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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like your MIL was willing to help and let you guys get some sleep. You responded by being a jerk.  I'd be pissed at you too. You seem rude and ungrateful. [/quote]

This.  Maybe she wanted to help.  She can't nurse but some things my mom did for me during those frequent newborn wakings was rock the baby back to sleep or sit up with me and chat or watch TV so I could have some company and DH could get some sleep.  [/quote]

...DH did go back to sleep. While OP breastfed. Sounds like OP didn't want or need "company" during breastfeeding, as evidenced by her saying for several nights in a row that she didn't want help.[/quote]

Why are you speaking for OP?[/quote]

LOL, I think it's pretty clear from OP's description of events that she didn't want her MIL's company.[/quote]

The white knighting for OP is weird. There is a reflexive pro DIL and anti-MIL in all of these types of posts. Even when the DIL is obviously being rude.[/quote]

I actually think all the defending of MIL is weird. Saying she wanted to help (when it doesn't seem like she did), saying it's OP's fault for disturbing MIL's sleep (when MIL was told that the baby cries at night and insisted that they stay with her).  Being over 60 isn't a get out of jail free card for being obnoxious, especially to a sleep-deprived, stressed out new mom.[/quote]

Maybe MIL is sleep deprived too b/c she's being woken up in the middle of the night? Most people are saying they both deserve to have some slack. Why aren't you?[/quote]

Most people are aggressively taking one side or the other, actually.  I don't deny that DIL was rude in that moment, but she was understandably at her breaking point[/quote]

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