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Dealing with my daughter’s competing and interfering grandparents?

  • Posted on May 6, 2011 at 3:24 pm

My daughter is 6 months old and my parents are driving me crazy with their interfering and it seems like they are trying to make everything a competition. Everything that my husband and I bought our daughter for X-Mas they say “Oh we were going to get her that” or “We got her that too”. Her other grandma wanted to get her clothes and we got her some as well so I told them not to get her any but they did anyway. They don’t listen to my wishes or instructions when I leave her with them. They have a pillowtop mattress and I told them that it’s not safe for her to sleep with them and they put her in bed anyways. The other day my mom told me that our daughter needed to have a dog growing up and that if we didn’t get her one that they’d get one to have at their house for her. They try to take over everything and it is driving me crazy. I’m not comfortable with her being at their house very often, they aren’t good role models- they have very unhealthy habits and my mom drinks a lot and works at a bar. They also fight a lot and are “getting divorced” every other year. I love my parents but I really need them to respect mine and my husband’s wishes when it comes to our child. How do I make them respect me and my opinions without starting a big fight?

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