Mother in Laws, sheesh!

[Tazzy]

in our house, its not my mother in law thats the problem, she moans when we ask her to babysit them, its my mother, she does my head in and has done for yrs, so much so i left home when i was a teenager, on the good side though, my mom has paid for the deposit and first months rent on our house, bought all the nappies and baby wipes for the past 4 months, the cott, push chair, car seat, clothes and travel cot  the gfs sister has just popped out another one as well

[Screech16v]

When my M.I.L starts ping me off i just blast a massive fart in her face, she soon shuts the f up 

[monkeyalan]

In aboriginal australian culture it's forbidden by law to ever speak to your mother-in-law and vice versa.
If there is a family gathering she has to sit away from the main group with her own little fire and you have to communicate via a go between. 

And the whites accuse them of being savages.....

[Jay]

 

[bigstring]

Not good!! My mother in law is a hawthorn milf so if Chloe looks like her when she's 40 I'm
Game!!

And she hates babys!! And she's minted lool

Pictures or there's no truth in it mate......

[bobotheclown]

thanks for the kind words. The birth went well and both mother and son are doing great.

Congrats to myvr6isarocket. Hope bother mother and baby are well.

So glad I have a 5 door car now that junior has arrived!

[DubFan]

Congratulations on the baby.
The first couple of weeks are tough but amazing. Hang in there, try to ignore anything that winds you up.

My MIL really gets on my nerves, and even my wife admits that she gets annoyed when her mum says stuff like "well that's how I did it, and it never did you any harm". And we're just thinking, times have changed, it's been 27 yrs since you had babies, we are educated, we know more now that you did.

" Let your wife know that she is your babys mother and whist her mothers input can be valuable and insightful, she should do what you as the parents think is best  "

This is definately something you should say. The baby is yours, not theirs, they had their time. They can have an opinion sure, but as the parents you have to decide what you want to do. (This also counts for know-it-all friends).

Don't forget to pay your gf/wife lots of attention, they will be all about the baby right now (and all the visitors will be focussing on the baby too), but they want to know that you're still interested in them (as well as the baby).

[Seanl]

My mother in law was a pain in the arse when we had our little un. It gradually got better, but remember to set boundaries from the start. She is a saint for looking after the little un, but when I pick her up to take her to play school at 12, she has been stuffed full of biscuits and doesn't want any lunch. No matter how much I tell her not to, if my little un starts whinging then the mil gives in.  my old dear is the same though, except when she comes back (my old dear lives 2 hours away), she has a new wardrobe and loads of new toys. As a nanny they just want to spoil them. I know my nan used to spoil me rotten too.