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September 2013 Moms
Bamgal25
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Toby, my furry baby
Annoying MIL/mom stories
Bamgal25
member
We haven't done a MIL/mom vent session in a while and I want
to vent about my MIL, so everyone jump in if you have a story of a family
member being annoying!
My MIL has asked me three times now if I plan to make my own baby food and it is getting on my last nerve! She isn't just asking to make conversation, but with the expectation that I will say yes. Today she asked and I just ignored her question (because we had already discussed it), so she went on to tell me about someone from her church who makes their own and how you need special trays, etc. I finally said, Yes, I plan to make some of it and her response was "Oh, good, that way you know exactly what is going into her body." My MIL is much more into eating organic, not eating processed sugar, etc. than I am. She has tried to tell us of the evils of eating sugar in the past and how I should use butter instead of margarine, etc. etc. So this is partly a vent about her questioning my parenting and partly about her trying to force her food "beliefs" on us.
I actually do plan on making some of my own baby food, but what business is that of hers? I sincerely doubt I will make every bite of baby food DD ever eats, and I don't need a guilt trip making me feel like I am a bad mother if I don't make all her food. I do agree it is probably healthier for me to make her food and I am sure it is cheaper, but I just don't know if I'll have time to make it all.
Also, another small vent. MIL was over the other day and managed to work into conversation about when we plan to try to have another child. She brought it up by saying her friend was asking her if she knew when we wanted to have another kid and how we shouldn't wait too long, we'll be needing to "get on it" soon, etc. MIL was relaying all this to me as she laughed about her friend asking, but it was obviously her sneaky way of asking me when we want to have another kid. I can understand some curiosity about that, but the baby is only 5 months old! Can I at least get a year before people start with these questions??
Any other vents?
My MIL has asked me three times now if I plan to make my own baby food and it is getting on my last nerve! She isn't just asking to make conversation, but with the expectation that I will say yes. Today she asked and I just ignored her question (because we had already discussed it), so she went on to tell me about someone from her church who makes their own and how you need special trays, etc. I finally said, Yes, I plan to make some of it and her response was "Oh, good, that way you know exactly what is going into her body." My MIL is much more into eating organic, not eating processed sugar, etc. than I am. She has tried to tell us of the evils of eating sugar in the past and how I should use butter instead of margarine, etc. etc. So this is partly a vent about her questioning my parenting and partly about her trying to force her food "beliefs" on us.
I actually do plan on making some of my own baby food, but what business is that of hers? I sincerely doubt I will make every bite of baby food DD ever eats, and I don't need a guilt trip making me feel like I am a bad mother if I don't make all her food. I do agree it is probably healthier for me to make her food and I am sure it is cheaper, but I just don't know if I'll have time to make it all.
Also, another small vent. MIL was over the other day and managed to work into conversation about when we plan to try to have another child. She brought it up by saying her friend was asking her if she knew when we wanted to have another kid and how we shouldn't wait too long, we'll be needing to "get on it" soon, etc. MIL was relaying all this to me as she laughed about her friend asking, but it was obviously her sneaky way of asking me when we want to have another kid. I can understand some curiosity about that, but the baby is only 5 months old! Can I at least get a year before people start with these questions??
Any other vents?
Toby, my furry baby
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Re: Annoying MIL/mom stories
My DH, our SAHD, recently left for 4-6 weeks to work at the Nuclear Power Plant in St. Louis. Well my MIL has been a savior and offered to come help with Ky. Goodness I am so happy to have her help but with being dog-tired when I get home there is only so much I can deal with. I've tried to only nip the "dangerous" things in the bud. For example her giving him 2 doses of Tylenol before I even get home (4:00p) every day for 4 days... um no. She made his 6 oz.s of formula with only one scoop of powder (it needs three), then he would proceed to spit up over 1/2 of it because it was too thin. Not dangerous, but she would let him fall asleep with an empty bottle in his mouth, all he would do is phantom suck on air and end up gassy. Those are only the tip of the iceburg but I can totally handle the other quarks..
Oh I forgot about her best remark. While talking to LO she says "Ky, I hope the next baby ends up looking like dad because you look all mom"...? I just sat there dumb founded.
BFP 01/05/2013. EDD 09/18/2013. Low Progesterone. Gestational Diabetes. Rh Negative. Baby Ky-Mani born 100% healthy 09/17/2013. TTC#2 12/2013. BFP 02/01/2014! "Baby RaggaMuffin" due 10/07/2014.
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...Ok bitch. Buh bye!
Jamie