Am I overreacting? (Rant about my mother)
My husband and I are first time parents and my mother lives with us. I had a c-section delivery and ever since we brought my son home, my mother has been wanting to hold him as much as she possibly can. Even though I’m the one that should be holding my baby and recovering... For example, every day at 5pm she makes me go cook my dinner while she holds my baby on the couch. Sometimes she’ll even take him upstairs and lay in bed with him because she says the smell of the food we’re cooking is not good for the baby. She insists on holding him from 6am-9am because she wants my husband and I to sleep but if I dare ask for my baby back at…say… 8am, she’ll tell me to come back later at 9am even if I tell her I am up early and ready to hold him.
This has been going on for over a month and I am hitting my breaking point with her. I do need her help when my husband goes to work or if I need to pump but I know if I address it then she’ll just get mad at me and give me the silent treatment. What do I do? Have any of you FTMs dealt with overbearing mothers?
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