Would this bother you? Mil and baby

[Squashysbrother]

My 10 month old says a few words, mama, baba, gaga. He's yet to say dada. He doesn't have a clue what he's saying he's just making sounds. I talk to him and encourage him to make all sounds.

Every single time we see mil and he says mama, mil says "dada", and keeps repeating and repeating "say dada, dada". In a tone of voice like "no, not mama, dada".

Are not we all a little sensitive with MILs? Mine is absolutely lovely but if she keeps correcting herself from saying mummy/daddy to mum/dad to my DC I might hit the roof. It's soooo trivial and if it were my DM I would just say something but it's difficult. I just want to keep them babies, at least until they go to school. i would probably go down the 'we want DH to be called by his first name/papa/mr squashy' for amusement

I get you op, If it was 1 huge thing you'd have your say and move on, but its the fact its so many little things that if you react to then your the one made to look stupid as your the 1 who lost your rag about it.

I had this with mine. My family could do no right, my mum and nan would often take ds out when he was little so he would often hear my nan calling my mums name in shops etc, so he started calling my mum by her own name. Mil went mad and tried telling him to call her by her own name but it was too late, she was already nanny and she absolutely hates it whilst my mum gets her own name.

funnily enough stinky witch hasn't come out yet which is surprising considering how much i must say it under my breath when she's here. I would just say something like oh he'll say it when he's ready mil. If she's anything like mine there will be much worse things to argue over in the next few years anyway. This wont matter that much when shes taking your child out and ignoring her phone cos she doesn't want to hand him back in time for his bed time and would rather take a 2 year old to the pub at half past 7 on a sunday evening to show off to all her friends.

You have my commiserations, OP. I had EXACTLY this, except her precious first grandchild's first word was dada (she was almost unbearably smug about that), and when he finally learned mama, she kept correcting him over and over to say dada again. Once or twice, it was just weird. By the tenth time, . After that… . When he obstinately went on to learn mama, she then decided that was HER name, and every time he'd say it she'd respond as though he wanted her, even though it frustrated and annoyed him. Best day was when he shrieked NO! right in her face and ran past her to cling to my leg.

Anyway, I get it. They don't have to do big, screamy, epic things to rake their nails over the blackboard of your peace of mind. Or whatever tortured metaphor you'd prefer.

That would get on my nerves.

I agree that I would find that irritating.

I have a theory that the women who tell you to grow up and not notice these things are the ones who will do EXACTLY these things to their own poor DILs