Long story short I (27f) have an 18 month old son. My mum is really helpful with him but in some ways the things she does I don’t think are normal behaviour. For example, my mum (who is in her late 50s) has a friend my age. The friend has a young son. My mum always asks me if she can take my son along on play dates with her friend. I think it’s weird that my mum wouldn’t just go on her own with her friend instead of always asking to take my child along with them. Also, I know it sounds like not a big deal but I hate clothing and shoes with dinosaurs on and my mum knows this. She buys my son clothing and shoes with dinosaurs on and says ‘I know you don’t like these kind of clothes but.. then gives me some excuse of why she bought them. AIBU to think she’s trying to take some kind of control over me with my child? Like I said she is really helpful in certain ways but I sometimes think she’s being unreasonable. Finally, today me and my mum have fallen out over something quite minor. She won’t speak to me. But she’s called my dad and told him to ring me to ask if she can take my son out tomorrow. Instead of just growing up, calling me and asking me.