I will be the first to admit that my MIL is driving me insane!!! I have posted a few comments in the In-Law Vent posts. Yesterday while at her place for her birthday I realized that I was rolling my eyes at several things she did/said. And that is not like me. It made me very disappointed in myself. She is a very caring woman and although she has a lot of faults, I haven't been recognizing her good qualities lately.
So does anyone have any happy stories to share? Things people have done to impress or surprise you? Maybe it will help us put a positive spin on some of those people who have been driving us crazy!
Re: Family/In-Law Praises
My brother and SIL can't have kids yet due to some diagnoses SIL is dealing with and trialling experimental medications. My pregnancy was very hard on them. Since DS was born, they have both come over several times to take care of him while we slept, made us meals, took care of cutting our grass and doing lawn care. Basically they've been amazing. I've never had a good relationship with them, and now that DH and I are planning our first date night away from DS, we've actually asked brother and SIL to be the babysitters because we trust them the most right now. I never thought I'd see the day...
Now if DH's actual mom would just make an effort....
My mom and MIL are amazing. My LO is 6 weeks and I'm suffering from post partum but it is getting much better and one of them comes to our home everyday to help so my anxiety doesn't go through the roof. My mom has also stayed over a few times to take care of the baby over night so me and DH can get some sleep.
I'm so greatful for my husband and family. I could go on and on praising them.
Now that I'm recovered, my husband has been taking care of the baby on Saturday nights. He said to me a while ago that he wanted to give me a "night off" a week since I watch our son every night. He is exclusively breastfed but I pump every day so I make sure to leave DH with enough bottles and I literally close my eyes around 10pm every Saturday and don't wake up until the next morning. My husband feeds the baby, changes his diaper and burps him throughout the night so I can get caught up on sleep. I could just go on and on about how much my husband has helped me with our son and how wonderful of a father he is
Last week I went back on birth control and it dried up my milk almost instantly, but at the time I didn't know that was the cause. So I was freaking out wondering what was wrong with me while trying to comfort my screaming infant and mixing formula. At the same time I realized I left one of my cats outside too long so I opened the sliding glass door to let her in and when I closed it I accidentally slammed it on my other cat right on his rib cage. I tried to open it again but it got stuck. After a few minutes of struggling to open it and my cat thrashing around trying to get free he ran off. I called MIL so she could hold LO while I checked on the cat. When she came over she calmed down DD and fed her, AND fixed the track on the door (I couldn't get it closed again) so it wouldn't jam again. (Fun fact: use furniture polish!) The cat was miraculously just fine. I was a total wreck though and I couldn't have handled it without her.
DD is able to thank her in ways I can't though. She is just now learning to smile, and she only does it for 3 people, me, her daddy, and her grandma!