Mother in law wants to make baby’s stocking for Christmas but I always thought I would make it!

NOPE. She needs to learn her place. You’re the mum, end of.

She might not be doing it maliciously, but she needs to realise it’s just not her place. Why don’t you suggest a stocking for her house but say that you’ve always wanted to do the main stockings for your children; so with respect, you would like her to leave it to you. I think you’ll just have to be honest with her.

It's nice of her to think of your LO, she obviously cares about them. But I hear where you're coming from too, maybe if your MIL asked, that would have been better than just announcing. Maybe a small conversation with her to gently say look, thank you very much for the offer, however I would like to have a go at making LOs stocking, as you feel it's important to you. I think if you go about it calmly, then it may be taken in a better way:) Good luck:)

Shes probs not doing it deliberately- my mum wanted to buy my sisters baby her first swimsuit then I reminded her that my sister would probs like to buy it. Just make baby one from you and if granny does it as well then that's fine or just say you want to do her first stocking

Just get and make your own too. Be nice but blunt if she asks and say you was always going to do one and didn’t want to upset her by saying don’t do one. Maybe have yours upstairs for when LO wakes up 😊 have MIL downstairs

Instead of doing a stocking unless she still does that for your oh why don’t you suggest a tree present instead that you give late afternoon/early evening that’s her thing. Like an annual or something. Or just say that you will be doing the stockings as she gets older. Do you live with her? It’s more a morning thing where she puts her stocking out in the front room and does the mince pie for Santa the night before.

I would let her know that you will be doing a stocking and if she wishes to do one for her house she's more than welcome to but you'll be opening the stocking you've made on Christmas morning x

Just tell her you appreciate it but you think she should have that stocking at her a house for the kids and you would like to make one your house.

My mum said to me she was making a stocking too and I had the same feelings. Maybe I need to let my little girl have two?

I would explain to her exactly what you said here. Let her know that that is something you always wanted to carry on as a tradition as this what something you really appreciated from your own mother and suggest that the one she makes can be kept at her house so he correlates it as something special grandma made for me and the one at your house is something special that mom made for me.

The idea is innocent but the consideration is missing

I think you need to communicate that you want to make your baby a stocking. Not everyone makes stockings. I simply bought one from target for my baby, so if my MIL wanted to make one, I wouldn’t care. If you haven’t told her you want to make you baby a stocking, how would she know? Also, is there any harm in your baby having two handmade stockings?

Let me make the damn stocking..... she has done with for her kids , just like your mom has done it for you. Yes she told you she is making one for your baby, you should feel excited and honored she loves your grandchild so much Make your own damn stocking no need to be petty. Your baby doesn't care let even understand. Alternate between them every or just simply use yours and pass on the one their grandma made for them when they get older. Or she can keep the one she made for her house for them when they visit. She said she made one tell her thank you can you made one too. Communicate with each instead of having negative feels fester.