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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, life is full of ups and downs.  You had a bad visit.  Get over it and move on.  Your MIL was just trying to be helpful.  Also, don’t tell people how to keep their doors at night or offer white noise machines.  That’s rude.  Your MIL probably was hoping you would ask her to change the baby and comfort her until you and DH had used the bathroom, but was unsure of how to ask.  It wouldn’t have killed you to let her change the baby or soothe her back to sleep.  I’m sure she was so excited to have the baby there.  [b]You are way too rigid[/b]. Stop making it a her vs you situation.  [/quote]

This isn’t the grave insult you guys think it is. There is nowhere in the universe a gracious hostess stands outside her guests bedroom door talking loudly in the middle of the night, night after night, after being asked not to.  Asking for peace and quiet at night is not “rigid” whether you have a baby or not![/quote]

It sounds like the MIL asked questions in a normal tone of voice at a time when every person in the house was awake. [/quote]
The parents of the baby were capable of handling the situation. What was the need for MIL to insert herself repeatedly?[/quote]

Maybe the MIL was concerned something wrong because it doesn’t take two adults to change a diaper and feed a baby.[/quote]

[b]Right? If everyone is up and roaming around the house she was probably confused.[/b] And it's the middle of the night. But that's considered prowling to overprotective inept new parents who can't tag team.[/quote]

If she was still “confused” by the second or third night, she needs to see a psychiatric professional for an age-related assessment STAT.[/quote]

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