AvasMama
12-28-2004, 10:28 PM
MIL: My MIL is a saint compared to many I've read about here, but I need to vent after four days of keeping my mouth shut! What baffles me is that this woman has seven grandkids ages 5 months - 6 years. You think she would know about some of these things!!
My favorite comments from her, in no particular order...
"If you got her some hard-sole shoes, she would start walking."
"Maybe if you didn't nurse Ava so much, she would eat better."
"If you don't cut her hair, it won't grow in right."
"Is she hungry? I've got pudding." (Repeated hourly, I kid you not.)
"Oh, she won't bother those." (In reference to the dozens of breakable figurines all over the house -- all within Ava's reach.)
"When my kids were small, I just told them what not to touch and they left it alone." (The response I got when I asked if we could move some of them. The figurines stayed put.)
And after I spent four solid days keeping Ava away from her damn figurines... "See, I told you she wouldn't bother them."
SILs: Control your kids! The older ones were literally bouncing off the walls, jumping on the pool table, and going around slapping adults on the bum. Are you kidding me? They are all overweight (kids and parents, including a 24-lb. 5-month-old -- edited to clarify, this is not my opinion, but that of their own docs), but they have the nerve to question what I feed Ava?? Um, no, she can't have juice, Coke, Jello, or pudding.
Misc. cousins and evil great-grandmother (yes, she really is evil): Ava is frowning at you because you are in her face! She is not grumpy, grouchy, or unfriendly. She befriended two planeloads of travelers on the way here, so yes, it's YOU. Take it personally and leave her alone!!
Thanks for letting me vent :)
Robyn & Ava
My favorite comments from her, in no particular order...
"If you got her some hard-sole shoes, she would start walking."
"Maybe if you didn't nurse Ava so much, she would eat better."
"If you don't cut her hair, it won't grow in right."
"Is she hungry? I've got pudding." (Repeated hourly, I kid you not.)
"Oh, she won't bother those." (In reference to the dozens of breakable figurines all over the house -- all within Ava's reach.)
"When my kids were small, I just told them what not to touch and they left it alone." (The response I got when I asked if we could move some of them. The figurines stayed put.)
And after I spent four solid days keeping Ava away from her damn figurines... "See, I told you she wouldn't bother them."
SILs: Control your kids! The older ones were literally bouncing off the walls, jumping on the pool table, and going around slapping adults on the bum. Are you kidding me? They are all overweight (kids and parents, including a 24-lb. 5-month-old -- edited to clarify, this is not my opinion, but that of their own docs), but they have the nerve to question what I feed Ava?? Um, no, she can't have juice, Coke, Jello, or pudding.
Misc. cousins and evil great-grandmother (yes, she really is evil): Ava is frowning at you because you are in her face! She is not grumpy, grouchy, or unfriendly. She befriended two planeloads of travelers on the way here, so yes, it's YOU. Take it personally and leave her alone!!
Thanks for letting me vent :)
Robyn & Ava