My mom thinks I starve my baby

Nicole0012 · March 2011

I'm home on Spring Break, visiting with my parents for the week. For the past 48 hours, every time Miles cries, my mom SWEARS he's starving and automatically starts making him a bottle. Last night he was REALLY fussy (we had a long weekend visiting and he hardly napped). He was screaming by the time 8:00 rolled around, and he didn't even enjoy his bath (his favorite time of day). My mom kept saying, "I know, baby, mommy starves you." Aghh!

I made him up a 6 oz bottle, he ate about 1.5 oz and then slept for 10 hours. He was NOT starving. He was tired! I don't know what I'm going to do for the rest of the week if this keeps up!

Mothers. Huh? Let's swear we'll never turn into our own.

kat81 · March 2011

I also hate how people communicate their thoughts through our LOs. Last night we were at my parents'. My dad was holding DS and DS made a noise. Dad was like, "yes, I know, your grandmother should put the water pitcher in the fridge so that it doesn't get warm on the counter." WTF? But my mom is more annoying because she makes comments about our parenting through LO, like your mom. She's like, "burp me, mommy, I have a tummy ache!" ugh. And then DH changed his diaper and we commented on something about DS...like he's so happy...and my mom was like, "yes, daddy, but I have a red bottom!" as though it's our fault we didn't put enough cream on him, or we don't change him enough, or cloth diapers cause this or something.... ugh.

EarsToYou · March 2011

I'd probably tell her "You're right Mom, he is starving. It's a new parenting technique designed to help with survival of the fittest." But I also tend to be a little sassy Wink

Seriously though, good luck this week, and try not to let your parents get to you.

curlydoglover · March 2011

kat81:
I also hate how people communicate their thoughts through our LOs.

Ok, so DH and I totally do this. Whenever B is particularly chatty, we pretend to hold a conversation with him.

Yesterday was talking about the NCAA picks that DH made - I was pretending B made the same ones and was mocking him mercilessly. "I just don't know why you didn't pick Butler over Wisconsin. You know Bo Ryan sucks it in the tourney."

DH tends to chat science stuff like "Well, yes, the LHC just started doing their runs with proton beams, but I think your worries about black holes forming are a bit silly."

ivlahakis · March 2011

I thought it was just my mom and in-laws that did this, guess it's pretty common! Every time Bradley fusses we hear "is it time for him to eat? he's so hungry!" - so annoying. I thought as he got older they would ease up on this and realize that we know when our son is hungry and can tell the differene between a hungry cry and a tired cry, guess not ...

jillybean800 · March 2011

I made it very clear from the beginning that I thought that all of their advice was stupid and outdated. I must have done it in a nice way though because they are not mad at me...I can't remember how...

xxbabycakesxx · March 2011

dont worry, my moms the same way. everytime griffin cries or eats his hands its "because hes hungry." i want to yell at her that i know his cues better than she does and that hes tired (because i literally just fed him) or teething!

kat81 · March 2011

curlydoglover:
kat81:
I also hate how people communicate their thoughts through our LOs.
Ok, so DH and I totally do this. Whenever B is particularly chatty, we pretend to hold a conversation with him.
Yesterday was talking about the NCAA picks that DH made - I was pretending B made the same ones and was mocking him mercilessly. "I just don't know why you didn't pick Butler over Wisconsin. You know Bo Ryan sucks it in the tourney."
DH tends to chat science stuff like "Well, yes, the LHC just started doing their runs with proton beams, but I think your worries about black holes forming are a bit silly."

That's different...that's finding a way to communicate with LO. But when you're complaining about someone and you speak it through LO, that's passive aggressive.

watermellens · March 2011

haha my mom was the opposite. When DS was born, she was like "just promise me that you're not going to just stick your boob in his mouth when he starts crying okay?"

Fairy kisses · March 2011

My MIL is the opposite if Kiya starts crying she say "no your not hungry you are just fine" most of the time she is hungry giving me my damn child they think I over feed her cause she is a chunk ugh she doesn't eat all the time. I should tell MIL to stop shoveling food in her mouth which is all the time she over feeds her self and she is a fat chunk. Ok that is a little mean, I do like her she just annoys me sometimes.

OhSewCrafty · March 2011

Do we have the same MIL? She watched Charlie during the day while I was at a conference a few weeks ago and TOTALLY over fed him - like almost double what he normally eats. "Well, he ate it so he must be hungry." It doesn't work like that, crazy lady.

We should seriously write this BSC stuff down so we don't do it to our kids!!

Chick7806 · March 2011

Ugh. Not cool.

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