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MIL Week-long Visit
I guess I need to face reality that this weekend my MIL will be here for a week. She wants to stay with us the whole time, but we really don't have room for her and the bathroom situation is still a disaster. I think H has convinced her to stay with us no more than 3 days and they won't be back-to-back. (MIL's parents are in town too and she normally stays with them so we aren't putting her on the street.)
MIL is insistent that she takes over night-time care and basically do everything for us while she's here. Since I'm BFing, I'm afraid to introduce Ella to bottles too often, too soon. I will be going back to work so she'll be on bottles then (mid-July). Will something like this cause nipple confusion or any other disturbances? Or should I just let MIL take over?
Is there anything else that I should or shouldn't let MIL do? I've really been trying to ignore the fact that she's even coming!
Also, I really need to get the bathroom cleaned but I'm afraid of using too many chemicals while Ella is in the house. The tub is badly stained with hard water stains and some funky green stuff that's not mold so I really want to just fill the tub with bleach. Unfortunately, that would take too much bleach and probably knock me out too! I'm going to try to use Santi-Flush and spray it with water so it makes a paste. It's supposed to be great on hard water stains. Do you think it would work? Is there something better that I should use? I can't have my MIL thinking we are disgusting!
Re: MIL Week-long Visit
When my mom came to help when Michael was born, she did almost all of the housework and cooking for me. It was a big help and made me feel better knowing my house wasn't falling apart and my husband wasn't going hungry. She would also watch him while I napped during the day. I felt like it was just easier for me to do all the night stuff since I was nursing and it helped to get extra help during the day.
I'm glad she is coming to help you...my MIL came for an overnight and didn't even help change a diaper or bring food!