how do I handle this woman update.

TayLeigh · October 2010

So the brother in laws baby mama that I talked about in earlier posts came with my bil and her son and their daughter. I think I did well but it makes me want to smack her! she walked in and set her daughter on my floor and made a bottle. Great! So I sat down with my son and started talking to her daughter and playing with her .

The girl we will call her S starts asking how things are going. While talking I take ds to changing station and change him. I tell her that I just ordered your baby can read. She pretty much laughs in my face and says yea I thought about it but I dunno.

This surprised me bc her 5 year old has speach problems and is doing great now that he is in pre k he can count to 30 recognize the alphabet shapes and colors AMAZING what someone actually paying attention to you will do. Do something with your children!!! they will learn if you put ANY effort into them! UG!

Then after I noticed her daughters diaper practicly soaked I said you can use his changing station if you like. She thanked me and proceeded to change her daughter infront of everyone in our living room. My mom was sexualy assaulted as a child by her uncle so I dont care who it is I take my son in private to change him. Our family has talked to her about it before when she changed her daughters diaper on a church pew instead of a bathroom!

After all is said and done I just blow it off and try to enjoy seeing the kids. Until she noticed the floor gym that my 3 month old uses. She goes I wonder if she can crawl!! I wonder!! I about fell over this baby is 7 months old! and you dont know if your own daughter can crawl. Apparently she doesnt let her play on her tummy. Even on a bed!! Its like her daughter is a doll makes me friggin sick!!

Am I just being a bia or is this something that would weird you out? she tries to give me advice and it drives me crazy!!

PubStar09 · October 2010

That's a lot of dirty family laundry you're airing out there.

haleybeth81 · October 2010

You might be being a little harsh but I don't know the backstory so I could be wrong. If she's giving you advice you could just nod and smile (that's what I do 90% of the time). As for Baby can Read I actually love it. We got it when DD #1 was 18 mo and her vocab has exploded. Also she can at least recognize some of the words (I don't think she's actually reading it). If you haven't already bought it I would suggest Craigslist (we got ours for half price and it was still in the box). Just take care of your LO your way and don't worry about others' advice.

MyLittleSweetPea · October 2010

Well... hate to say it but after all that about Your Baby Can Read... you spelled "speach" wrong- it should be "speech".

mrstarawalsh · October 2010

I think you should just mind your own business: its not your child. Oh, and my son has a significant speech delay... interacting with him was not the cause of it. So I wouldn't assume about the etiology of something based on your somewhat limited encounters with the parent.

pom-mom · October 2010

This kind of sounds like a case of when you don't like someone, everything they do ticks you off. Some of the things this woman does really don't seem bad, but I have people in my life that tick me off so badly that I get irritated when their nose whistles. As for her advice, as pp said, nod and smile, then ignore.

LovePink2850 · October 2010

I think you're blowing things out of proportion. Take a chill pill. I understand you need to vent, but really, you need to relax a little.

kayteatrudeau · October 2010

Yikes. HUGS!

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