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August 2013 Moms
Khaleesi07
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Sure...MIL was nice and normal...until LO was born!
Khaleesi07
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Yup...it's happened. My SO and I have been together for 6 years, and I thought I doged the crazy MIL bullet. NOPE.
DD was screaming her head off on christmas, due to being bombarded by half a dozen people at once. The only thing that would calm her down was when her dad would lift her as if he was bench pressing her....sounds funny but she loves it :-P
MIL kept *insisting* it was gas and ripped her away from her dad, and tried to burp her. DD instantly started screaming, and I calmly explained she's not gassy since she hasn't eaten in two hours, and that I would feed her.
MIL basically ignored me and just rocked my screaming baby back and forth with a crazed look on her face saying "you just need your nanny!!" Over and over...creepy! DD kept screaming and MIL insisted it was the headband she was wearing and she just whipped it off her head. I kept syaing she needed to eat, and Finally my SO took her back and handed her to me while he got her bottle ready. I mentioned she usually eats every 3 hours, sometimes sooner, so maybe if I feed her it would help settle her a bit.
That was MIL'S que to say "oh my gosh you still feed her that often!?!!?" She must be gassy then!!! So she snatches Dd back, and she starts screaming again....I take her back, and explain that it's perfectly normal for a breast fed baby to eat every 2 to 3 hours. She doesn't take the bottle, MIL, FIL, and SIL kept saying "oh she's GASSY that's why!! If I heard the word "gassy" one more time I was going to start screaming just as loud as LO.
I went into the spare bedroom to nurse her, and guess what? She calmed down...so much for that fucking gas she didn't have!!!!
As soon as I came back MIL took her out of my arms and took her headband off...really???
I'm probably just extra bitchy from the holiday stress, but this lady needs to calm down with my kid. I get that she's had three kids, but I know *my* kid, so I don't need someone who has seen my daughter three times to tell me what she needs. Oh and the wonderful CIO advice she gives is fantastic as well.
It's so weird becausew I've never seen her be pushy like that before, but I guess there must be some sort of special Grandmother chip that get's activated to bring out the cray once there's a grandbaby in the picture...
Anyone else have an MIL that didn't bring out the cray till LO was born?
DD was screaming her head off on christmas, due to being bombarded by half a dozen people at once. The only thing that would calm her down was when her dad would lift her as if he was bench pressing her....sounds funny but she loves it :-P
MIL kept *insisting* it was gas and ripped her away from her dad, and tried to burp her. DD instantly started screaming, and I calmly explained she's not gassy since she hasn't eaten in two hours, and that I would feed her.
MIL basically ignored me and just rocked my screaming baby back and forth with a crazed look on her face saying "you just need your nanny!!" Over and over...creepy! DD kept screaming and MIL insisted it was the headband she was wearing and she just whipped it off her head. I kept syaing she needed to eat, and Finally my SO took her back and handed her to me while he got her bottle ready. I mentioned she usually eats every 3 hours, sometimes sooner, so maybe if I feed her it would help settle her a bit.
That was MIL'S que to say "oh my gosh you still feed her that often!?!!?" She must be gassy then!!! So she snatches Dd back, and she starts screaming again....I take her back, and explain that it's perfectly normal for a breast fed baby to eat every 2 to 3 hours. She doesn't take the bottle, MIL, FIL, and SIL kept saying "oh she's GASSY that's why!! If I heard the word "gassy" one more time I was going to start screaming just as loud as LO.
I went into the spare bedroom to nurse her, and guess what? She calmed down...so much for that fucking gas she didn't have!!!!
As soon as I came back MIL took her out of my arms and took her headband off...really???
I'm probably just extra bitchy from the holiday stress, but this lady needs to calm down with my kid. I get that she's had three kids, but I know *my* kid, so I don't need someone who has seen my daughter three times to tell me what she needs. Oh and the wonderful CIO advice she gives is fantastic as well.
It's so weird becausew I've never seen her be pushy like that before, but I guess there must be some sort of special Grandmother chip that get's activated to bring out the cray once there's a grandbaby in the picture...
Anyone else have an MIL that didn't bring out the cray till LO was born?
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Re: Sure...MIL was nice and normal...until LO was born!
You are really pregnant. 57 weeks, is that some sort of record?
Eta cause words r hard,apparently.
You all should probably start a MIL Mondays thread...just get it all out. (Or maybe that fits in the bitchfest?)
I'm sorry op, I know how you feel. I'm a firm believer in "your baby, your rules". Don't be afraid to put your foot down when it comes to your children.
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OP, considering she started out cool maybe if you just had a one on one with her to explain your frustrations she'd be willing to listen and work on it?
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@Zever000 I read your post about your inlaws earlier this week...holy cow. I do feel for grandparents that don't get to see their grandkids a lot, but geeze. They need to trust their own kids with their babies and stop trying to be the baby know-it-all police.
ETA: crap...I've been on mobile since we don't have our internet yet I need to take down that ticker! Thanks for the heads up...I'm happy to say I am not 57 weeks pregnant...yikes!!