Everyone has their own opinions when it comes to parenting. Navigating the world as a new parent can be tricky, and if you've got people around you who also have children then sometimes it can be a good idea to hear what they have to say about their own experience. Other times, however, you really don't want advice from anyone else and would rather go your own way.
One mum, however, was left baffled when her mother-in-law "snapped" at her for doing something with her own baby that every single parent has done - holding her. Yep, the grandma was furious that the mum wouldn't simply put her daughter down "for once" when the little one was only five months old. In a post on Reddit , the mum said the incident occurred when she had just fed her daughter and the youngster had some reflux, so she decided it was a good time to get her to "work on sitting up" since she needed to be upright anyway.
She sat her daughter on top of an ottoman and knelt down in front of it, holding onto her child's hands to help steady her. But this constant touch angered the baby's grandma, who demanded the mum put her daughter down on the carpet. The mum wrote: "My mother-in-law kept looking like she wanted to say something but didn't.
Finally, she said, 'Are you going to put her down?' I said no because she needed to be upright and was having fun, plus she was full and I didn't want her to spit up on the carpet. Minutes go by and my sister-in-law leaves to go to the bathroom. My mother-in-law waits a minute, obviously impatient, then snaps, 'Just put her down for once! God's sake we can lay down a blanket!'" Continuing her post, the woman said she "rarely" got to hold her own daughter when she was visiting her husband's side of the family, as they "loved playing pass the baby" between themselves.
Now that her daughter is older, the woman and her husband have gone "no contact" with his family members, and the mum has realised how important it is to stand up for herself. Commenters on the post were firmly on the mum's side, with many telling her she knows how to parent her own child and shouldn't listen to other people's criticisms. One person said: "I hate it when people do that and they do it with such an angry, exasperated, and haughty tone.
It is so hurtful! Like sorry, you do not know my baby better than me, you are not her parent, please go away!" And the mother replied: "Sadly I was at their house because they weren't allowed at mine. Why wouldn't I want to hold my baby? They act like it's bizarre to want to hold and snuggle your own child. I think it comes down to jealousy.
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