Am I ridiculous?
I like my MIL but she is a lot and whenever my little girl makes a noise it’s ’do you want milk?’ Or ‘shall you have some more?’ When it’s clearly not hunger - she just goes straight to the bottle and it really winds me up especially as my baby is very sicky.
The other day my baby was having an awful wind episode (full on screaming) and MIL was trying to shove a bottle in her mouth and wouldn’t give her back to me. When me and my husband then ask for her to sort her out she always goes ‘no she’s fine with me!’ And once said ‘nanny knows best’. She also said to my LG a few weeks ago ‘are they not feeding you enough? Do they pinch you awake? Do they pinch you when I’m not here? Tell me all about it’ and I can’t stand it.
My husband is amazing and puts her in her place but she just doesn’t listen and she is now trying to make decisions on my LGs care e.g not using a swivel base in the car and just a seatbelt extender when she takes her out (she hasn’t yet but I don’t want to let her now especially as I’ve said I’ll put my swivel base in her car)
Am I being ridiculous getting upset about her doing stuff like this? Happy to hear some honest opinions.
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This pissed me off already 😂she needs to be put in her place a bit more, until she gets it (personally). What you and your husband say, is law when it comes to YOUR baby. You know when baby is fed and needs something else, you know exactly what’s best for your baby. She needs to sit back and kindly shut up and let you raise your child. Nanny does not know best, you’re not pinching your baby, what’s wrong with her? I just cannot understand people that do this.
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