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[quote=Anonymous]OP, my MIL does this - agree with PP about stemming from insecurity. She openly campaigns to be my toddler's "best friend" and tells her "nobody loves you as much as me except your mommy and daddy." My parents got her one of those Fisher Price dollhouses for Christmas, MIL had to go out and get her a bigger one. It's really, really annoying but I try to remember how insecure she is and make her feel good about herself and her role in the baby's life, without totally playing into her ridiculousness. It's a delicate balance. Sometimes when she's being particularly ridiculous I call her out on it. Fortunately for me, my parents live very far away so we try to minimize contact between all of them as much as possible. MIL also feels like she "wins" b/c she sees DD more frequently. My big thing is to give her as little info about the other grandparents as possible in order to minimize the things that she can compete about.[/quote]
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