Rants from a FTM

Hi mamas. Just wanna rant here. I’m currently staying with my husband & mil together with my baby. I have no issues with my mil prior arrival of my baby. However, nowadays my mil has a habit of passing remarks about my baby which is deemed unnecessary & annoying? Such as when my baby’s crying hysterically out of the blue she would literally say ‘diam’ as in quiet. I’ve been hearing this & I feel like I should address it to her. Like seriously you’re asking a baby to shut up when their only form of communication is crying? It’s like people asking you to shut up when you’re talking? Sometimes she would also comment ‘so teruk’ meaning ‘so bad’ when baby is crying. Honestly, it’s annoying & if I were to answer her back, I’m afraid I would be disrespectful .

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I had the same experience. I Will defend the baby at all costs but be diplomatic. It’s hard but I had nasty remarks hurled saying ohh her flat head is ugly .. I Replied saying , babies are all born beautiful just like all of us… something like that . Non direct but it should hit homerun if it’s diplomatic. It’s tough when managing a newborn n the family but I won’t stand for bad remarks directed to a helpless child let alone a baby.

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