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[quote=Anonymous]Wow op, I thought I had a difficult MIL but yours makes mine look like a saint!

Is your 1 year old her first grandchild? My MIL was pretty much like this with her first. With each subsequent grandchild, she got a little less demanding/emotional. Lucky for us, my BIL and SIL broke her in! I remember her always being in tears over something or other with my BIL- Jealous of her DIL’s Mom because she thought she got more quality time, and just complaining that her DIL was depriving them of grandparent time, or because they wouldn’t pick up a FaceTime call once, or because DIL insisted on breastfeeding so that she couldn’t bottle feed the baby herself.

I had issues with her too in the beginning with my first, but not nearly as bad. By that time, she had chilled out a lot. But your story of your MIL reminded me so much of when I had first started working from home after my first was born (DD was 6 weeks). She wanted to babysit but then ignored any of my advice about how she needs naps, quiet time, and then blamed my child’s crying on the fact that I spoil her too much and now DD was being manipulative by crying for me. At 6 weeks. I told her DD was expressing her needs, not being manipulative. I didn’t have her babysit again for me after that until much much later (when DD was able to talk). I made sure her visits were always on the weekends when we were all home, and especially DH was home, so that he could handle her.

They are actually pretty good now. And MIL is just much better with young kids rather than babies. She honestly didn’t know what to do with a baby. So there may still be hope for you.[/quote]

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