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FML!
So my dad and MIL apparantly got in a small arguement today. It's all he said, she said but at this point, I'm leaning more towards believing my father.
My mom didn't feel like dealing with her today, mostly due to Tuesday's lecture about me being a bad mother, so she sent my dad there. My mom sent him with strick instructions to not cause any trouble. He promised.
MIL starts telling my dad that David needs to go to the ER, he is wasting away. My dad says, let me see if I can get him to eat. Picks him up, puts him in the hight chair, grabs a yogurt. MIL hates that David eats cold yogurt, she basically hates anything anyone tries to feed him, besides her pre-tested handful of crappy ass, flavorless food. So as my dad is giving him the first spoonful, MIL pushes my dad aside and is trying to get David out of the seat.
At this point, I'm assuming David is whining and my dad firmly tells MIL that it's time for her to leave. He is here now, she is going to be late for work, leave.
I guess she eventually leaves. MIL calls DH saying that DH needs to come home because she doesn't trust my dad with David at all. (Please note, my dad would be the first person to jump infront of a bus for David, he loves this child more than anything on Earth, more than my sister and I).
My dad calls me and tells me the whole story.
So now, I have a pissed off MIL who thinks my father is the devil and going to seriously hurt David. Just not to sound like I am jumping to conclusions, this is not the first time she has hinted towards something like this. One day my mom was running late and my dad came over. She straight up told my dad that David whispered to her in Polish saying that he was afraid of my dad, and said not to leave. Really! who says something like that to someone.
I am beyond livid. I have so much going on in my life and now I have this to deal with. At this point I am seriously considering day care. I know the costs will suck but in the end, I can't have David around all this negativity.
I talked to my mom and she said that David is running around and isn't wasting away on death's door as my MIL pictured him to be earlier. The woman was administiring water to David via a medicine dropper! A medicine dropper, who does this? It's not like he's a baby bird that needs to drink like that. And she wonders why he wasn't drinking, I'm sure he thought she was giving him medicine.
DH and I are going to discuss this tonight. I don't know what to do with David tomorrow, I guess we will figure it out later. I really need to have a pow-wow with DH, MIL and myself this weekend. We all need to get on the same page and I'm pretty damn sure she is not going to like what I have to say. I don't want to have this conversation at this point in the year but it needs to be done.
If you made it this far, thank you for reading my vent.
Re: FML!
Oh my f**king god... this is ridiculous. Does she not realize how much added stress she's placing on that poor sick boy, not to mention you and YH?!
I will be thinking of you and hope this talk goes well; I think it's DEFINITELY time and as much as he may not like it, YH may have to step up and put his foot down to MIL. (I say that because she obviously doesn't treat you with the respect you very much deserve.
Isn't there a trash can she can fall into?!
the newest update: she wants to take David to DH's and SIL's old pediatrician. (yes he is Polish and yes he is old)
She is going to pay out of pocket since we're on an HMO and can't go see any doctor we choose.
Oh, life is fun.
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Your MIL sounds absolutely insane. I know that she's doing this out of love but she's got to step back and let you be the mom and your husband be the dad.
I think that given the last few days, daycare sounds like a great option.