Mom shaming.🙄
Posting anon jussssst in case. I just need to vent this out. My sister is having a baby any day now. My baby is almost four months old. I have a halo co sleeper which my little isn’t going to be able to use for too much longer so I’m giving it to my sister. I’ve been trying to find a new sleeper that is like an extension of our bed but that’s besides the point. Anyway so my little has been sleeping in our bed. She sleeps on my side, we use different blankets, I wear a sweatshirt if it’s chilly so I don’t pull up the blankets (even though I never do even if my arms are cold), she sleeps sideways to my body so she doesn’t roll into me, the whole nine yards. She is sleeping better and sleeping longer which is really impacting me in a good way. But this is a short term thing. ANYWAY, so my MIL comes over and asks how she’s sleeping and i say great and explain what we’ve been doing (which I shouldn’t have bothered). First thing she says is “oh that’s bad, do you roll on top of her?”...yes.yes lady I do.every night. Like what the heck. Then she proceeds to tell me how my baby will be all messed up mentally from sleeping in our bed and that I’m making a big “first time mom” mistake. I literally looked away and ignored her. She just kept saying how bad it was and how my baby is already too spoiled and clingy to me. I’m her momma! Ive been the safest place she’s ever known. This is the same woman who had wild parties with people, including herself, doing drugs and drinking at her house when my husband was a baby and she would just plop him in a crib among all the chaos. I’m just annoyed. It’s not like she’s gonna be sleeping with me till she’s 30 and you know what? She’s my baby. I’m not being dangerous about it and I just don’t feel like I need someone like that to tell me what I’m doing wrong. Next time I’m keeping my mouth shut or maybe I’ll just tell her we are planning on breaking the cycle before she goes to college💁🏼♀️
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