My husband and I are 22 years apart, I'm 30, he's 52...his mother is 82. I am fully aware of the fact that when she was raising babies things were different...but I never imagined she would be so overbearing and intrusive when it came to our baby. He's 12 days old and she thinks I'm supposed to let him get to the point where he's screaming before I do anything about it. She insists on swaddling him which he hates, she constantly puts him belly down to sleep and then covers him from head to toe with a blanket...so much wrong with that it's not even funny. I could deal with well meaning if misguided advice but she is so critical about it...cause getting used to life with a newborn isn't hard enough, I'm also dealing with postpartum depression, and now i have this bs to deal with....i was really looking forward to her spending time with her grandson, now all I want is to take him and go to my mom's where at least I can take care of him without being constantly criticized. my husband is trying his best to keep the peace and take my side with out hurting her feelings and god bless him, it's not easy...but she's supposed to be here for two weeks and I'm not sure I can another two days of feeling this way. She's not only criticized my mothering, she's pretty much taken over my house. She has never been anything but polite and gracious until now and it's seriously testing us both, I can feel the tension between him and I, because regardless, that's his mother and he loves her, but he's torn between hurting her and watching me struggle. He's a good husband and father, stuck in a bad spot. not sure what sort of advice I really hope to get here, guess I just needed to rant for a minute.