NWMR: I'm hiding from MIL - vent

honeybee111 · June 2013

ILs are here for the weekend, and MIL is driving me crazy. My 3 year old does NOT have ADHD just because she stopped singing in a school performance to comfort the little boy next to her who was crying. And my 2 week old infant is NOT spoiled because he cried when you put him in his crib. I gave her blank looks for both of those comments, and said, "No......she's/he's fine." AND, she keeps piling blankets and pillows into DS's crib when he's sleeping in there which I keep tossing out. For someone who is a NICU nurse, you'd think she'd know about not putting all that stuff in there with an infant. Geez......I'm hiding right now in our bedroom - I came in here to nurse DS, but now I'm just holding him.

Also, MIL is seriously the most accident prone person I know. Every time she visits, there's some sort of disaster/mess. She breaks at least 2 dishes every time she visits. Last time, she also dumped an entire large sized smoothie all over the guest bedroom carpet. 5 minutes ago, DH told me that MIL decided it would be a great idea to pull open all the drawers in the dresser in the guest room. Well, the entire dresser tipped over, and the glass bowl and vase with flowers that was on top shattered everywhere.

This may just be postpartum hormones, but thank God they're leaving tomorrow.

Jelliebean1982 · June 2013

Thank goodness it's only for a weekend, right? I felt the exact same way about visitors after I had my kids. It has to be a mixture of PP hormones and lack of sleep. The comments and lack of common sense is bearable most of the time but with a newborn it is just too much. Luckily nursing the baby is a good excuse to get away!

LittleFish1 · June 2013

Gotta say, those things would drive me buggy as well. PP hormones would only make it worse, add in the lack of sleep and would become intolerable.

WhitWed · June 2013

Eeks! She sounds like a peach. This makes me nervous to host all the visitors that asked to come after DS is born. We couldn't get a single person to help watch DD while I deliver and recover, but conveniently we are booked solid with guests (literally back to back) from the week after DS arrives through mid-July! I need to find a good escape, too! Wishing you luck on surviving your last evening with her! Slip some Melatonin in a drink for her. It's harmless, but will have her sleeping hardcore until she leaves!

LoCarb · June 2013

Weekend is over right? Your MIL sounds like my mom and she's only good in small does every couple of years.

PayolaCrayola · June 2013

honeybee111:

ILs are here for the weekend, and MIL is driving me crazy. My 3 year old does NOT have ADHD just because she stopped singing in a school performance to comfort the little boy next to her who was crying. And my 2 week old infant is NOT spoiled because he cried when you put him in his crib. I gave her blank looks for both of those comments, and said, "No......she's/he's fine." AND, she keeps piling blankets and pillows into DS's crib when he's sleeping in there which I keep tossing out. For someone who is a NICU nurse, you'd think she'd know about not putting all that stuff in there with an infant. Geez......I'm hiding right now in our bedroom - I came in here to nurse DS, but now I'm just holding him.

Also, MIL is seriously the most accident prone person I know. Every time she visits, there's some sort of disaster/mess. She breaks at least 2 dishes every time she visits. Last time, she also dumped an entire large sized smoothie all over the guest bedroom carpet. 5 minutes ago, DH told me that MIL decided it would be a great idea to pull open all the drawers in the dresser in the guest room. Well, the entire dresser tipped over, and the glass bowl and vase with flowers that was on top shattered everywhere.

This may just be postpartum hormones, but thank God they're leaving tomorrow.

I did this same thing when my IL's came to visit after DD was born. MIL told DH that i purposely chose to breastfeed simply to keep DD from her. Sometimes she would follow me into the room. So weird.