I'm a lurker and have always thought I would never need to make a post. MIL has always been crazy but we've learned to deal with it and it's rarely directed at me or DH.
So my DH watched the kids while I was away visiting a friend last weekend. He went up to Tahoe where his parents were so he would have a little help. Our 2.5yr old can be quite a handful. While there he said they didn't help him much and that MIL did things like re-froze a bag of breast milk and then got mad at him when he informed her you can't do that.
Glad forward to yesterday and I'm at their house for dinner with the kids. DH is at work. MIL starts talking about how irritable DH was last weekend. I know how she is and so I just did the nod and smile thing even though I know it was all her. Then she tells me how he was upset with her for putting honey in DD's bottle but DD slept for 12 hours after she did. I knew I had to be careful how I spoke so I informed her that babies can't have honey till they are 1 because of infant botulism but that it was great that she slept so long.
I though this was a none issue till I get a message this morning from her saying "Sorry about using the honey at Tahoe. We are not professional baby sitters and we simply love our grandkids and are trying to help out."
I'll put screen shots in the comments for the rest of the conversation. DH and I have decided to back off for awhile and not see them or talk to them. I feel like that is the advice I would get on this board but was curious still so I made this post...
So my DH watched the kids while I was away visiting a friend last weekend. He went up to Tahoe where his parents were so he would have a little help. Our 2.5yr old can be quite a handful. While there he said they didn't help him much and that MIL did things like re-froze a bag of breast milk and then got mad at him when he informed her you can't do that.
Glad forward to yesterday and I'm at their house for dinner with the kids. DH is at work. MIL starts talking about how irritable DH was last weekend. I know how she is and so I just did the nod and smile thing even though I know it was all her. Then she tells me how he was upset with her for putting honey in DD's bottle but DD slept for 12 hours after she did. I knew I had to be careful how I spoke so I informed her that babies can't have honey till they are 1 because of infant botulism but that it was great that she slept so long.
I though this was a none issue till I get a message this morning from her saying "Sorry about using the honey at Tahoe. We are not professional baby sitters and we simply love our grandkids and are trying to help out."
I'll put screen shots in the comments for the rest of the conversation. DH and I have decided to back off for awhile and not see them or talk to them. I feel like that is the advice I would get on this board but was curious still so I made this post...