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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the house is such that MILs voice can keep the baby awake, the sounds of baby crying + you going down the hall to pee, then DH doing the same must create quite a ruckus in the he whole house in the middle of the night. Add that to the fact that many seniors have insomnia and other sleep related issues to start with, it’s no wonder she’s up “prowling” (and by that yiu mean walking around her house). [/quote]

...then maybe MIL and FIL should not have insisted on baby visiting their house, or maybe should have taken OP and her husband up on their offer to stay in a nearby hotel, yes?[/quote]

Maybe they didn’t think about baby waking (not even sure if it’s in the same room) = everyone getting up, walking all over the house, and doing a bunch of things in the middle of the night? DD was a horrible sleeper, and it never involved two parents and so much drama.

If OP a was so bothered by MIL “prowling” her own home (which is a statement that really says all we need to know about how OP a feels about MIL to begin with), she could have packed up after the first night. [/quote]

A dad silently changing a diaper while mom pees and then handing baby to mom to BF while he goes back to sleep is "so much drama"? Are you the klutz from the "Has This Ever Happened to You/There's GOT to Be a Better Way" infomercials, where everything you do or deal with is exaggeratedly bumbling and difficult?[/quote]

You forgot that the baby is crying until mom feeds it and that both adults are trucking around the hallway, flushing the toilet, flipping light switches etc. Come on, this isn't noiseless and the MIL "loudly" talking is probably an exaggeration too. The dad may be "silently" changing the diaper but the baby is screaming waiting to be fed. This is a lot of noise in a small house with older people not used to it. Everyone needs to cut everyone some slack.[/quote]

So like, again, some more, maybe MIL and FIL shouldn't have insisted on OP and DH staying with them, and should have let them stay in a hotel like they offered?

I am seriously laughing so hard at my image of you. "Trucking around the hallway," and making noise by...flipping a light switch? Did you seriously just say that? Most households have a night light on in the bathroom for overnight guests, so no need to flip a light switch. Some of us know how to silently walk or tiptoe down a hallway, but not you. You TRUCK, in your Awkward Infomercial way.  :lol: [/quote]

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