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to be worried about DS staying at MILs.

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RagingHormone · 09/11/2008 15:06

He's 6 months now so I should have chilled out a little. He had a few problems when he was born so we were very over protective. He's fine now and so I let people mind him or take him for walks if they ask, or if I'm working I let close family mind him.

My mum's had him over night one night when me and DP went to a posh hotel, and a couple of times when we've both had sickness bugs and not wanted the baby to catch it. Mum adores DS and DS adores me.

MIL doesn't seem to like me since I had the baby as I haven't involved her to any great extent because I think if she's so bothered, why do I have to make all the effort? Plus she's refused to buy nappies before when we lost our cash card and couldn't get money out.

Anyway, she wants DS overnight. Anything we tell her to do she does the opposite on purpose and she smokes which really bothers me as DS's cousin has a very bad chest and has always been around her smoking.

Anyway. She thinks I'm unreasonable as she wanted to be sort of centre of DS's life and she's not. I am. She also thinks it's horrible that my mum's more involved but it's because my mum makes an effort and comes to see him or asks to have him and alsorts.

But then MIL is his nana too and I should let DS stay for DP's sake I suppose. But I know she'll do things to mind me up, and she'll put him in bed with her when he sleeps through in is cot for me. I never gave in and put him in bed with us, I always just settled him and put him back in his cot (I know some babies are more difficult than this, and I was lucky). She won't follow my routine's either.

I know I'm being a little fussy... should I let him stay or not?

I'm ready to get a bashing on here for being mean to MIL but I thought I should ask anyway.

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chloemegjess · 10/11/2008 11:53

No, if you give in now she will get her ways in other things too. Your MIL sounds a bit like mine and being strong and making sure I get my own way with DD though. But I wouldn't leave her alone as she doesn't follow my rules. I make lots of effort to take DD to see her but don't leave her there at all.

I think 6 months is a bit young to be left over night unless really needed too?

mytetherisending · 10/11/2008 19:37

TBH the swearing would worry me as much as the smoking!

noonki · 10/11/2008 19:52

she calls him 'liitle shit?' if anyone called my child that I would take my baby away from them and then refuse to see them again until they promised to NEVER speak to my child like that again, and if she called me a bitch I would repeat that.

Does your DP let his mum call you a bitch?

I was going to prattle on about smoking but aggghhh about the swearing.

I swear, I try and not swear in front of my kids, but have done but I have never and will never swear AT my children. That is disgusting behaviour.

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pudding25 · 10/11/2008 22:08

No way. She sounds like a nightmare and you don't trust her. He's got a bad chest and she smokes around him. Also, he's only 6 mths. DD is 6 mths and in laws are great and want her for the night but we don't want her to stay over yet. Also, I feed her in the morning so don't quite see the benefit to me if I have to get up and out to get to their's to feed her.

Just say no.

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