Anyone else's inlaws expect your child to leap into there arms just because they are related?

My inlaws - the entire family have never made any effort with my child. Its always been me visiting them so they can see her, which isnt loads as I dont get on with them because from day one they had huge issues with my boundaries so it caused huge tension between us!
Anyway whenever they do see her they get the hump because around people she doesn't really no she is very shy and holds onto me.
They snigger "urgh mummy's girl" "oh your not still holding onto your mummy" they do it passively aggressive and it really pisses me off! I always say things like "yep she's mummy's girl" and I squeeze her hand and say "its ok mummy's here" with a big smile which i know annoys them but I dont care about there feelings anymore because they clearly dont care about mine or my daughters!
If im around them for a while my daughter will usually warm up to them and be ok but it just drives me insane how they just expect her to be all over them when she doesn't know them!
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My little boy is exactly the same around new people and usually clings onto me too. Sounds like we have the same in laws as we get the same comments and “he needs to know this is his family too” even though he rarely sees my MIL

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My FIL is like this. He expects my son to immediately want him and is always up in his face and kissing his face and talking loudly in his face. Trying to take him from me. It’s an issue and honestly my son does not like it mainly because he’s like this. My son has the flu this week and we took my son to see my in laws but my son stayed in the car as to not contaminate there house and to many others- guess what my FIL does- KISSES HIS MOUTH 😭 tries to take him out of the car, all in his face. Like oh my god. I’ve told my husband he’s to much to the point it scares our son and he never says anything about it

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My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

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My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

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Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

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My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

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Is this normal

Let’s say you’re at a softplay with your 2 year old, and some friends & their toddlers.
You buy your 2 year old a kids meal - chicken nuggets, beans, and chips. They’re very happy with it and have almost eaten it all.
They’re sat at the table, fork in hand, consistently eating, and have one chicken nugget left.
Your adult friend comes over from behind you, picks up the last chicken nugget, and eats it.
There was no indication that your child wasn’t going to eat it, and they didn’t ask. They just took it with no warning and ate it right in front of you and your toddler.
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Shift worker daddies - advice please?

My husband works shifts (6am-6pm days or 6pm-6am nights) so when he’s on shift we either get about an hour or 2 before he goes to work or an hour or 2 when we gets home with him.

I don’t think people who aren’t married/have babies with shift workers fully understand the impact of feeling like a solo parent sometimes.

Does anyone have any advice? I do have parents who can help but I struggle to leave my baby with others as I always feel like they don’t understand the need for tracking wake windows or feeds and our baby will not sleep unless we black out a room or go for a car drive . Everyone seems to think ‘if he’s tired he’ll drop off’ - no he’ll just get overtired and have to then pay for it during his night sleep. So I feel like it’s just easier for me to do it all myself.

When my husbands off work he is great but I do take the mental load of telling him what to do or even reminding him of wake windows etc because he’s not here and forgets routines. He’s also being tested for ADHD currently so there’s that on top of shift work.

Just looking for advice on how to stay sane/keep routines or share loads with shifts workers?

Thank you ❤️

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