Ok, so I know I am being ridiculous, but I can't help it.
DD is 3 and a half weeks old, born 5 weeks premature. We are all at home and generally doing well. She is exclusively breastfed, and feeding every 2 hours roughly. She has some problems with gas, but otherwise well.
Next month we are traveling to see our parents for roughly 2 weeks, DD will be 6 weeks (1 week adjusted age). The plan is to spend a week with each set of parents. However, I do not want to spend a week with DH's parents, I would rather just stay with mine. I know that is unreasonable - but that's just how I feel. Obviously I don't mind seeing DH's parents and spending time with them, it's the being there overnight that I am worrying about.
I am more comfortable with my parents than DH's parents. I find MIL quite judgey and interfering - I know I am not the only one! I worry there will be a lot of unsolicited advice - and at 5am when DD is unsettled I will not deal with it well at all. At my parents house we would be staying on a whole different floor of the house to them, so wouldn't feel DD is disturbing them so much through the night. At DH's parents we would be in a room next to them and the walls are fairly thin. MIL is a very light sleeper and tends to be up at stupid hours of the morning. There is less space at DH's parents too.
I've tried to speak to DH about this, but I know he doesn't really understand. I also feel like a total b*tch saying I don't want to stay with his family.
What would you do? Or any advice on how to handle staying, with a newborn, in a place I don't feel comfortable?
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.
Parenting
How to deal with this...?
8 replies
RAFWife12 · 23/07/2014 19:33
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.