MIL & my daughter.....

Ok so my daughter is a year old and loves her food. She’s a little on the chubby side, but she’s a baby.

My mother in law likes plastic surgery, she’s in excellent shape for a 60 something year old. She’s very vain, and judgey.

I had body image issues and was very self conscious about myself in my younger years. I was bulimic in high school, and I ended up getting a few plastic surgeries in my early 20s, and racking up thousands in debt. I always thought counting every calorie, and watching every pound, and getting cosmetic procedures done would fix my problems, but it of course never did. So anyway, after years of therapy, I am finally happy in my own skin. But terrified my daughter will have the same body image issues I had

So anyway, my mother in law has “joked” MANY times that when my daughter is older she will have to “teach her how to starve herself” she said it not once not twice, but every single time she sees my baby. I’ve been nervous about my daughter feeling this way in the future, but when my MIL says that I feel my stomach drop.

I am nervous my mil is going to make her feel bad about herself once she is older. She doesn’t really seem like she’s going to be a positive influence for her in the future. If I hadn’t gone thru what I did when I was younger, I wouldn’t care so much, but that’s not what I want for my daughter.

But am I being dramatic? I told my husband I don’t like that comment, and he doesn’t think it’s a big deal since she’s only one years old. But I keep telling him that she says it every single time she sees her, and she will probably continue to say it to her when she’s older. A comment like that can definitely negatively impact her in just a few short years.

What should I do?