Grandma sparks rift by secretly feeding baby its first solids
There are a lot of exciting firsts for parents, significant milestones that should be theirs to celebrate, but one defiant Grandmother doesn’t quite follow this philosophy.
A mum has taken to Reddit to express her fury over her mother-in-law feeding her 10-week-old baby ice cream, the first solid food the child had ever been given.
The mum explained on Reddit that she and her mother-in-law have a less-than-perfect relationship. While they remain civil, her mother-in-law’s criticism has only increased since the birth of her child.
“I am so aggravated and upset,” she began her post titled “My mother-in-law fed my 10-week-old ice cream.
When she was pregnant, her mother-in-law even went as far as to say she was “just the incubator”. Even her husband’s maternal grandmother had told her to be nicer.
She also had some unusual bonding activities planned for when her granddaughter was born.
"She has been itching to give my baby ice cream or frosting from before I even gave birth. I have noooo idea why. Both my husband and I said no multiple times," the mum wrote.
"Yesterday she turned her back to me and gave my two-month-old ice cream. I'm assuming it was just the finger tip full of ice cream. I know this was true because later on she told my husband she did it.”
Aside from the mother’s outrage, the bub was left with an upset stomach and a nappy rash.
Although her baby wasn’t endangered, she remained understandably upset.
"I can't forgive my mother-in-law. She knew it was wrong or she wouldn't have hid. We have repeatedly said no. She's still too young, we were worried about allergies, and we want to be there for fun stuff like that (when she's old enough)," she shared.
She asked users if she would be taking it too far if she were to cut contact with her mother-in-law for a while, and they were clearly on the mother’s side.
“This got me so heated. This is foul behavior from your mother-in-law." one person commented.
“Should never be left alone with your kid. Seriously. She has shown herself to be unfit." another added.
"Definitely put your mother-in-law in time out," said a third.
"I gasped at this title! Never let her alone with your baby," a fourth wrote.
"If it were me, she'd be cut off permanently.”
Others questioned how a grandmother could risk making their grandchild sick just to prove a point.
"A 10-week-old can't even have water - what the eff was she thinking? This would be my hill I'd happily die on. The rage I've got for you!" said a fellow mum.
"That seems like a cruel thing to do to little one's digestive track," said another, while another wrote, "She... made your 10-week-old-baby sick.”
The mum added an update thanking those who responded, saying she was overwhelmed.
“I knew I would get some responses but I'm truly blown away with the amount. I'm even more blown away that you all believe I am not over-reacting," she wrote. "It makes me feel so validated.
“In-law relationships can be so tricky but I truly feel they need a 'time out’."
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