Guest guest Posted October 21, 2001 Report Share Posted October 21, 2001 , While your husband's behavior was inexcusable, perhaps it is rooted in ignorance and parental pressure. I don't think your husband or his parents meant to harm your daughter. Ignorance on your husband's part is also somewhat inexcusable, but parental pressure can be a very difficult thing to overcome. One thing to remember is that unless your husband and anyone who might feed your child needs to be on board with the diet. If they aren't, then you're surely headed for trouble. If the diet is " your thing " , then he might resent what he sees as a basic parental power, feeding his child, as being taken away from him. Success on this diet relies on true " co-parents " . Statistics show that situations where Mom is in charge with Dad as the assistant, back-up parent, are destined for trouble. One thing you might try is to empower your husband. Let him make some of decisions regarding your child's diet. Of course, at first you'll have to oversee him until he learns. You can also get " buy-in " from grandparents by asking them to watch out for bargains on hfs items, or give them some of your books to read. If they don't have a computer, print hard copies of some of the e-mails from the list that you feel pertain to your situation and pass them along to them. One more thing. The longer your child is on the diet, the less severe the infractions become. But as I've stated before, don't let that become a temptation to quit the diet. HTH, Pat in Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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