MIL madness

Big hugs, Ana!

I may not be joining this thread to complain about my MIL as she's really wonderful, but can I complain about my husband's MIL here?

OMG Ana!!! Joey is SO NOT overweight. I would make up something that "your plunket nurse" said to you about joey being appropriate weight and healthy.
as for the routine, you need to be superstrict i think. When it comes down to it, he's your baby and he won't be happy if he doesn't get enough sleep and stuff. i can't belive they said some of that stuff!!!!

My MIL manages to get under my skin alot. When he was 6 weeks old she tried to give him some solids and when I said no he can't start anything like that until he is at least 4 months old, she told me all the doctors, nurses, plunket, and researchers no nothing. She gave my son a GLASS of WINE when he was 8 months old! I mean WTF??? And the lastest one is that he should be completely potty trained already. And she is forever going on about me breastfeeding Alex still. She talks about it with everyone else too. I don't think its such a big deal that I'm still b/fing, I planned to keep it up until he was 2 anyway. It's not like he is always on my boob & doesn't eat anything else. And I don't know if its just me being weird but I dislike my MIL talking about my breasts with every Tom, Dick & Harry!

Newmum - you have cured my Monday-itis with that list of annoying things.  I think because I can totally visualise my MIL saying stuff like that.

My MIL means really well but yes - I go insane at the littlest thing.  They are wonderful to our daughter but she has this knack of making me feel totally incompetent.  She feels the need to point out every scratch, itchy bite, bruise, broken nail, mark, cough, runny nose as if I didn't already know about it.  Talk about make me feel like I'm not looking after her precious grand-daughter!  Then the outfits she makes for her are something from the 70's because she has had the pattern and the fabric for 28 years.  She then thinks we're ungrateful because we are not leaping all over the show with joy at this FABULOUS new outfit!  She only wears them when she is going around there.  Even my partner struggles to put his little girl in these dresses (with the matching bloomers)!

Sorry - I could go on for ages but the last thing (for now) is they have been giving her juice to drink.  Although diluted, now all my daughter asks for is juice when she used to be such a good water drinker.  So now because I won't give her juice all the time, we have tanties.  GRRR!

Oh and you stick to your guns, yes they are coming over here to see their grandchild, but you're the mother and they will do as you say!

OR ELSE! :P

I left my son with my MIL for 3 hours once, he had a bag with all the nappies & wipes he could need, spare clothes, a sun hat & sunblock. I came to pick him up & he had an overflowing nappy, no clothes left (they had been pooed all over, and the WORST sunburn I have ever seen! His skin bubbled right off his face! And she wonders why I won't let her babysit
And the worst thing is that she is actually a qualified nurse. Makes me wonder about our health system really.

OMG Toni, that is terrible!!! That would have made me sooo upset!!!

My daughter is now 19 months old.  My MIL said to me about the dress (and don't forget the matching rompers) that when she out grows it next summer, she can just add longer straps on it because she still has plenty of that fabric left.  Oh Yay I said!!!

At least the straps will still match the dress because she wouldn't have worn it often enough for the dress (and matching rompers) to fade!!  I laugh now but if only you could see it!!

Edited by Popsicle

God Toni - I can't believe that about letting your little boy get so sunburnt.    Hasn't she been watching the telly and all the bad press about staying out in the sun and what it does.  Poor wee boy, it's not as if he can say "Nana (or whatever), I'm getting sunburnt, can you please put some sunblock on me"!  What on earth was the glass of wine for - to numb the pain?!!!  Man, you certainly have your hands full there, makes my "hideous dress" story seem so trivial!

Well, I can't complain. My MIL is lovely. We are very similar. Lewis is identical to my dad, very scarey.