A bit of background- me and DP are first time parents to a 5mo DD. DP has a tendency to do immature things to get a reaction out of me and one of the things he would often do would be to let go of the pushchair when walking down a hill, let it roll and then run after it and catch it. I repeatedly told him I didn’t find it funny, it was a stupid joke and if it went wrong it could have really bad consequences.
Eventually he stopped doing it and I forgot all about it.
Fast forward to this week and me, DP and DD go out for a walk with DP’s mum and DP’s sister. DP’s mum is pushing the pram and we reach a steep hill. DP’s mum turns to her DD (DP’s sister) and says ‘watch this’ and then let’s go of the pram for a few seconds before grabbing the handle quickly.
At the time I didn’t say anything as nobody got hurt and it’s hard to turn off that urge to be polite at all costs with partner’s parents. But after having the rest of the day to think about I found myself getting more and more wound up by the whole situation.
I told DP that what his mum did had irritated me as I don’t understand in what way it’s supposed to be funny. In DP’s case he was doing it to annoy me on purpose, was his mum doing it for the same reason? Anyway, he got the hump with me and said maybe you should make a list of things my parents can and can’t do with DD just in case you don’t like other normal things that people do?
Am I being unreasonable to assume that chasing after your infant baby in their pram as it rolls down a hill is not a normal fun activity that everyone is doing? I have no problem with people doing whatever they want with their own baby, but when you are in the care of someone else’s baby would you not respect them enough to not behave recklessly?
Yabu- it’s just a bit of fun, everybody does it so lighten up!