craziness so we can legitimize it and you feel less insane.

I'm really sorry you're having to deal with this. Is your husband normally ok when not around his family?[/quote]

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