FURIOUS! My Mum just let my 3yr Old see her presents & Stocking!

[MotherofaSurvivor]

Staying at my Mums for Christmas. Brought presents the other day as all wrapped. Just finished putting everything in her Stocking in the spare room which was AGREED with my Mum that it was to be 'Present HQ' - For context, the house is a Bungalow, so I witnessed this from the kitchen and hit the roof.

So my 3yr Old follows my Mum around like a shadow as she adores her. Fine by me, gives me a bit of a break before I step in and take over.

So my Mum wanders into Present HQ (with my DD next to her) which has a Sofabed with all the presents on including the big polythene Stocking - FULL of presents!!!! My Mum turns away and starts gagging with something and I can see this in corner of my eye from Kitchen and just as I start to dive towards the room, my daughter exclaims "PRESENTS!!!!!! Stocking!!!!" and is sat looking through the stuff in the Stocking and admiring all her presents (wrapped, but still....) My Mum is stood next to her by time I shoot in and saying "Oooh! Isn't that nice!"

I. HIT. THE. ROOF.

I know that 'she's my daughter and I should've been watching her' but I was prepping veg for tomorrow and my Mum agreed to watch her whilst I did this. The door to the room has a swollen frame and so when shut, really takes quite a push to be opened. We had already spoken about how that would be perfect to hide the presents for this very reason!

AIBU to be not just upset with my Mum but bloody LIVID and feel like Christmas is ruined now? My Mum doesn't seem to see the big deal! I've spent months & Months buying bits towards Christmas as & when I could as I'm Disabled and so money is tight. SO upset

Please be kind (& festive?!) in your responses!

I dont think you are wrong op. I would be fuming (provided the GP is of sound mind).
A child shouldnt see the filled stockings.
I, contrary to most others, would be expecting an apology from the GP.
Im sure if they had apologised and been regretful the op wouldnt have been so cross. (My mum tries to deflect everything so it is somehow my fault and is too busy arguing to even admit she has done something dangerous.)
Also not to be dismissed is the reason why the op is so anxious, could be to do with not being able to trust people to do things.
It may be a case of next time letting dmum sort the food and you watch dd.
It is actually really hard with young dc at other peoples houses and out of choice i would much rather be at home with locks/safety gates. Even more exhausting when you cant trust anyone to watch them even when you are in the loo.
A 3yo probably wont remember but might.
Just be ause they are family doesnt mean they arent selfish/thoughtless.

Not sure, Naty. If she wanted to hide, she could have put all the presents in bin bags, etc. If you can't trust anybody, you need to be proactive.
She could have still created magical experience for her dd, after she had seen all those presents waiting for her. Instead, she made a scene, which is hardly nice for her. It's kind of sad situation, tbh.

Naty, the GM was careless and yes I would understand the OP being a little bit annoyed, but FUMING?? Please, that is ridiculous. The OP's DD is very attached to her GM, so spoiling that would be a shame.

Spoiling Christmas??? So melodramatic.