Superstitious MIL

Anyone having superstitious mil like mine? And how do u avoid having any clashes etc? My mil seem to be superstitious about so many things, cannot let baby look in the mirror, cannot call nicknames, cannot hang baby clothes out at night to dry (she took away a few sets of new baby clothes that we left out to dry, saying we CANNOT let lo wear them), cannot throw baby's outgrown clothes away... And the list goes on & on... I feel like I'm walking in a minefield everyday living with my in laws lol, dont know when what I do will irritate her and everytime my hubs & I ask why we cant do this or that, she will say 小孩子不要问这么多 and look scared. Worse is she dont tell me "her rules" directly, always tell my hubs in hokkien even though I'm standing with my hubs right in front of her (hello??) and telling my lo "ur mum so bad, dont care about u, always do these these stuff to harm u" few time right in front of me! WTF! Damn rude & damn annoying! Ranted to my hubs about these few times alr and he just brush it off saying his mum is like one just ignore will do. But his parents insist to look after lo when I get back to work in Jan and seriously this is not the style I want my lo to be learning after ?

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I told my mil off when she said nonsense like "ur mom and dad dont want to talk to you"..babies maybe young but they understand and they pick up whatever adults speak to them and will affect them. It's no small matter, it's about them growing healthy emotionally. If she thinks 小孩子(supposed it meant you and your hb?)不要问这么多 then tell her baby is yours, you know how to take care and please respect your style. Consider sending to infant care? I don't live with my mil but when she offered to take care of my LO when i return to work, i downright rejected. With the kind of MIL she is, i think my LO is better off at infant care - better for her growth & development. Do discuss with your husband about it. There'll be another set of problens when u return to work eg will she feed baby ehat you told her to?

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