I am going to sound so ungrateful here, but my MIL is beginning to drive me crazy! I am 14 weeks pregnant with our first child (all going well, cruising along nicely). This will be my MIL's first grandchild (she's been waiting for years!) and she is already starting to get a little too involved for my liking. I know, I know, I should be thankful that she is so excited and so interested, and I am, but at the same time, I cannot bear being fussed over. Just as I was trying to get my head around this whole crazy journey, she's ringing to tell me that she's looked at prams and has asked which is the best one and found out that we can even put a deposit down, etc, etc. I feel like screaming BACK OFF please just a little bit, you know, they're the kind of things that I look forward to doing with my husband, at our own pace, when we're ready. We just came back from a few weeks away in Australia and she's been in our place (which is fine, we gave her the key and told her to feel free to drop by) but she's cleaned the oven, rearranged cupboards, washed towels, aarggh! My Mum already has 4 grandchildren and used to be a midwife, she is so laid back she is the complete opposite of my MIL, could understand my annoyance but said she'd love someone to stop by and clean her oven, why is this annoying me so much. I guess I just don't want to be her little 'project' for the remainder of the pregnancy.
I'm such a bad person, I feel so ungrateful, but if it continues, or gets worse, I may end up losing it! My DH can read me like a book as well and knows exactly what I'm thinking, which isn't fair on him.
Has anyone else had to cope with this, any tips? My sister suggested maybe giving her a special task to occupy her but I just don't know...