Mother in law -am I overreacting?

This is a bit of a long one but will shorten it down as much as I can I don’t know why but nearly everything my mother in law does/says annoys me We had a okay/good relationship before I had my baby didn’t see her often but was always okay maybe once a month ish visits ect But ever since having my baby she’s done things I told her not to, she keeps questions our decisions but in the same breath saying we are doing a good job, telling me what we should do when I don’t ask for an opinion, asking us things such as when I am going to stop breastfeeding or have another child after struggling to conceive this one IVF baby, asking when we are gonna wean and when we say 6+ she then tell us they make food for 4 month plus and that she always gave her child rusks in the milk ect, she always holds his head so close to her face, came into the changing room with me when I was changing the child when I don’t think there was a need for her to join me, I can tell she gets annoyed when I want to change my baby, she takes him into other rooms every-time we are up that sets off my anxiety as she kissed my baby three times as a baby after us telling her not too, and there no reason for her to leave the room with him but she always finds a reason and I just think she’s kissing him it drives me insane I got to the point of just following her into the other room I am just at tipping point and she’s the only one I don’t feel comfortable leaving my baby with any of his family or mine I wouldn’t mind 🥲I just feel like she’s obsessed with the baby in the worst way and it creeps me out a wee bit, like she doesn’t even like her son the way she likes my baby 😬 she’s just pushy and overbearing the thought of how much she would kiss my baby if I allowed it fills me with anxiety and it puts me off ever letting anyone kiss him just to stop her cause I couldn’t watch it I don’t know if the way I feel will ever get any better it’s stressful cause I wish I didn’t feel this way We asked her to watch our child for my partner and me to go out for his birthday but the baby should be in bed asleep by the time we are out and her response was it’s fine I will wake him then followed by later I will just sleep in bed with him when he doesn’t even sleep in bed with us, this just set my anxiety off again and now I don’t even want to go out lucky have a camera but if I look and see her waking my child or trying to sleep in bed with them that would be her cut off completely cause I could never trust her🙄 My partner said she said it as a joke but really not funny either of it then she mentioned sleeping with him again when I saw her again My partner doesn’t want to get involved between me and her but I think as it’s his mother he should deal with her the same I do if it was my mum making him uncomfortable Anyone have any advice or experience the same?
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Everything you've just said would really piss me off. She sounds so irritating. Why are some MILs like this. What she did with her baby was years ago, things change, plus it's your baby, not hers, so she needs to back off. Your partner should really tell her, or It'll continue. You aren't overreacting at all. Is she thick? Why would she also ask you when you're going to have another baby, especially when you had IVF? Not only that, but your baby is 4 months old jeez what an absolute idiot

Thank you so much it just makes me feel less crazy cause I keep thinking is it me or my hormones or is it correct to feel this way , if I speak to my family they agree with me but I don’t know if they do cause their my family so that’s why I wanted opinions to make me feel less insane He has also chatted to her previously as she was calling us every day and it became too much along with walking away with my baby in the shop the first time I was out with her baby was only 3/4 weeks old 🥲but said sorry but then later basically told him not to get involved. And for me to come to her direct if I have an issue so awkward then on top called him after we been out just us and joked with my partner have I he been told to tell her off for doing anything wrong and then saying I was getting annoyed cause my baby was laughing at her which i wasn’t so no clue what’s she was on about just makes me not want to make any effort to see her idk if I should try get my partner to speak to her again

I just don’t understand why she has to give unwanted opinions or make stupid jokes that are not funny next time I am up and she tries to leave the room I am asking for my baby back before she goes, but sometimes she just runs off but I cba anymore 😢like she made an excuse of getting the baby’s play pen out but really she could have got it out before he came and on top of that someone else could get it cause she’s holding him surly that make more sense ? then it was I want to show a pic and I was like I seen it so many times don’t bother , then it was I want to change his clothes when they didn’t need changed and I told her that and she ran away with him anyway and didn’t even have anything in his current size to put him in and I know she will know what she owns for him cause it isn’t loads so I am just like why take him into a room I can’t see in to try change him to clothes you know you don’t have in his size when I told you no only reason I can think is to kiss him😬

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