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Uhg, if LO doesn't do well being at work with me he'll be with my MIL for 3-4 days a week. She watches my niece during the days too, and she has the most awful eating habits..which says a lot because I don't have the best eating habits, and am not too picky about what kids eat.. but, seriously ..lets fill the kids up on marshmallows and chips and then when they don't want lunch, just say okay, and throw it away?

She's a child nutritionist. Ha. The irony in that makes me want to punch her.

Yes! I see what my nephew eats and it makes me worried. Lots of ice cream, chips, chocolate. We just figure he'll get all that when he's with them. We try to limit his sweets and snacks, and my mom knows that, so she doesn't give him too much.

Oh daughter has such a specific diet of what she can and cannot eat that both parents are pretty good about sticking with it, they both fear being the reason she would have a "episode." I do know she gets more mac and cheese at their house than at home though!

I try not to think about it... MIL was funneling cookies into my niece and nephew before dinner one night, then wanted my niece to stop filling up on guacamole so she would eat dinner, which was pizza. I would much prefer my child to get the nutrition from guacamole than pizza!

My DD stays over at my parents' place once a week and she gets lots of cocoa puffs and eats breakfast at Burger King. One of the reasons why she loves it there . She also gets healthy chinese food and lots of fruit. We don't stress about it, that's what grandparents are for!

Yep. L isn't old enough for food yet, but my MIL watches her other grandson several days a week and I have actually hears her say to my SIL, "Oh, it's fine, just give him the dessert and stop fighting for him to eat dinner first. Junk food, McDonalds, and Taco Bell was practically all you and your brother ate growing up and you're fine and healthy."

Um...really? So yeah, I'm fine with them getting spoiled and extra treats and grandma and grandpa's house - but NOT when the grandparents are the main babysitter while mom and dad work.

So far, no, but it's been purees (both homemade and store bought, organic and not) mostly for us. We are making the transition to table food now. I think to be honest MIL is less likely to feed her something unhealthy than I am, and she pretty much follows whatever I ask her to (to my knowledge at least. She always asks approximately when/what to feed her.) My parents are more likely to feed her something unhealthy but only a little bite/lick, which I don't really mind. I try to choose my battles. (Eta, not saying this isn't a worthwhile battle...just not for us since dd's grandparents are pretty good about not giving her crazy amounts of junk food!)

My ILs live far away, so I don't worry too much about what they feed C since their time with them is minimal. That said, they are a bit more indulgent than me but seem to accept the limits I mention (ex no juice)

Maybe if they were watching my LOs for example, like if DH and I went on a date night then yes, I wouldn't care toooo much about what they ate...But if it were a regular thing, like once or twice a week that the grandparents were babysitting, then it would be a different story. My kid, my rules. I want them to eat healthy (within reason, of course) and I would definitely stress that to the grandparents.

LO is allergic to milk, eggs, and peanuts. Most people are too scared to feed him. My FIL asked if LO could eat cheese curls... DH's aunt started to feed LO flan but luckily someone stopped her in time. So I pack him meals every time he goes over to my in-law's house, which is so much work on me. I spend a whole day prepping for my LO to go over to Pop Pop's house, and I wish my in-law's would offer to feed/cook for him. It's not that difficult to cook rice, saute or bake meat, and roast some veggies. I just wonder what's going to happen when LO2 is born and in-law's will be watching him while I'm in the hospital. I can just imagine packing him meals while I'm in labor.