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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother always woke up and prowled around when we were  similarly situated, but she WANTED TO, and never gave us grief for it. What exactly is yours pissed about? The wake-ups or that you seemed annoyed at her presence?[/quote]

OP here. What bothers me is that we explained everything to her, even before the visit, and after the first night, that yes sorry about the noise, but we've got it under control. We also asked her to lower her voice the first, second and third nights, and she continued to speak very loudly, which of course will just keep the baby awake. What bothers me is she totally ignored us, night after night, even though we very specifically said please lower your voice and please let us do what we need to do, please go back to bed.

It's like she wanted attention, and wouldn't take "we don't need your help right now" for an answer. She also doesn't like that we are choosing to breastfeed, which may have something to do with it.[/quote]

I have a niece almost the exact same age as my oldest who was bottle fed and my MIL loved giving her bottles and snuggling her. Meanwhile I’d be ducking out constantly to breastfeed for 30 minutes at a time early on and it definitely annoyed her. I think it’s fine to be annoyed and stay in a hotel but this is a short period of time and she may calm down later. Try to have boundaries but don’t assume your relationship is ruined. [/quote]

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