I'm not gonna get in to the back story as itd a be a long post, but were a 3 min walk from each other. When baby was born for months and months wed get visited atleast 5 times a week with up to 10 calls a day. Lots of annoying "advice". This died down due to covid and I think she relised that I hated the comments as I would shut them down. At this time I felt smothered and in competition.
Currently I see mil fridays and once or twice between monday an and Thursday, sometimes it can be just the friday. These visits only last up to 1h 30 mins as she comes after work and cant stay.
I love seeing mil so I honestly dont mind these visits but partner finishes work at the same time and her visits go in to our time. LO sleeps 2 hours after he finishes so it really does take away time we can spend together with LO. it can be a bit annoying but over all I like the visits and I love her.
On both saturdays and sundays I always get a message asking of I'm comeing round as itd be lovley to see us. I usually visit on both days but the past month ive been trying to break this routine. I wont leave LO with her yet as 6 people live there, due to covid she is only used to mil and shuts down, becomes very quiet and upset around the others. Im not happy leaving her till she is actually ready,
So until LO is ready I wont be. I left LO with mil a couple times, she said she would bring lo back if she was upset.. she didnt. I found out by another person living there that she was awful. I let mil take lo for walks. I know she wants to spend time with LO but I just feel like she is expecting too much off me to see me both sat and sunday. She came round yesterday for about 2 hours and asked me later on if I'm coneing round.. I said no, i felt tired. Partner had been working on garden all day and wanted to spend that time with him. Tbh I also just want to break the expectations and make her know that I have my own life and that I'm not available to her whenever she expects me to be.
When I said no she asked me if I'm comeing round tommorow? And followed up with a message asking to take LO for a walk. I'm all for that but partner said yes to going on a walk together, takeing picnic and so on. I had to say no because we had plans. I could tell she was upset.
Somce haveing LO I've had a weird vibe with MIl. It's not like she wants to nan, it's as if she wants to mum. She used to say how much she has always wanted a little girl
, went to see a fortune teller who said she would get one through a dil. She mentioned this multiple times.
She sees being a nan as a co parenting role and I've had family members say to me how she wants to have Lo for nights, asking me if I've even seen her recently as if I havnt just seen her yesterday. I know for a fact mil has talked to my partner about it.. hes on her side. I mentioned that im gonna go for a walk and hed reply with, so you going my mums? Not as a question but a request. Telling me i should give lo with mil.
I feel like I'm fighting against everyone, like im trapped in these expectations. Like I'm constantly trying to stand my ground but I'm being seen as the physco, controlling mum who restricts the nan from seeing grand daughter. It's like I'm in the wrong for not wanting to dedicate every weekend to visiting. It sends me down a guilt cycle, i feel horrible. I question weather I am being controlling, then some days I know I'm not. I'm currently in this feeling of guilt as today she wanted to take LO for a walk . And yes I love my mil very much, she is like a secound mum but I cant help but want space from her. She smothers me more than my family have ever done.