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[quote=Anonymous]Help your MIL find a great divorce attorney and counselor.  And take her to her primary care doc--she might need an antidepressant to get through this.

Then draw some boundaries: "Mom/Brenda, we can't necessarily talk with you every day.  We have a one month old baby.  If we don't pick up, it's because of the baby.  We will call you back by the next day or two."

DH needs to tell her when she goes in on Dad: "Mom, I can't be your counselor or your best friend here.  He's my dad.  I'm not going to speculate on what he is doing, nor am I going to be the middle man for any communication between to the two of you.  It's not something you can ask of me."

If it gets to be too much, he can take a break from both of them.  Say he's taking a couple weeks off to focus on his life and the baby, he'll check in then.  And don't pick up the phone, set the parent's numbers to ring as silent.

Parent your baby as you normally would.  Your MIL is going to be crazy for awhile, and new grandparenthood can make MILs crazy anyway.  So take a step back and let this ride out.  Once MIL and FIL figure out their new lives, there's plenty of time for them to bond with the baby.

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