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Am I horrible thinking like this???

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My DD has a bad cold (thanks to Daddy) so it's been rough for her and myself - no sleep, m/s, exhaustion & co.

Although my MIL is staying with us and watches DD when we go to work, these past couple of days, I have WFH to care for her.

The issue is that my MIL used to be a nurse in her country so she has a different mentality on babies' care than we do here and I am terrified of leaving her to watch my baby while she's sick. She might (probably would) give her Dayquil or other cold meds we have in the house. When she first came, she gave DD adult paracetamol!!!! When DH confronted & scolded her, she got offended believing she knows better having been a nurse for many years.

I told DH upfront that I won't be going to work because of this fear of she trying to medicate DD but he was quiet.....thinking he might be hurt.

Am I in the wrong here? I don't feel like am being overly cautious.

Your thoughts?

 

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  • kimbo1216kimbo1216 member

    Your baby.  Your rules.  If she can't follow them, then she looses privileges like getting to watch your daughter. 

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    Your baby.  Your rules.  If she can't follow them, then she looses privileges like getting to watch your daughter. 

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  • catahoulattecatahoulatte member
    Gah! No, you are not in the wrong. Has she been keeping up with any continuing ed classes or anything like that?? She can't operate on what she 'used to do'. That's ridiculous and potentially harmful to your child.
                                       
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  • kacellekacelle member
    I wouldn't let her keep your DD at all if you don't trust her to keep her when sick.
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  • mgarza1231mgarza1231 member
    If you are uncomfortable with it, I would find someone else to watch DD. If I were in that situation, I would not be letting MIL watch her, sick or healthy.
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  • google123google123 member

    you are not horrible.  I just wouldn't have her watch LO.

     

    I feel the same way about my own mother.  She's never even been a nurse, but I don't trust her with meds.  I'm afraid one day she'll just give the kids "adult" dose medicine, because she'll think it's fine.  A few times I had to tell her I wasn't going to give them medicine because at this age they usually need to get over it by themselves.

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  • Mylittlebee20Mylittlebee20 member
    imagekimbo1216:

    Your baby.  Your rules.  If she can't follow them, then she looses privileges like getting to watch your daughter. 

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  • desdemona39desdemona39

    imagemgarza1231:
    If you are uncomfortable with it, I would find someone else to watch DD. If I were in that situation, I would not be letting MIL watch her, sick or healthy.

    ITA. My old school mom thinks it's OK to drug a child with benadryl if you want them to sleep. She did that sh!t to us. Needless to say, she won't be watching LO, EVER. 

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