I absolutely know IABU. Nesting?

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I've come home tonight to find that my mum has done an absolute fuckload of washing whilst looking after my DS which is now piled up everywhere.

We were out all weekend which has meant a bit of a backlog but nothing that wasn't manageable. I had one basket ready to put away, and a load that I had put in the dryer before work this AM. There are now 4 loads to put away and a fifth still wet.

The load in the dryer were newborn whites that I was doing for my second baby- I am 37 weeks pg. I think it's this in particular that has tipped me over the edge- probably to do with nesting but it's really given me the rage that she didn't just leave it alone.

I know i am being higely unreasonable. I know she is helping. I know she thinks she is doing a nice thing. I know she does a great job of looking after DS. But i've been at work all day and I've still got all that to do on top of the bedtime routine and usual nightly housework. I wish she had just let it be and I could chip away.

Does anyone get where i am coming from or am I truly in the throes of hormonal pregnancy rage?

You know she's trying to help - what would you do for your own daughter? This. Your hormones are making you crazy - but it's not your fault.

Plus, I get it. You want a purpose...something to do. Take my advice and do nothing at all.

I would say Yabu but I agree with you aswell. Your mum has come from a good place and tried to help. But I would be rageing too.

Sort bed time routine have a cup of tea and let husband sort washing xx

I don’t get the rage tbh. I’d love someone to do my laundry.

She hasn't done it though. It's still there in piles so needs tackling now, all at once instead of in manageable bits.

You'll have to crack on OP and use it to start your new routine of one wash/dry/put away a night. Game changer

So you have one load of wet washing to hang up and the rest she has washed and dried for you? I would be over the moon with that.

You don’t need to put all of the clean stuff away tonight. Just do it tomorrow.

You don’t know how lucky you are. Some of us have no family and no help nearby.

It's just because it's Aaaaallllll to sort and put away now, Maura. Which as i think most people know is the worst part- fannying about with coathangers etc.

It was a nice thing to do, but in reality, i wouldnt have been doing anywhere near that much on a worknight if she had just left it alone.

And the little white baby clothes were my job!

I miss sanity.