My mum is a know-it-all. If somebody says snow is white she’ll argue it’s black. She now applies this logic to my DD (7 months old). DH cannot stand to be around DM when she’s with DD as she also winds him up too.
A couple of examples:
- refuses to ever rock/bounce DD as apparently it’s a bad habit for babies to get into.
- has put her hands out to stop me picking up DD as I should allow her to cry for 5-10 minutes or ‘she’ll learn to cry to get her own way’.
- I advised her to sit DD up as she didn’t like being held flat. DM proceeded to take off all DD clothes as apparently DD didn’t like the tights she was wearing. Crying turned into screaming.
then there’s the relatively normal annoyances, will wake DD to put on a hat, insists on socks, will pick her up when she’s happy, reluctant to hand her back when she’s upset. She also seems to really wind up DD that she’s completely oblivious to. She’s used terms like spoilt and manipulative when talking about DD. Apparently I need to teach DD that I’m in charge or I’ll have a brat.
My mum is now insisting on babysitting. Luckily we’re EBF so no current need for a babysitter but, not in a month of Sundays will she be left alone with DD. She’s coming over next week and told my sister that she’ll be looking after DD upstairs as DD shouldn’t be around all the other family. Dsis has just called me unreasonable for not been keen as apparently what harm can she do.