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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have a baby.  The novelty will wear off soon.  I think it's really nice that they are making the effort to come and see their grandchild so often.  Please don't push them away for that.  My kids don't have any grandparents in this country.  I think you are being very mean to them and to your DH.  Let them stay and do everything, and hide in your room if you can't bear it.  Or make plans to go out with your friends or shopping or whatever.  Better yet, try and get along with them better.[/quote]

I hate this. Anytime a woman speaks up with what she wants, its MEAN. No it isn't. It's being an adult not a doormat. It is childish to put up with this. [/quote]

I hate posts like the first one too.  When my child was a baby, I didn't want to go away on the weekends, I wanted to be with my baby!  I didn't want to go get a pedicure, I wanted to be at my house with my husband and child enjoying our little family and doing the bare minimum of household management was pretty much it.

Anyone who came that often for that long would not have been welcome in the slightest, including my own parents--and, no, visiting that often is not something I would have considered to be nice at all.  Understanding the needs and wishes of new parents adjusting to a new reality and following their lead is what is nice.

And all the posts about "rolling them into your household routine"--that only works to a point.  There's still work to be done to host.  Whose house is ever guest ready with an infant?   [/quote]

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