Mother in Law + Stroller

No!!! I wouldn’t be using that tbh, I’d probably say oh thank you and it would never get used unless I had a girl. It’s 15$ she’s wasted trying to prove a point

I’d mention how it’s pink & he also may need more support than the umbrella stroller can provide. If she wants to take it back she can. If she insists you take it I’d sell it on market place and use the money towards the stroller you want.

She could have meant well and overstepped without realising or she could be a totally overpowering woman who will demand you raise your child the way she says. Only you and your husband will know which one she is. I would have just told her that I didn't want my Sony to have a pink pram but thanks anyway. Her intentions may have been good

I’d like to add; this wasn’t the first time we had this situation. She asked/made a comment about high chairs. We never used one for my oldest because I’m Asian, we sit on the floor and eat plus, it takes up space in our small apartment. She went to my husband and made comments about me on how I don’t use high chairs. If she wanted to buy one for her house, she can. I just didn’t want one in our home. It made me feel some type of way like I’m doing something wrong with MY child.. 😔

You should be upset. She means well but that’s still pushy behavior. I have the same issues with my in laws

If it was just about the color, I’d think your reaction was ridiculous

@Sam it wasn’t about the color, more of about the stroller. My 5 month old isn’t sitting yet.

No you’re not overreacting. I don’t know what it is with these older generation mother in laws but it seems to be a universal thing that they don’t know their place. It must be a boy mom thing because my partners never had any issues with my mom in the whole time we’ve been together yet his family has constantly pushed boundaries. When I was having my second child my MIL tried to give me a second hand stroller that my partners godsister was throwing out, I told them I didn’t want it because I have already picked out the one I want and I’m waiting for delivery. His parents still chose to to take the stroller from his godsisters house (in another city) bring it down to our house in the car and come inside and say to my face “ so are you going to take the stroller because we brought it all this way” 😐 this isn’t the first time I’ve had to repeat myself about something I plan to get for my own child. I had to threaten to cut them off before they got the message that they keep pushing bound

Hahaha 🤣 I would laugh and walk away. And side note, my baby is 11 months old, has never been in a pram and likely never will. Closest she's come is once sitting next to her brother (3.5) in the bike trailer that converts to a running buggy. We use a baby carrier.

I would just say thank you and sell it on offer up or give it to someone with a girl who would like it as a play stroler to push a doll in. 🤷🏾‍♀️ shes not going to listen to you, no point on speaking to deaf ears. She wated her own money, not yours.

I’d get a carrier and carry the baby in that next time instead of a stroller. They’re cheap, second hand. We babywore until baby was like 6m. I think if your baby was in a carrier she wouldn’t have anything to say. Maybe she can see your arms struggling because, who’s wouldn’t after 2-3 hrs of carrying a baby. It’s because you didn’t tell her the real reason you told us - if you told her yes you have your eye on a stroller but waiting for Hubbys payday to get it, instead of “we don’t have one” it sounds you’re never planning to get one I think that’s why we went out and bought one.

I don’t think the pink rainbows part of this would bother me at all, as imo these things shouldn’t be assigned to a gender, but I’d be annoyed that she’d taken this into her own hands and purchased something I a) didn’t want and b) hadn’t checked out before hand. You could always sell it 😂😂😂😂

@Shan yes! Almost similar with my first. I wanted a pack n play because I’m not a fan of cribs because they’re expensive and bulky. She got me a pack n play off from facebook marketplace. I did the TikTok trend and soaked it in the bathtub. It was SO dirty.. it didn’t completely dry in the sun so it grew moldy. Threw it out.. then got a pack n play when we had our baby shower. She lives 20 minutes away from us and rarely visit her grandkids. She has 7 grandkids total. My brother in law (husband’s older brother) has 5 kids. 2 from baby mama #1, 3 with baby mama #2 . She rarely see her other 5 grandkids because baby mama #1 moved to California and other baby mama is petty and would use any excuse for husbands side of the family to not meet/visit them. The 2 would sometimes come up to visit during summertime if my brother in law gets his shit together.

@Kellie we had a baby carrier with my first but even then, we barely used it either. So with this second child, because we didn’t use it with our first, we didn’t think we’d use/need it. Only reason I wanted to get a stroller because I was going to downtown with my sister and I wasn’t going to hold him the whole time as he’s a chunky baby and I wasn’t going to carry him in his car seat either 😅 Also, so I can walk to the park with the boys too when I don’t have the car .

I wouldn’t use that until he’s 1+ old. I have the same stroller tho for my son 🤣. We were out and about and I needed one, that was the only one Walmart had. Who cares 🤷‍♀️. Good as a back up!