Emotional

we all have to bite our tongues with grown up children/partners at times.
Let them look out for their own children in future, perhaps they won't mind baby food all over their best jacket.

Anya very good advice, not seeing (unless child is in danger, of course) and letting it splatter all over his nice clothes
Everyone getting fraught after spending time together!

Try hammering the lid straight jingl

I find it helps to throw things too rockchick but perhaps next time let the baby chuck his baby food all over his Dad and pretend you didn't see it coming.

I once threw a sieve of tinned tomatoes at DH (well I kept hold of the sieve) he had the sense to stand still so of course they missed and just splattered all over the kitchen wall and worktops.

Rockchick - a lot of us have been there and, I'm sure, sympathise! I'm still regretting something I said to DiL 2 years ago although it's gradually blown over and we're OK now.

I feel the same about my sons. There's a distance it's hard to understand. Age? (Mine!). Different world views? Pressure of their iwn families? Just how it is? I've managed to avoid major rows by a lot of tongue biting but I'm not sure it's a sustainable long term strategy.

Wow that's impressive Jinglebells, not sure if the restaurant would have been too pleased if I had thrown the wine :-) it's funny there's lots I could say to him about his behaviour, but I always think what's the point he's his own person and especially as I'm only ever there for a couple of a days at a time ( I live in scotland and he's in Ireland ) we used to be really close when he was a teenager ( I was a single parent ) but we appear to be very different now.

DD2 has sent me a very funny facebook message venting her fury at her MIL for expecting to be waited on hand and foot over the three days she stayed for NY.

I could have said, 'Why am I getting it in the neck?' but that's what Mums are for, I suppose.

Definitely the time of the year.

I totally lost it with my son this evening. Over not very much at all. Well, over a tin of biscuits actually. I wanted to chuck 'em out so I didn't get fat on them. (No will power) He didn't go along with it. I haven't shouted that much in a long time. I have now got a bent tin lid cos I threw it quite vigorously on the floor.

Yes. It's the time of the year. This holiday has gone on quite long enough.

Don't worry about it. I don't.

One of those things , can't do right for doing wrong