I was told that my son will love her more than me.

Heyy yall

So I have a little boy that's 5 months old now and I'm living with my parents in their house. Its just the 4 of us. My boyfriend lives with his parents and comes to sleep here 2-4 times a week. I wish it could be more but he and my father don't really get along so he hates being here. He doesn't wanna eat here because of the fight they once had, and the only reason he sleeps here is because our son lives here. Since these past weeks he's barely been here. He is studying law and has an important exam coming up that he is studying really hard for. Therefore, my mother helps me more with my son. He takes care of him for long periods of time when I have to work (part time), when I have errands to run or when I gotta do smaller things like taking a bath etc.

Now my baby is very playful and overal happy. He smiles and laughs with us all.

I just wanna know if I'm the only one that gets a little hurt inside when my baby smiles more often with someone else? In this case it's my mother.

When me and my bf are with our baby he smiles with us, but whenever my mom comes he gets even more excited.

But when we switch roles: when it's my mom with my baby and I come along, such as after a 6 hr shift, the same amount of excitement isn't there. I stayed home with him for about 3 months and then had to get back to work.

It breaks my heart a little, but knowing that my son is happy and seeing him smile like that, cheers me up.

BUT it was what happened earlier today that I was beyond saddened.

The 3 of us were lying on my mom's bed, playing with my son, laughing etc and he didn't pay me much attention.

Then my mother said something along the lines of "I think this baby is going to love his grandma even more than his own mother" that broke my heart.

I was shocked by that comment that I was lost for words. The only thing I could say was "What?" She just smiled, laughed and repeated it gladly. I couldn't believe what I just heard. I love my son so much. Do you think I'm going to carry my son for 9 months, go through 30 hours with pain, to give birth to someone so small and perfect. Work 5 times a week to be able to pay his things, save up money and be able to pay my own university so someday I could get a good job for us all, and then to hear this?

All I do and would do for him, to hear my own mother say something like this in a laughing but not jokingly way? H o w .

I give him everything he needs. He's just not with me the whole day. My hours vary from 4, 6 or 8 hrs a day. 5 times a week. But when I'm not working I'm there, home with him. Giving him all my time, attention and reacting to his needs.

Now that a couple of hours has passed, I still feel saddened and mad, and I can see that my mother doesn't even realise what she said was bad. It's something no mother wants to ever hear. Cuz she still acts all normal and everything.

Sorry this was long. I guess I just needed to vent.