Please be gentle, I have a tiny newborn and think I've just hit the day 3 hormone crash.
I have no idea if I'm being hormonal or unreasonable so hoping to gather your thoughts.
I have children from a previous relationship. Dp is a fantastic step father, his family treat them well, all good. No issues there.
We now have a brand new snuggly baby. DP's mum is coming to visit for the first time, she's excited as you'd expect and says she can't wait to be called grandma again. Her other grandchildren call her grandma, it seems important to her.
My children call their grandmother 'nanny' and also call DP's mum 'nanny'. Its never been mentioned, it's just the way it is.
But now it feels like her real grandchildren have to call her grandma and as my dc aren't biologically hers it doesn't matter if they use nanny instead. It feels like new baby is officially her grandchild so has to call her grandma.
There's been little niggley type things on fb in the past, memes about how she loves having two grandchildren (which doesn't include my DC), and 'if you have a grandson you love' share this meme type crap with her comment saying she is so proud of . Never an acknowledgement of my DC. I've never mentioned anything about it as it's fb and seems ridiculous to do so.
But today I am sad for my DC. I'm not even sure why really. I have to say that dps mother is a lovely lady, doesn't interfere, always pleasant, I enjoy her company, and she always makes the effort to bring birthday cards etc for my dc. When we see her she spends time playing with them and they all get a long really well.
I'm not even sure what I'm asking
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Obliviated · 08/09/2016 12:29
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