Oh I'm sooooo with you here. We finally got DS sleeping through the night after 4 months of waking 2-3 times a night. My mum suggested chamomile tea and Brauer's teething remedy and it worked and we've been sleeping for the last 6 nights in a row. Anyhow went down to MIL's 2 nights ago and joyously told her what had happened and she rolled her eyes at me and told me I need to be giving him hot milo to get him to sleep trough. Yes crazy lady I will give my son who is allergic to dairy a hot milo made on milk that is full of sugar, chocolate (caffeine) and artificial flavours, even though we both know he's extremely sensitive to sugar.
For F***ks sake! I even explained that we had tried panadol and that didn't work, but no because she doesn't believe in alternate anything she thinks its hurting him and that its a bloody joke!
And she also grills me about letting DS come into our bed when he is screaming in pain from his teeth. Ok have it your way I'll let him scream on the couch for an hour.... NOT!!!!
I have in the past Lulu...but we arrive at about 8pm at night and the last thing I want to do with a sore arse is to drag 2 mattresses down stairs with 2 smalls kids hanging off me because their tires and excited about 'falling' down stairs KWIM. Plus MIL then gets all frantic and makes it know how silly it is
I think the most annoying thing is that I respect their belief's, their parenting, their choices and I had hoped they would respect ours back in return. Bit hard when my BIL's wives do everything by the book (literally) and my SIL's being nurses so everything is so clinical so I look like im the stupid one in their eyes.
I continuously have disposable wipes, nappies, book recommendations thrown at me....man they even know mario and his condition better then me ...especially when it comes to his eating habits
Ella - OMG she quiet obviously know he's allergic to milk? Seriously...I know they mean well but we do these things for a reason..not to make THEIR (meaning PIL's) lives hard. I used camomile for min...and fenal tea with a little bit of honey (tut tut)...works a blasted treat!!!! Thank good for your mum
Allergies don't exist according to some poeple. My MIL knows I'm allergic to soy lecithin but still either buys stuff full of it for us, or tosses all the packets of things so I can't check the ingredients.
So whenever I go there its either avoid the snacks there like the plague or endure a massive sneezing fit when I get home. I have a delayed reaction and don't stay there long so she's never seen me in ubersneeze mode - its not pretty.
We've been co-sleeping for 2 weeks and loving it. My MIL does not love it. She's seething! She keeps going on about the safety hazards, bought us cot sheets, and grilled us about when we were going to buy a cot. I told her it would more likely be a toddler bed cause we intend to co-sleep for awhile yet! She's tried dissuading us from doing it by telling me how noisy little boys can be - ha, I know! My newborn son is the noisiest sleeper and I LOVE IT. So bugger off woman!
What annoys me is that she seems to think we just woke up one day and said "Can't be bothered buying a cot, let's just let him sleep with us." Instead, we thought about it, talked about it, read about it, and assessed all the risks. Co-sleeping works for us, and we take it very seriously, like all our parenting decisions. Why does she think she has a right to tell us how bad co-sleeping is when she hasn't done her own research!
Maz- oh yeah she knows he's allergic to milk she seems to imply quite often that I'm making it up and scoffs every time I get the Oat milk out- yeah right because its really easy and enjoyable for me to deny him everything with milk in it that he wants!
My IL's always borrow a port-a-cot when we are visiting, even though we have told them that we won't use it and the baby will be fine in with us. They get it anyway "just in case"
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