Am I exaggerating?
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You are not alone, to me sometimes it feels like they have never taken care of children- the way they hold or wash them. I have to my MIL to do his first bath, I didn’t like it and I never gave her after that 😂 maybe im a bad one idk 🤷🏻♀️Usually my mum respects all my decisions so is my MIL but sometimes no matter what I say my MIL will still do what she thinks is right. Thanks to my husband- he is supporting me and telling her it’s not her decision and even if she says to do something he would come and ask me first if im okay with it. But back to your post- I absolutely agree that perfumes shouldn’t be touching baby. I’m sad about it as I love my perfumes but I stopped using them since he’s born.
I sadly had a big fall out with my mum about perfume. It was a no no definitely in the beginning for me. My babies smell is soo lush and I was obsessed but when others held her, the perfume scent went on her and it interrupted the bonding. My mum took it as an attack because simply put she didn’t understand what I was saying and the harm these chemicals do. I think sit her down and ask her when she was a mum was there anything that stressed her out, and then say, well this perfume situation is stressing you out etc etc , but it’s understandable that she doesn’t understand but it’s really important to you. You can explain to her about the Chemicals and also the interruption of bonding. Find some research too so show her. I hope this helps x
Not exaggerating at all - he’s your baby. You get to say what happens with your baby, no one else.
You’re not exaggerating. People should respect your boundaries and wishes, regardless of who they are. It really grinds my gears when people do what they think is best as it didn’t harm their baby, etc. Definitely address it with her otherwise you’ll get more frustrated x