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Well I think you're all overreacting. If you cant have soda and candy and cookies at Grandma's house, you can't have it anywhere. C'mon, they're just kids getting a little treat over at Grandma's house. That's what Grandmas do. 1 cup of soda isn't going to hurt anybody, 8 months or 8 years. But if you're all on some sort of strict vegan diets that must be upheld, then tell the poor Grandmas ahead of time, and guess what, send ALL of the food with that you want them to eat, cuz lemme tell ya, Gramma ain't got it. And guess what, Gramma will still give them a cookie and a soda right after their organic salad and soy milk, so just give Gramma a break. Its what Gramma's do. Spoil them, then send them home to you where you can institute the rules right back to where they were when they left. No permanent damage done, kids got to eat some cookies and drink some soda, (fun, yay!) Grandma got to spoil, and Mommy and Daddy got some alone time out of it! Everybody should be happy! Yay Grandmas!!

My inlaws are nightmares. They never feed him what he should have but let him eat whatever. I found them feeding my son chocolate when he was 4 months old. I was NOT impressed. All I can suggest is be polite and firm, I have even mentioned after warnings that I'm not above only supervised visits if they fail. I'm not popular with them but he's my son and that's what really matters.

I don't think you're overreacting at all. Babies/toddlers should not be drinking soda at all, even if it's "just a little bit". It's junk, and if you don't want him to have it they should be respectful of your parenting choices.

Thank you ladies! I just needed to be sure I wasn't over reacting. My grandparents and I are very close, so I wanted to be sure I was being reasonable before I really put my foot down. There are several things I'm going to have to talk to them about. Pop is a no go. And crackers, chips, and pretzels (even tho they are my boy's favorites) are going to have to be on a limit. It's all just empty carbs that aren't necessary. Thank you!!

I had that problem too with my mother inlaw she was constantly trying to feed my son food that had no nutritional benifits and he wasnt even suppose to be having yet.it got to the point where we couldnt leave him alone with her even for a minute because she would sneak food. he was between 3 and 8 months when this was going n. We just had to be firm and tell her no..we ignored her pouting.. and whinning

It's your child and they should respect what you want. I wouldn't care about the pouting session. Get over it! You don't give my child pop without my permission. It's chalked full of sugar and artificial everything. They can mess up baby's teeth that are just forming! Don't ever question your decision as a parent when someone goes against how you want to raise them. It is called good parenting and I know plenty of people, myself included, who would be pissed.

I would be furious! my oldest will be 3 next week & she still hasn't had any type of soft drink! I would be even more pissed that they gave my kid diet soda bc they've linked artificial sweeteners to all sorts of health issues. My kids get water, milk, and diluted fruit juice. Just put your foot down. Sometimes you have to do that. If they don't like it, too bad.

id be SO pissed off!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't even worry about sounding like a lunatic... pop for an EIGHT MONTH OLD!!!? no, what are they trying to give him childhood obesity!!!!!

wow. way to cut off my stuff :/ "How to keep peace?"

....How can they think that pop is okay? I'm not sure how to be firm with this stuff without acting like an overprotective lunatic lol. What would you do?