MIL arriving tomorrow for two weeks. She is 83 and rather frail so won't be able to help out much with 9 month old DS. Trouble is she has very firm ideas about how babies should be raised and enjoys pontificating about these at EVERY opportunity. DH will of course be at work all day so I'm wondering how I am going to survive the visit. We don't see that much of her as she lives in Europe but did spend 4 days with her in London a couple of months ago which were VERY stressful. She doesn't like me nursing and says things like "isn't he about to have his dinner, you're just ruining his appetite." Also comes out with things like "now you have a nice healthy son you mustn't have any more children as you're too old!!!" (I'm 38) and "I see you haven't got your figure back yet." I bite my lip and try to be polite and accommodating to her but am not sure how well I'll be able to do this over a two week period -- my son is quite demanding and it's tiring enough looking after him without bringing this extra stress into the mix. The other thing is DS has always been a terrible sleeper and right now only naps if I lie down with him. MIL will be absolutely HORRIFIED by this and I'll never hear the end of it. But it's either that or not have him sleep at all in which case he'll be cranky all day.
How am I going to get through this? All words of wisdom appreciated. It's only two weeks so I should try to keep the peace...but...