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yo mama (779.5 days ago)
for anything less than 8 days, i`d blow it off. my dd was so spoiled over the holiday, she began to hit me and was really mean to me (because i`m her caretaker not her servant) but we came home yesterday and she seems to have already forgotten about the ILs. she knows her home rules (and you and i both know that they appreciate them and depend on them) so screw the IL and just blow `em off (unless it`s a safety issue.)

MummyLJ (779.7 days ago)
You must be so frustrated! (((hugs))) My family all live in the States, and whenever my mom or dad comes up for a visit, we have the same problem- they spoil spoil spoil! It used to drive us nuts, but we realize they never see our kids and don`t really know all they`re capable of, and also want to be remembered, since visits are far apart. DH and I just got used to having `boot camp` in the week after a family member leaves- we have to be super strict and really reinforce the old rules just to get our DD `back on track`. As far as the over dressing goes, my MIL is the same way, and I finally told her (as nicely as I could) that they`ve done alot of research since her kids were little, and it`s really not neccesary or healthy for them to get over heated. It helped a bit. Good luck!

Holly28 (779.7 days ago)
We are spending 6 days in total here (thank GOD we are going home tomorrow!!!). Thankfully they don`t see her too often and we only come to their place like twice a year. Both my SO and I have tried talking to them but they could care less. In their eyes she`s `just a baby` and they are doing right.

maimai (779.7 days ago)
The answer would depend on how long she is spending with them and how often. The more time she spends with them, the longer it would take her to get back to normal behaviour. I would get your partner to speak to his mum again and be really firm! Its not fair on you, after all, you are her mum!!!

Holly28 (779.7 days ago)
ARRRRG THEY ARE DRIVING ME INSANE. They don`t let her do things for herself that she is more than capable of, literally `play dress up` with her as the doll, are giving her her soother, and blankie whenever she or they want (she ONLY gets these things during sleep times) and are feeding her a freaking bottle of milk like every hour despite the fact that we are weening her from her bottles and as of next week she won`t be getting ANY. Developmentally she is 23-24months old (she is 16months old) and are treating her like she is 6 months old. My MIL actually expected me to have a blanket with us at the restaurant the other day and when I commented that of course I didn`t because she is 16months old my SIL jumped down my throat. Oh yeah, and did I mention that my MIL seems to think that she needs to be wearing no less than 3 layers at any given time. The poor child is sweltering. It`s not for lack of us saying anything to them either...they just go ahead and do whatever they darn well feel like anyway. I am beyond frustrated. There, that is my vent.



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