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WTF?! IL rant
I know no one is on the board right now, but I have to rant.
DH and I went to my ILs' house for dinner tonight, and then left the baby there while we went to see a movie. We've left him with my parents a couple of times for short periods of time, and he's been fine, so I wasn't worried. MIL, FIL and BIL were all home. I fed him right before we left, and left a bottle -- told MIL that he may or may not need to eat before we got back, depending on whether he stayed awake or fell asleep. Also told her that I had my cell if she needed anything.
Well, we get back to their house after being gone for 3 hours (it was a long movie) and find out that they let DS cry himself to sleep, and did not feed him. Are you freaking kidding me? You do not let an 11 week old cry like that, particularly when you haven't crossed off all of the basic reasons why he could be crying off the list! And he is not the kind of baby who cries inconsolably for no reason. If he cries, he's hungry, or needs his diaper changed. MIL's response when DH asked why they didn't give him the bottle was, "he didn't seem hungry." Umm...the incessant screaming didn't make you wonder if perhaps he could want to eat?
I know that he's fine and no real harm was done, but it breaks my heart to think about him crying like that. We aren't the type of parents to jump the second he starts fussing, but we certainly don't let him cry like that at this point.
The more I think about it, the more pissed I get. Needless to say, we will not be using their babysitting services any time soon.
Re: WTF?! IL rant
I'm sorry... That would break my heart too. My mil watched my son for 10 minutes the other day and when I got back she said "oh darn I was just about to start poking him to wake him up so I had something to do... He's so boring" (she was dead serious too) ummm he's he's only 8 weeks old and wasn't even due yet... He needs sleep! Ugh IL's!!!
Hope your dh agrees with avoiding them as sitters!
I feel exactly the same way and we don't even have kids yet! But if I make a comment to DH, I am wrong and he jumps right to their defense, so I just keep my mouth shut. I am just thankful my parents are retired and have already told me 100s of times that they are available whenever needed.
#1 12.11.11
#2 10.23.13 EDD
That sucks - sorry
Parents should be the people you trust the most with your kid, it's too bad.
DD: 6-24-11
EDD: 9-20-14