It's interesting, Adrienne, to hear of your struggles with your mother
in law.  My in laws, my father in law in particular, are so addicted to
sugar that any mention of this paleo diet sends them into fits.
Whenever we politely mention -- and despite by inner thoughts, I am
polite -- that our children don't eat this or that, we get a comment
like, "Oh, that's stupid!"  It's fun being undermined in front of your
children.  Seriously, the behavior is very much like an addict's.