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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]She is a narcissist. It is all about her. You will not win. Give her clear boundaries and consequences for breaking those boundaries. And stick to them. Do not share your birth plan. She is emotionally manipulative and is sucking the life out of you. Stand strong my friend![/b]

And for those of you telling her to grow up and mature, this is her mom. It is hard to do this to someone who didn't raise you. Even harder to the person who did. Show some grace.

And get another babysitter. [/quote]

We had to do this with MIL, who thought she was coming to the hospital for the birth.  When we told her it was not the hospital near her house, she backed down a bit, but still thought she would be in the hospital to disrupt us with her snarky BS.  We shut that down. You have to shut it down, OP.  She will never (ever) change! We hired a day sitter for our other kids while I was in the hospital and during recovery, and never looked back.  That sitter is still an important part of our family, and we share their life milestones (weddings, etc.) with them, with genuine love and appreciation. Turns out, we were right - when MIL did finally come over, she was rude and snarky, and it was all about her, as usual.  Limit your time with such a toxic person, OP, you have your own family now.

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