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[quote=Anonymous]This was me: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/544036.page

The baby is now 10 months. Yesterday my brother texted a video of her cruising to me and my parents. I said "I want to see that in person!" and he said "Okay when?" I said "Tomorrow? Whenever works with your schedule." So they invited me over for 5pm tonight.

I was there at 4:55. My SIL mostly ignored me at first while we all played with the baby (awkward!), like barely even looked at me. Then it was time for her to eat dinner and I asked if I could feed her. So I did while SIL futzed in the kitchen and my brother hovered behind me. But it was fun with her and my brother and I cleaned her and her high chair up. Then he ran to get the bjorn and we stuffed her in and took her and the dog for a walk. When we came home I pulled her out and stripped her for her bath. Then we hung out for a while before dinner, and then we cleaned up and I left around 8:30.

While I was there, my brother said he never wants to be someone who shoves his baby upon people in case they're not interested. So I told him I'm always interested and he should break that rule with me. That I'm averaging seeing the baby about once a month, but I'd like a lot more, but don't want to take away from their family time. He said we'll try to make it happen more often. My SIL started out cold, but warmed up a lot. She didn't dismiss everything I said, she agreed with me about some things, it was MUCH better. We talked about how in Sept my parents are coming out for the baby's birthday and they'll be staying with my brother and SIL. Of course, they are not trusted to watch the baby, so the nanny will be there, and we talked about how awkward they will make things for the nanny. I suggested I could take a day off from work and haul them around the city so they're out of the nanny's hair. I think SIL was very appreciative of that.

I hope it continues in this direction. [/quote]

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