I appreciate my family/in-laws

Eponine178

I was reading this short article online this morning and it made me think-instead of the tons and tons of post every week about how horrible our parents, in-laws, sisters, etc are, wouldn't it be nice every once in a while to post how much we really appreciate them? ?

https://www.freep.com/article/20100528/FEATURES14/5280341/1322/Let-grandparents-fuss?

They may not do things exactly how we want, feed the kids how we want, make them sleep how we want, mess up our carefully planned schedules, tell us everything we are doing is wrong, etc. but at least they are there and love our kids. ?A lot of people aren't lucky enough to even have family in their lives to be around or even care.

I say today take a moment and at least think (or post) about the great things about your family. ?Or better yet, tell them if you see them this holiday weekend.

For me-I love and appreciate my mom and MIL for the fact that they call almost every day to see how DS is doing. ?It may not always be at the most convenient times (usually while he is eating), but they are always interested in what new things he did that day and how he is doing. ?It brightens their day and I am happy to do that for them. ?I am also grateful that all I would have to do is call and they would be there to help out with him at a moments notice. ?Even if it might not be the exact way I want, they only have his best interests at heart and love him unconditionally. ?I never have to worry about that and for that I am extremely grateful.

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nicari_13

Great idea!

I love how supportive my mom and MIL are of our choices.  No matter what we've decided, even if they did things differently, they go with the flow. 

Shell24

I appreciate how much my mom loves my kids and how often she babysits....A LOT!!  She is totally on the up and up about all new childcare developments, car seat safety, organic foods (she's more of a proponent than I am!!) and supports how I am raising my kids. 

I appreciate how while my MIL may disagree with or not understand my parenting choices (like taking away the paci at a year, or making my own baby food, working so hard to breastfeed and feeding mostly organic) she respects them and would NEVER go against our wishes, do something behind our backs, etc.