I thought I was coping quite well with my ds; mother hadn't spent time here as she was ill but came to stay for the last 2 nights. As a result my confidence at is gone looking after my ds.
1 Mother is obsessed that I am not winding ds properly, I spend ages doing it and usually manage to get a burp up but she kept on saying "give him to granny" and such comments
2 She is obsessed with giving the baby water, I checked it out and said the baby didn't need water, she gave it to him anyway . I told her this was not acceptable as I felt she had done it behind my back and she huffed with me
3 She told me I looked very awkward holding the baby and that my dh was much more of a natural
4 She kept on saying the baby was going to choke and kept shouting at me to run to his pram.
I just feel that my relationship with my mother has changed so much since my baby arrived a few weeks ago and I don't know why.
Mother is away home now and I'm left crying as I feel I'm such an unnatural mother. He just over 3 weeks, what can I do better?
Dh is at work and I'm a state right now.
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My ds is just over 3 weeks and my confidence is at an all time low due to visit from my mother.
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Pinkflipflop · 23/02/2013 18:17
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