Grandparents delighted by colicky baby
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Anonymous
| I was a colicky baby who had trouble sleeping for years, I have heard about this my entire life from my parents. I'm now a new parent to a colicky 5 month old and my parents are gleeful that this is happening to me. They call regularly to ask how many hours of uninterrupted sleep I've gotten and then laugh, say something about karma, and announce it's time for tennis at the retirement community. It was humorous the first few times but I am exhausted and losing it, I can't imagine being so resentful of my child that I delight in their misfortune 30 years from now. I think I need to stop taking their calls. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like you figured out the solution to your own problem. Not much else anyone can add except that I hope you get some sleep. |
Anonymous
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Stop taking their calls.
Or lie and say you slept for 10 hours and it must be due to parenting. (Ha!) But really, the first one. |
Anonymous
| OP, a colicky baby is not a misfortune. Get a grip. Hire a sitter and get some sleep if you need to. |
Anonymous
Agree with this. They aren't being funny, they're being jerks. |
Anonymous
| LOL! Your parents sound hilarious! Sorry, op! You must've given them a terrible time as a baby! |
Anonymous
+1 They've truly been waiting their whole lives for this. I'm sure it'll run its course soon. |
Anonymous
Have you had a colicky baby?? It can be pretty harrowing. |
Anonymous
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"Mom, Dad, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. I can't believe that you're enjoying this. I have to go now."
Send them a video of the baby crying and tell them to listen to it before they call you to remind them of what it was like. |
Anonymous
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One joke is funny. Maybe 2. After that, they are just being jerks. Advice or help would be better.
I am 60. Wouldn't do that to my kid. |
Anonymous
+2. One of the worst things about having a colicky baby (I had a crazy one) is when you are in the thick of things, it seems like the torture will last forever. Hard to have a sense of humor. But your parents' (no doubt annoying) jokes are not the end of the world. Just say, "Ha ha guys, I'm cool with you mocking me now, as long as you're cool with using all of that expertise you developed to babysit for the next three hours! We all know you can do it and the baby turns into a wonderful adult!" |
Anonymous
My mother repeated about a zillion times that I gave up my nap at 2. She was SUPER disappointed that none of my kids stopped napping that early. I stopped responding to the cracks, which, like the OP, eventually came to feel less like a little joke and more like bitterness directed at her misery as a young mother which she blamed on me not being a perfect child. I also had a colicky baby and children who are difficult in other ways. I do not ever complain to my mother. |
Anonymous
| Wow, that is ridiculous and just plain mean. OP, you do not need to have a sense of humor about it because it's not funny! Next time they ask how long the baby slept, don't answer. Instead, say: "I'm having a tough time right now, so I don't find the jokes about my colicky baby funny. Please stop." Don't provide the ammunition for this obnoxious "joke" to continue. |
Anonymous
| Stop taking their calls. |
Anonymous
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I like the idea to lie and say the baby slept 10 hours last night because strong parenting solves colic, so WTH was their problem 30 years ago?
Obviously, it's a lie, but it might shut them up. |