MIL constantly buying baby clothes

[Aliolii]

MIL loves buying my DS clothes, she will go on a shopping spree every couple of weeks and buy him loads of stuff, he has more clothes at her house than he does at home. She keeps all the clothes at her house. She has DS one day per week, he is well looked after but she always takes off the outfits I send him in (not impractical just normal stuff from Tesco etc) and puts him in her clothes.

Why does this give me the rage so much? My DH doesn’t understand why it annoys me and I can’t articulate it either! We’re having another baby and she’s already stockpiling clothes for that one to keep ‘at her house’.

If you read my OP you’ll see that I’ve tried to reduce my hours or put DS in nursery longer and I can’t.

People on mumsnet who use grandparents for childcare can’t win. They’re either taking advantage and should be grateful for every ounce of help and let their ILs get away with anything. Or they are depriving them of time together!

Many would love a doting grandmother. I think you sound entitled and ungrateful.

I didn't have PIL that bought multiple winter coats (crazy for such a young child, even if they are eBay bundles) but there were drum sets, toys etc at their house even though they lived 4 hours away, so we didn't visit every month. After a conversation where I was not very kind ("we HAVE to bring toys every time we visit" - "No, you don't..") we gently suggested that paying regular into a bank account would be a much more useful solution for everyone, if they really felt they HAD to give stuff all the time. But I don't think that's going to help with the dressing up a doll problem you might have ...

It is weird but harmless as it’s done at her expense.

It’s just a change of clothes! Don’t overthink it!