I know this is going to sound childish because I’m letting her get under my skin; but my mother really makes me feel like I’m a bad parent. I want to have my baby watched while I grab a drink and dessert for an hour with a friend? (Not get drunk, grab a drink. Singular.) Bad parent because I abandoned my son to go drinking. Look at and mention how I really want one of those baby monitors that go onto a baby’s foot to monitor vital sign to give my anxiety ridden self some semblance of peace of mind while he sleeps? Bad! I’ll give him cancer and he’ll die! Let him nap in the afternoon? Well I obviously don’t care about her when she babysits him because apparently he stays up all night! (Even though no one else has this problem with him??). I don’t let people let him sleep in a carseat for long lengths of time and give reasons and facts and examples as to why? I’m an overprotective asshole who is calling her an idiot “even though I raised 3 kids”.

Just...fuckin hell guys am I a bad parent?? If not how do I get her to stop? I’m really starting to get pissed and starting to avoid her again like I used to but I want my baby to be around his meema (who absolutely adores and dotes on him. She’s not bad, just severely irritating and can’t take a single ounce of criticism despite her insistence to the contrary)