Hellooo,
Firstly I must say that I have an excellent relationship with my mum. Usually she is very supportive of my parenting and doesn't interfere despite her having an excellent bond with our DS's and in particular DS1.
Today, however, I was really annoyed with her. We were shopping in a busy shopping centre and DS1, who I must say generally does as he is told and holds DS2's pushchair, decided to act up. He is known to push the boundaries a little when nan is around.
Well I had asked him to hold either nan's hand or the pushchair but not to run around. We went into a shop and I wasn't pleased with his behaviour; swinging on a shelf thing and running around. So I warned him again that his behaviour wasnt acceptable as it was busy and he would get lost and if he did it again he would hold my hand and not his nan's. Well lo and behold he ran off again, so I held his hand. He kicked up an almighty fuss, tantrum, tears....the works. This is no skin off my nose and he can throw all the tantrums he wants, he must do as he is told.
My mum swooped in and grabbed his hand and said "dont cry, you can hold nan's hand!" I don't know whether she was embarrassed with the tantrum or whether she felt I was being harsh. I tried to bring it up with her as we walked but she seemed completely oblivious to the fact I was a bit annoyed.
I must add she has done this before and it left me wondering aibu? or a bit sensitive.
I would never fall out with her over this and I can't stress enough how good she is to myself and DC but I really hope it was just a one-off because DS1 is a typical 3 and a bit year old and im sure (if he hasn't already) quickly work out how to play one off against the other.
What are your thoughts? x
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AIBU?
to think my mum was out of order with DS and underminded me a little....
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Shellylou82 · 01/02/2013 13:52
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