Grandparents Opinions (need to vent!)
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Yeah I get this stuff from my mother in law too she constantly rolls her eyes at me though never does this in front of my husband. At least I can tell my mam bluntly where to go! X
@Kayla same! They also annoy me about the state of the house. It's cleaner than all my friends but not good enough for them! x
@Lauren 😬 MIL is tricky because I'd feel my husband needs to say something but if she doesn't do it infront of him then it seems like my word against his right? 🙈 so tricky x
They comment on the house...wow that is so rude! And who has a tidy house when they have a newish baby! (Not me)
Maybe you could say thank you for the advice but I am currently following the NHS/ health visitors advice
@Kerry I literally do, and they say ignore all that nonsense you should know your own baby! Every baby is different. I sort of agree, but I prefer to base my faith in science and evidence thanks! Doesn't stop them constantly say he needs food, he needs a proper drink - the list goes on. It's like a constantly flow of advice for 4 hours solid
God this would drive me mad. Tell them to shut up and do their research, advice is different now for a reason and you shouldn’t have to explain yourself. I wouldn’t be spending time with them if I had to listen to it, it’s stressful enough looking after a baby without others poking their noses in with unhelpful and incorrect comments 🙄
@Emma I know! My husband was saying they aren't really coming over to help if they are stressing you out more! But it's that age old thing of wanting baby to have access to all family members and spend time with them. However, if it gets to a really bad point I'm going to say we don't need this around the baby thank you very much!
Maybe you could try leaving them with the little one so they can have their bonding time and you go to something else for a bit so you don't have to listen to unwanted advice!? And DON'T use it to clean your house because you are feeling pressured to - go do something you want to do! ;)
@Loz I'm sure I will be told to 'make good use of the time'. Dad said the other day "isn't there some jobs you should be doing?" 😑
yep. same here. it makes me feel like I'm doing it wrong and doubt myself when I feel I'm doing good!