I can't believe this post is up because I was about to do the same thing for myself - exact scenario 1timemum! I have a 2 month old and as much as I know my MIL & SIL love him to death, they just grab him and take him away. They already look after Andrew 3 days a week and yet they still need to grab the child off me!
I actually envisioned myself taking up the opportunity to confront them about it the next time they grab him. I want to tell my MIL and SIL that it's rude to just come and grab baby off its mother - and to ask first. It's not like I'm going to say no (except for when I go to church - I make sure no one holds him so that a trend doesn't start). However I know I will have to enforce this whole asking-mum-to-hold-baby needs to be applied across the whole family and no favortisms!
Nickel - good point about the whole "baby prefers mummy" line. I'm soooo going to use it with my plan above *scheming grin*
1timemum tell us how it all goes with you and ur IL's. I'll be very interested to hear the outcome! It's come to the point where I'm not going to shed tears, impress or fulfill the other person's needs for the sake of my relationship with my child.
The applies to when everyone gives advice on how to raise our children too. Its like f*** off! Hang in there chicky!