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Anyone faces this issue as well? My MIL is constantly telling me and everyone else that my LO ( 5mths old) wants/needs our helper. For example, if she's crying and I'm carrying to soothe her. MIL would carry her away from me and pass her to our helper, saying that LO wants/needs her.. It's making me feel like a bad Mother as if I'm not being able to soothe my own LO.

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I don’t face this issue because I am taking care of baby on my own. I think it’s really insensitive for your MIL to say this to you and the act of carrying your baby away from you is too much. Please be firm and reject her next time she does that. It is demeaning and discouraging you and your baby from bonding. Or maybe you can observe and “learn” from your helper how she handles your baby and take over from there. One way my friends do is to take over the child minding from their helpers the moment they are home so that they can bond with their kids. It includes bathing, night time routine and so on.

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