Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had had issues with their own parents since having a baby?
Basically my dad is obsessed with how I parent. He will come round and comment on everything I'm doing or not doing constantly. He notices things in the house and gets annoyed when things aren't to his standard. He even offered to fix somebody's clock at an appointment that he was at because it wasn't the right time. He's an engineer and has always had this side to his personality paying keen attention to detail in things, but it feels like it is extreme and constant and it's hard to deal with.
His memory isn't the best at the moment. I've had serious chats about the way some of the comments make me feel and it's like he forgets a couple of weeks later and it starts again. It's really effecting my self esteem, it's not in his usual nature to disrespect me like this once we've chatted about something. I just feel like he hates me. The lower my confidence gets the more annoyed he gets and the comments start again and it's a vicious circle.
My baby doesn't sleep and he's obsessed with telling me what I should be doing or assuming I'm not doing something properly and is convinced that this is the reason. He's got other health issues and is drinking a lot also to drown that out and thats just making everything worse. I'm unsure if this is him drinking a lot or he could potentially have dementia as his behaviour is so obsessive.
Thanks.