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[quote=Anonymous]My MIL is a very negative, controlling, picky person who makes these remarks that leave DH and me staggering from the blow. And she honestly loves us, all of her children and grandchildren. She's equally negative and mean-spirited to them, sometimes. She gets anxious. We know we can't change her behavior.  She's not someone we want to cut out of our life, what I need are some tools to handle her comments better. I don't want a sword play where I say something mean back, I want strategies and calming thoughts. I'd esp like book recommendations as then I can read and revisit before we see her. I did a quick search and couldn't find anything. Describing her personality: at our one year old's birthday party, she told DH the baby was drinking too much milk ("stop feeding her!"), and told me I made too much of a dish people didn't eat a lot of and not enough of one that people did (??), that I was carrying the baby too much and that the baby is too attached to me. (And I don't want to debate her or anyone on any of these points, I simply want to take a breath, use some internal strategy, and move on.)[/quote]

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