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Edit- overeating! Not heating. TW for eating issues

For context, my twins were premature and are very low on their respective growth curves. They are 3 now are just barely holding on to their own trajectories. They've had some recent dips below curve due to illness and having a hard time sitting down for meals (wanting to play and be on the go - normal 3 year old behaviors but hard to get food in them). We had a relative over recently from a side of the family that struggles with body image issues, EDs, and body shaming of other family members. While at our house, this relative made a comment about listening to our bodies because you don't want to overeat. We are all for following body cues and encouraging body attunement, but the tone was off so it hit my own body image issues on top of causing chaos in our routine. One of the three year olds is now using those words against us (my body is telling me I'm full mom and I don't want to overeat eat because it will make me throw up). This after no food all day, kid having melt downs left and right from being hangry, just wanting to play and not sit to eat). We are following our peds advice on high calorie, nutritious food, but any advice for how to get this back on track and to get this comment out of our day to day lives around food? We don't see this relative very often so I hope it will fade, but man it is killing me.

Also just really needed a vent because our house rule is to not talk about food like that in the slightest. We sit for mealtimes and eat until we are full but we never mention the concept of over eating or being concerned about food quantity in either direction. Who thinks that is a good idea to put into a 3 year olds head??!! A bean pole at that?!

I have a few egg eaters. They have high quality food, oyster shells, a small bit of extra protein treats. I think it started with an accidentally cracked egg three days ago and now they have eaten them non stop since. I sat out at the coop most of the morning trying to grab the eggs as soon as they were hatched. Managed to get them all I believe except one who grabbed it right after laying and ran off with it. That led me to the mustard egg trick this afternoon. Put it in the coop. Checked back 20 mins later, and the whole thing is missing. Someone seems to have scarfed it down even with the mustard. Is that how it is supposed to work? I figured they would stick their beaks in it, be disgusted and walk off leaving me with mustard to clean up in the coop. There not a trace of it anywhere.