Did I do the wrong thing keeping newborn’s hands covered ?

I managed to get one of my mittens off as a tiny baby and scratched at my face and burst a blood vessel near my eye. It's still there to this day as a little raised red bump so no YANBU

Comment from you should be 'Yes mommy did, like a proper mommy because she didn't want you scratching your beautiful little face to pieces'

You have absolutely done the right thing! Never doubt your instincts. My youngest son had really sharp nails so I did the same with him until I felt bold enough to cut them!

Don’t allow MIL’s stupid passive aggressive comments to make you second guess yourself. Ignore her and SIL. I had a similar thing where MIL would talk to my babies rather than me. I was intimidated at first but then I’d reply “yes Mummy will take me away from FIL’s smoking as she believes it is bad for my lungs”. That soon shut her up.

Decades on, I’m not with their father anymore but still have a decent relationship with the inlaws. Set boundaries now; this is YOUR baby and your enjoy them your way!

It’s really not a big deal. You did nothing wrong, but I wonder why you haven’t clipped/filed the nails yet. If you’re nervous about doing that, it’s not difficult with clippers, but I’d avoid using scissors. Wait til baby is napping,then it can be done calmly.

I also hated cutting their nails until someone suggested I bite them? It’s much easier. Congratulations ignore the MIL

Mine all wore those 'scratch mitts' to protect their faces from sharp nails.

Don't let your MIL and SIL get to you. This is what MILs do!
You could say something back like... MIL wasn't here to cut her nails or help out enough..
I would have done the way if I were you.

We are all trying our best, and you kept your baby out of danger, so good for you.

Parent hood makes us grow a backbone, so don't worry, with time you will learn to either ignore your MIL, or respond back

My MIL was obsessed with the mittens with my first born. We only kept my DS hand covered when he was very little. She would almost run over and free his hands and coo over him about his hands being free. It drove me mad especially since my DH still has a little scar on his face from scratching it really badly as a newborn.

Hi OP,

I think it might be a good idea to practise saying the sentence "kindly take that remark and go get in the sea" and be prepared to say it over and over again, as often as necessary to your MIL and SIL.

MILs and SILs need a strict training regime and you can't start too soon imo.

Just ignore them; they’re just looking for something to have a go about - if it wasn’t her hands it would be a dummy/whatever.
It’s a lonely enough job rearing your first baby and it’s too easy for people to try to undermine a new mother’s confidence if they’re that way inclined. Be polite and don’t get into a discussion - you might need ‘em one day - just smile sweetly and ignore ‘em; you’re doing great.

My baby had his hands covered, those nails are sharp! I remember when he was a toddler I used to have him bare footed rather than shoes indoors, and I was always receiving comments from a family member that he needed socks on! So I put socks on next time the family member came and they half fell off, he tripped on them and banged his head on the table. So I threw them across the room and said this is why he doesn't wear socks!!!

Someone always has to say something stupid!

I put UABU to give them the time of day. They are being weird. You’ve done nothing wrong - there is no right or wrong imo for this!

Try not to worry so much.

I think it’s just something to say when they can’t think of anything else, it will get old soon. Ignore.

I did exactly this.

You're fine! They are being weird. Your baby will not be harmed by your use of scratch mitts.
We used to trim our babies' nails by nibbling/tearing them. You can be much more sensitive than way than actually cutting them. I guess it's gone out of fashion cos I don't see anyone else mentioning that.

You are doing nothing wrong! Ignore them, do what you are doing for your baby! My daughter wore mits for ages because her nails grew so fast.
It's very hard not to be nervous about big "made for baby" nail trimmers and tiny newborn fingernails! The light grit side of a nail file is helpful and just keeps them down without extra worry.
They sound very nitpicky and would likely be the first to moan if your baby accidentally scratched themselves or even your MIL/SIL.

Have a lovely first Christmas!! Xx

Definitely weird to keep saying this. Passive aggressive and judgemental.

Because she would have told the OP her reasons but hasn’t. All she has said is ‘how nice it is to see her hands and saying to the baby things like oh mummy kept your hands covered so grandma couldn’t see your hands’

She’s your baby, you’re Mum, you do want you want with your baby, don’t let anyone boss you around.

Nope I’ve done the same with my 2 boys, it’s nicer for them as their nails do get sharp. Tell them to shut up and mind their own

When my MIL performatively carped at me through the medium of "talking to the baby" I used to reply in a little baby voice, only incredibly rude and sweary. "Mama knows what she is doing, and Gran-Gran really needs to learn to mind her own sodding beeswax". It enabled me to be very blunt in response to her ridiculous criticisms, and it really nonplussed her.

If you know, why shouldn’t the mother in law know this.

This! Also, can you imagine MIL’s reaction if you hadn’t used the mittens and her precious granddaughter’s face was covered in scratches? I hope you can think of something to say to shut down her interfering or it’s only going to get worse. Good luck!

My daughter nicked her first babys finger and it really upset her(mum that is, not the baby) the other 2 babies wore mitts
Enjoy your baby and do not allow any comments bother you're