And so it begins...

lauralizabee

ILs always tell us that we are "the favorites," which always makes me extremely uncomfortable and I hate it. But I always knew that would change once we had a baby and didn't listen to every.single.suggestion MIL had.  We told them yesterday, and they were of course elated, but then it began. Here are just some awesome gems within the first hour of them knowing:

"Are you sure you should eat that? You really need to start taking better care of your body" (um. It was jello.)

"Are you hoping for a boy or a girl" "Well, we really just want a healthy baby." "Oh, well, good for you, but what do you WANT to have?" ?!?!?

"Do you have names picked out?" "Yes, we have a list of names." "Well, what are they?" "We aren't sharing until we meet the baby and decide." "Oh. Well that's not very nice" er....eff off.

"I know this is a long way out, but I just want to tell you I had long, hard labor with all 3 of my boys, but I never had drugs. You shouldn't either. Don't get an epidurmal [sic]. My friend had an epidurmal [sic] and she thought it was going to paralyze her forever. It's scary. You can't get one." Woman...don't you dare tell me how to give birth. kthx.

I'm going to have a lot of these gems throughout this whole experience. JOY!!!

Wendells

omg Laura!  ((hugs))  I pray for strength for you to get through this without killing her!  

Ashleysred

Haha.  It only gets better too!  It just started so early for you...bummer.  Maybe once the newness wears off they won't have to add in their two cents for everything.

And...epidurmal?!  Bwahahaha!

chickymel

oh boy.... I'd avoid them for the rest of the pregnancy if that's what they were doing to me!  Good luck!

ash.flea

Oh man, I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

Be prepared though -- it gets worse after the baby is here.  

MmeBP

ash.flea:

Oh man, I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

Be prepared though -- it gets worse after the baby is here.  

so true so true!

big hugs! 

dani_girl08

Oh wow.  I'm sorry.  Hopefully she calms down without you snapping out on her (but if you do snap, be sure to do it during pregnancy & not after the baby so you can blame it on hormones).    

MrsBlayne

Oh my. I bet there will be snapping at some point. That's going to be hard to take.

Ms.Beachbum08

Hopefully the advice will die down soon.

Buttercup29

Wow. Sounds like we have the same ILs. Hang in there and try to let it go in one ear and out the other.

DreamsBride411

Holy crapp... Annoying inlaws + raging hormones = not a good combo.   ((((hugs))) Lau!!

katers1279

I'd have to avoid them.  How annoying.

natalie115

Oy! Some people just don't know when to keep their mouths shut!