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My MIL has my partners moses basket in the attic the past 32 years. When I was pregnant on my first child two years ago she took in down from the attic for me to use. I persistently refused to use it. The thought of it being in a dusty attic with god knows what crawling around it the past 32 years didn’t sit right with me. I’m now pregnant with my second child. She has the Moses basket now back down from the attic. I understand it’s sentimental too her but what do I do ? My child is not going anywhere near it and I’ve made that clear from my first pregnancy. I haven’t spoke to this woman in over 6 months due to her constantly interfering and going against anything myself and my partner say and I feel this is just another way of her trying to wind me up
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I’m about to use my own Moses basket my mum has kept for the past 29 years and I’m just going to buy a new mattress and give it a good clean HOWEVER in your circumstance can your partner not say something? Especially since you haven’t spoken for 6 months. You also don’t have to do anything you don’t want!
Yes he’ll tell her we’re uncomfortable with the baby being in something that was uncovered and thrown to one corner of the attic for many years. I just don’t want to come off as ungrateful or that I’m being spiteful towards it because we don’t speak. I’m genuinely just uncomfortable with it and she’s aware of that from my first child.
You/ your partner can state that the safety sleep standards for newborn babies has changed drastically over the past 32 years and change annually. You'd prefer to use something that has passed the current safety standards for your newborn baby.
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