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mine said we should move in with them and when I shook my head no she verbally attacked me and kept yelling "that's my son's baby" as if I denied it.. long story short he got his life together and cut his family out for his happiness and my mental health at that point. been 7 months of bliss.
what's the craziest thing your mil has suggested?
let me first say I love my mil, almost more than my own mother with whom I've had a rocky relationship for the last decade or so.. but sometimes she worries me. I'm a little glad she doesn't live nearby so isn't taking care of my daughter for more than an hour or two while my husband get some alone time when they visit. the craziest thing she's suggested to me is leaving my baby in the car.. but that's not all! I could understand running in to a gas station or something at least if the car is in view but she actually suggested this on a hot day while we were camping we drove down to a little restaurant that's always packed with atv riders so we had to park up the hill out of view of the restaurant. so 1) she'd be out of sight 2) she'd be in a HOT car and 3) we had no idea how long our food would take and it took over an hour. I truly couldn't believe my ears but just politely as I could muster said I'd just load her up in the stroller and bring her along. she also used to tell me to just let her sleep.. when she was born at 37 wks and went straight back to the hospital for jaundice and underweight the day after we were released.. she should know better! her first son (my husband) was 3 months early! She MUST have had to wake him to feed him! anyway, what's the craziest suggestion you've received from your mil or equally out of touch relative? 🙃
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My SO's mother died when he was young but I get it from his 92 year old Greek grandmother. When my first daughter was born she told me I should let her cry to learn to self-soothe when she was only like 1 day old, never let a stranger look at your baby in the grocery store cuz they'll give her the evil eye, she's constantly obssessed with her shoes and is convinced she doesn't walk right (one of her feet turns in slightly every once in a blue moon, dr. Said it's totally fine), her hair is ALWAYS too long, she shouldn't be in tap dance class because of finances, but the best is that I'm 8 months pregnant with baby girl #3 and she keeps telling me that it's too much and we shouldn't have another baby..... like okay I'll just give this one away cuz YOU don't think I can handle it. There's literally a new issue every week, the latest is that I should never take the girls to a woman Dr., only a man! It's soo hard to hold my tongue but she's so damn old I have to.
My MIL suggested 4 days after the birth of my child to pump a bottle & get myself some alone time so she could babysit. Ummm no.. not in the mood to walk the mall while bleeding & cramping. She was also upset I was EBF because she wanted to give him a bottle. She kept saying over & over "I wish we could feed him too" I had to tell her 10x to stop kissing him on the mouth (again he was only days only) and she regularly get bad cold sores.
Pa
Uhg.. so uneducated
B
I had to explain to mine that once my daughters here I didn't plan on pumping for a little while, and she absolutely did not like that. And the same with pacifiers, I told her we decided that we were going to try to avoid giving her one unless she absolutely needs is for comfort. I wouldn't trust sending her for a long period of time to stay. I know I would come back to a baby with a pacifier, a formula bottle, or her adding cereal to her bottles cause "you know it'll help them sleep longer" 🙄🙄
Not something she suggested but something she had said that made me upset. Me and my husband had a little argument while visiting back home. The next day after everything was done with and we were fine she says you two need to stop arguing you don't want god to take your child away from you. I was so pissed I'm 14 weeks and have been so worried about miscarriage as this is my first ever pregnancy . Btw we were only arguing because his mom is trying to take charge of my baby shower and trying to do it how she wants it and I let him know I feel forced to do everything his family's way. 🙄
Pa
That is a disgusting thing to tell a pregnant person. 😡 I can't believe that..
Al
I was I just walked away.
Jo
I would be sooo hurt and angry!
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