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Advice pls mil treating children differently

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LLHx · 18/04/2025 22:55

What would you do :

I have 2 children 5 year old & 1 year old.
Things have always been a little tedious with mil, lots of little disagreements over the years.. mostly about our son. But we generally all make an effort to get on.
Since having my little girl, there's been a lot of comments here or there about our parenting but nothing to get major upset over. I noticed a few months ago every message I had received were asking can she take the eldest child out, is he home at weekend so she can visit but she's never asked can she have my youngest or very interested if she's home etc. But she's only little and not everyone is keen on the baby stage so again not much to worry about. Now fast forward to this easter weekend, she asks can she take my eldest out for the day over the Easter holidays. So the day comes she takes him out and when they get back she had taken him to choose a toy for Easter.. so he comes home playing with his easter present and well she hasn't bought anything for my youngest, so now my son is playing with his new toy and my girl is crawling around trying to play with his new toy. I thought maybe my mil would have dropped something off before Easter Sunday... so I sent a message asking would she be calling this weekend before Easter.. and she said she's gone down her caravan for the weekend and won't be back until Monday so I'm guess there's no Easter gift for her. Is this wrong of her? Should I call her out on it or leave it it's only Easter and not a big deal she's only small and doesn't understand anyway even though i feel the principle is wrong xx thanks in advance xx

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 18/04/2025 22:59

A one year old doesn’t need an Easter present, they’re too young for chocolate and too young to no it’s Easter.

LifesQuestions · 19/04/2025 03:42

Bit odd, she might be one of those backward ppl who adore boys because they carry on the family name through their offspring, but don't care much for girls. You'll only really know for sure when little one is a bit older.

Theextraordinaryisintheordinary · 19/04/2025 03:50

Is it because the little one is still too young maybe? I can’t imagine her doing it when the little one has more awareness surely.

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