So my mother has always been notoriously lazy when she comes to visit us. Even though my parents stay for 2/3 weeks she will never do anything to help me around the house. So no helping to make dinner, washing up, even making a cup of coffee! Me, my husband or dad do everything. Now I'm pregnant and have really bad morning sickness (plus a toddler). My mum made a big deal about whether they should come for Christmas and if it was going to be too much work for me. I said it would be fine as long as everyone pitched in to help out. They arrived this afternoon and so far she has done nothing, as per usual. Even tonight when my husband was cooking dinner and the toddler started crying, he went upstairs to her and my mum watched my drag myself off the sofa (where I'd been lying under a blanket because I'm exhausted) to finish dinner. The thing is she is never going to change, because she's always been like this. Basically I just want to know if anyone else's mother is the same, because all I ever read about is women being best friends with their mums!