In-laws blame me for my baby's disease...

My baby often falls ill. Whether it's fever, flu, cough, or sometimes vomiting... Before having a child, I learned a lot about baby health and how to handle unexpected situations like this. I was quite calm and prepared. But, my mother-in-law who lives with us always blames me. She says my breast milk is bad, of poor quality. She even wants to give my baby honey -- but of course I forbid it! And she blames me. She wants to give my baby coffee because she thinks it can prevent seizures due to fever. I once told my husband about this, but when he reprimanded her, my mother-in-law got angry and said I wasn't a good mother.

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that's very scary to have her around ur baby even for a minute alone.. who knows what she will feed the baby. trust yourself and be firm against ur mil. good that u at least have ur hubby on ur side. these old folks tot that their kids grew up fine so can use back same methods. i can only say we r all lucky to survive those days when they fed us water and weird stuff when young. dun forget to keep reminding urself that u r doing a great job protecting ur baby and u r a wonderful mother!

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