Should I be upset over this?

[UpsyDaaaisy]

I'm not quite sure what to make of this conversation I had with my DM earlier today, part of me feels a bit annoyed but then another part of me thinks I should just let it go.

My DS (15 months) was playing with one of the drawers by emptying things out then putting them all back in again so I was sat there helping him saying something along the lines of 'shall mummy help you put the boxes back in nicely? Your doing a good job of sorting DS, look there are 2 more boxes left' and she came in and said 'why are you talking to him like that it's very odd' so I asked in what way it was odd and she just said 'its just odd' and refuses to say how or why it's odd? Is it strange to speak to a baby that way?

Fwiw I'm a first time mum and have never felt that confident as a mum and she is always making comments along the lines of 'well he doesn't act like that with me', 'he knows not to do that with me', 'why have you put that silly outfit on him (dressing up) youre always doing silly things to him.

Am i being oversensitive?

OP, it's your mum with the issue here. Not sure why she wants to undermine your confidence, but that is what she's doing.

She can't or won't explain what she means by strange, but says you lack self-awareness if you don't understand what she means by strange.

Seems to me, you don't lack any self-awareness at all, she's trying to make you less confident and second-guess yourself.

Just carry right on, I don't think anyone here has said it's strange, far from it, you're doing great.