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My baby, MIL and a pea

113 replies

ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 15:54

Alright I admit already I may be being a bit precious here and U, but here goes.

Yesterday the family all went for Easter lunch. My ds is 10 months. He has been unwell this week, gagging and choking on food to the point of vomiting. The doctor recommended putting him on completely puréed food until it settles so I have done this. MIL knows this. However when I was out of sight she put a pea in his mouth. My dm had hold of him and panicked about the pea, as she knows all about the gagging, and took him to my dh and told him there was a pea in his mouth, and asked if he wanted to remove it. DH panicked too and hooked the pea out of DS' mouth. He was fine!

I don't normally give him peas anyway. I would usually mash them a bit first rather than give them whole. At the moment though since he's unwell I definitely wouldn't give him harder food like this. The day before, at a different family party, other relatives were popping food like this into another baby's mouth and she was eating it. My DS isn't fed like that (TW not BLW) and my side of the family wouldn't consider putting food in the baby's mouth without asking or telling me.

Aibu to be annoyed with her? She knows he's choking and gagging on complete mush and she gave him a small hard pea. And she waited til I had left the room.

I suspect I'm a bit U.

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FlowersAndShit · 28/03/2016 16:29

Surely a pea is a choking hazard?

ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 16:31

I thought a pea is a choking hazard too but there's been a mixed response here

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OnlyLovers · 28/03/2016 16:32

She rearranged my whole house while we were on honeymoon. Even my tampon drawer.

I wouldn't put up with that kind of shite.

ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 16:36

Dh is a bit of a simpering idiot and didn't tell her off for that so much as say 'oh you've upset Paris, I think it's great but she's not pleased sorry'

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ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 16:36

The house rearrangement that is, not the pea.

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BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 28/03/2016 16:36

Rearranged your whole house while you were away?

Jesus, she's something else!

Your entire family need to give her a very wide berth. I hope she doesn't have a key any longer, or that you've changed the bloody locks!

OnlyLovers · 28/03/2016 16:37

Your husband needs to man the fuck up.

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 28/03/2016 16:38

I wonder if MIL thinks you're being too precious about your baby and gave the pea to prove you wrong. I can imagine her saying 'well I gave baby a pea and he was fine. I don't see why Paris is making such a fuss..'

MrsTerryPratchett · 28/03/2016 16:38

Dh is a bit of a simpering idiot and didn't tell her off for that so much as say 'oh you've upset Paris, I think it's great but she's not pleased sorry' It really is bigger than a pea. And, as usual, you have a DH problem as much as a MIL problem.

lavenderhoney · 28/03/2016 16:38

I assume you have changed the locks?!! And did your new husband hit the roof or is all your furniture still just as your mil likes it?!!!

next time, when there's food about, ensure you or your dh is supervising the baby.

HackerFucker22 · 28/03/2016 16:40

You have a tampon drawer

I am not sure if peas are a choking hazard but we've given them from aprox 1yo I'm sure.

lavenderhoney · 28/03/2016 16:40

Oops cross post:)

You definitely have a dh problem. Do you live very close to your boss -mil- ?

ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 16:43

Agreed only. How do I get him to do that!

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Penguinepenguins · 28/03/2016 16:43

She rearranged my whole house while we were on honeymoon. Even my tampon drawer. however am also a bit lost on why anybody would have a tampon drawer

And this is why I am so glad I live many many miles away from any relatives Grin with a security system taking no chances

I mean seriously! You are frigging kidding me...

OnlyLovers · 28/03/2016 16:43

Can you just tell him?

And change the locks and explain to him that this is the kind of thing that will happen until or unless he kicks his mother into touch. Clear consequences!

BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 28/03/2016 16:45

She undermines you, encroaches on your private territory and your husband is "a bit" of a simpering idiot?

You've got more serious problems than MIL giving your unwell child a bloody pea! This woman does not understand the concept of boundaries. And your husband needs to top fucking simpering and protect you and your family's privacy.

This is shocking

ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 16:46

Nope she still has a key! I made him move everything back how it was the night we got home or I told him I was leaving. Ha. She does live close. She used to just drop in whenever but he managed to dissuade her from that. Eg swanning in with teenage bil when me and ds were skin to skin trying to establish bf...

And yes I do have a tampon drawer Grin it's only small!

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EveryoneElsie · 28/03/2016 16:47

YANBU, your MIL is untrustworthy around kids, and will undermine you at every turn.
She was probably trying to prove how wrong you were so she could proudly announce See? He ate a pea.
She could have made him choke or throw up every where.

But if your mother is that anxious to keep the peace then she cannot be trusted to administer first aid in an emergency either. She will abdicate responsibility.
So in future I would not leave either of them unattended around the kids.

OnlyLovers · 28/03/2016 16:47

Nope she still has a key!

If you're not changing the locks, at least take that off her.

KayTee87 · 28/03/2016 16:51

You were following your doctors advice, your mil should have been more respectful of that. Maybe she forgot? Tbh a pea is something that could quite easily be breathed in accidently by a baby so mushed peas might be better anyway - maybe I'm just paranoid Blush

coconutpie · 28/03/2016 16:51

YANBU. Oh and change the locks - MIL has no right to have a key to your house.

Ohfourfoxache · 28/03/2016 16:52

You really, really need to get your locks changed.

Oh, and I don't think yabu. At all.

ParisGellar · 28/03/2016 16:52

My mum is having ds when I go back to work. I'm going to teach her in fact cpr and tell her to react fast and don't let anyone do anything I wouldn't like but she knows that!

We aren't going to change locks as we are hoping to move soon.

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Fluffycloudland77 · 28/03/2016 16:52

Change the locks. Your dh needs to remember which of you he's married to.

BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 28/03/2016 16:54

Listen, you need to change the BARREL of the lock on the front door. Easy to do with a screwdriver and should only cost about a fiver for most common locks. She'll only know you've done it when she tries to gain access uninvited again.

"Swanned in with teenage BIL" Fuck that! This bitch is utterly brazen. You need to put a stop to her encroachments immediately. Next thing you know, she'll be sleeping in your bed.

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