Thanks for the replies and sympathy. Fiona, you hit the nail on the head.

I guess my sister is very competitive when it comes to me. We are both in the midst of our baby journeys and she has made lots of thoughtless comments. She had a vaginal birth and has said various things about how I don't know what labour feels like (I was in induced labour for 7 hours but that doesn't count). Also that i should have an epidural in the future because I couldn't cope with pain like she could. She also told a couple of people not to visit me in the hospital because I was a drama queen and wouldn't be up for visitors as soon as she was.

These are the things she happily says to my face and she truly doesn't think she is being rude. If I tell her that she is upsetting me she says how sensitive I am and that I really am a drama queen.

She can be a truly kind and generous person, but she saves this sort of behaviour for those who are closest to her.

None of this is helped by my DD being a good sleeper and her son being a frequent waker, but that is a whole other story!