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[quote=Anonymous]MB and DB are lovely people, but they have a terrible diet. They literally eat fast food on a (nearly) daily basis. Obviously what they eat doesn't matter, but I'm feeling uncomfortable about the choices they make for their children. They have twins that are 16 months old. They feed them: canned fruit that contains high fructose corn syrup, frozen breakfast waffles with syrup (also high fructose based) and fried hash browns almost every morning, peanut butter with hydrogenated oils, etc. At one point, they actually fed their kids peanut butter that listed trans fat on the label. It bothered me immensely, so I pointed it out, and asked them to get trans fat free peanut butter. They did find a brand that lists 0 grams trans fat, but it still has hydrogenated oils in it. I had requested that they get Quaker oatmeal so I could make the kids oatmeal, but they brought home the instant "reduced sugar" brown sugar flavor kind with artificial sweeteners inside (I was expecting, you know, plain oats). I requested applesauce for the kids and they brought home a kind that lists high fructose corn syrup as the second ingredient. They've recently started feeding them yogurt covered raisins as their daily afternoon snack--isn't that considered a choking hazard at this age? DB said something like "they love them; we can't keep enough in the cupboard; that's one way to get them to eat their fruit!" Foods like that might be okay once in a while, but this is the bulk of their diet :(

I considered offering to do the grocery shopping, but MB has told me that it is impossible to shop with them because none of the grocery stores here have carts that accommodate two kids in the top (and they are too heavy to be worn at this point and hate it anyway), and they do not sit down when asked so it's unsafe for them to be in the back of the cart). MB told me that usually she will stay home with the kids so DB can go shopping or vice versa, because it's so impossible with them both right now.

They've been very nice and accommodating of my requests (they've tried to accommodate at least), but I'm worried that maybe it's just too much for me to tell them please don't feed your children anything with high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, artificial sweeteners or colors, etc, and I'm sorry but yogurt raisins are more like candy than an acceptable every day snack. Obviously I do the best I can to feed them fresh, wholesome food when I'm here, but it's hard when the pantry is stocked with bad food, AND they are accustomed to eating it. I'm expecting to hear "mind your own business," but I spend 32 hours a week with them and aside from my own personal feelings about wanting them to grow up healthy, if they develop bad food habits, sugar issues, etc, I will have to suffer the consequences also.

What do you think DCUM? Consider saying something? If so, how should I frame the discussion? Thanks.[/quote]

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