My MIL and FIL always call my baby "their baby" or slip up and call themselves mom/dad and it PISSES me off. I am a mega people pleaser so I never let it show that it annoys me, but omg I get so annoyed. Like I get it ur gma and gpa and that is special but she is MINE!! I wish I had the balls to tell them to stop but also idk is that mean? But at the same time my mil oversteps a lotttttt idk.
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I’d be pissed, I think that’s actually crazy that they’d call themselves mom and dad

You can still correct them and say "Hey, at first I tried to not let it bother me about the whole 'aw, my baby', but now it's getting outt've hand When you're calling another my baby's parents. If you could stick to calling yourselves Gma and gpa or papa and Nana then I'd appreciate it".

It used to bother me and now I truly don’t care so glad I got over it because it’s other more important things to be worried and stressed about and that for sure ain’t one. I grew mentally and emotionally.

I refer to my daughter to very close family and friends as "our girl". I say that exclusively to people who are actually helping me raise this incredible human, and I mean it to feel like an honor, and when they say it to me it makes me feel supported and like im not alone in this all. If your in laws are generally loving, kind, supportive individuals than yes, I would let this go. If they are generally troublesome, anxiety provoking or boundary pushing than I would put my foot down with this among other things.

I don't think it's weird to slip up and accidentally call themselves mom/dad occasionally. My mom has done it sometimes. She's referred to herself and my dad as "mom and dad" for 32 years. She's been a grandma for 3. It takes an adjusting and slips of the tongue are easy when you're older. Calling her "their baby" intentionally eh, could be a bit weird.

It doesn’t really bother me much my mom does this.
I know my mom means well and always refers to herself as nana and never mom.
My sister didn’t like it when she had her son though, but My mom and I have a much closer relationship than my other siblings.
My in-laws on the other hand think that we are crazy for having kids in the first place. They are accepting but not possessive.

Sorry but I wouldn’t like that and would have to call them out on it, I’m very confrontational though 🤦🏽♀️

My mother in law one time said we got our girl and I really wanted to say no I got my girl. But calling themselves mom and Dad is completely disrespectful.

"Hey, I love how much you love X. Calling X your baby at first bothered me and I kind of just accepted it as just a way of showing love but for me, referring to yourselves as mom and dad is just a no. Please refer to yourselves as grandma and grandpa. X has one mom and one dad. I really appreciate it."

No, you’re valid! My MIL does this alot and will say “go ask Daddy” when she means granddad. My daughter when she was about 2.5 years old got really angry and shouted “THAT IS NOT MY DADDY” and wouldn’t go near either of them all day and it stopped very quickly after that 😂
My daughter also (now almost 5) HATES being referred too as “my girl” or anything like that by anyone that’s not me or her daddy. She will correct everyone and say “I am not your girl, I am mummy and daddy’s girl only” so people have now stopped doing it 😂

don't need to be rude just correct them, my inlaws use to do it alot and I would say to my child thats granny and that's grandad I'm mummy

Saying “my baby” is typically a common term of endearment, but the mama and dada part is weird…why is that happening lol…I would leave that to your partner to address, personally I wouldn’t want him to voice it as coming from me, I’d have him claim it on his own and he can even handle if in a normal parent/son way…like straight up just tell them it’s weird and to stop lol

My mum slips up sometimes and says mum but it's usually because she's referring to me ... Like she'll say lets mummy make a cup of tea but what she means is lets make mummy a cup of tea...like just slips up on the words if that makes sense. But using it how they are and the my baby would wind me up so I agree with you!

I used to think it would piss me off , my mum adores my little boy, and often calls him my darling boy, I see it as he is completely loved. And would take it as the biggest compliment . Saying that if you have spoken to them about it before and they keep doing it remind them again.

I don’t think “my baby” would bother me because it’s Also thier grand baby butttttt them calling them selves mom and dad would piss me off , I would correct them every single time

The "their baby" part I could live with since it is their grandchild but calling themselves Mom and Dad is insane and completely unacceptable

Nope couldn’t stand for that!
If the slip up is accidental then we could laugh it off and move on but if it keeps happening then I’d put my foot down
As far as their baby - girrllll you was the one that conceived, grew and gave birth that to baby. She is yours 😂