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[quote=Anonymous]Are your kids old enough to understand the comments? How often do you visit your ILs?

My mom was/is obsessed with weight and would always make comments. I did NOT want my kids to have those thoughts in their head so I had a conversation with her about it when my first was born. I was eating breakfast in the hospital after having been in labor for 20 hours with no food, and she said something about losing the baby weight. In front of friends who had come to meet my baby! I explained she would never be allowed near my kids if said anything like that again, and then I had to remind her several times, but now she just watches closely but keeps her mouth shut. Obviously it’s well beyond keeping food at her house.

I have ILs that never have food, but it’s more that they just never really think about it. They stay up really late (kids too - they’re South American) and basically don’t eat lunch. But they don’t mind when we bring/get food, they just don’t think about it.

I would stay in a hotel, but if this is more than a once in a blue moon visit, I think it’s worth a talk about it. I wouldn’t want my kids to develop issues because of their grandparents food obsession.[/quote]

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