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Your family is very Japanese! I know they're probably not, but the manners are the same. It is considered rude to be forthright, and polite to go round about. So I've been steeped in these courtesies my whole life. When it's people you know, it's usually easy to tell what they want exactly. When it's strangers, these communication methods allay guilt and shame because everyone saves face, a very important concept in Japanese culture.

I really don't think you can blame your siblings for acting in this way if they learned this from your mother.
And maybe your mother learned this from her parents.
It also seems as if you may express your emotions a little too bluntly for their sensibilities, and they are scared of you. Maybe they feel they have to walk on eggshells around you, and that nothing they do is right!

So if you think they want to hold the baby, give them the baby for a little while. If you think they might want something else to eat, you can ask them the day before.

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