Boomer mentality
My MIL always tells us to just let our baby cry when is he is fed, changed and let him solve his own problems before picking him up. For the record he is 11 weeks old! Still learning he has hands and can barely see clearly. Definitely fresh out of the womb discovering the world. And her comments about letting him cry it out triggers me. I really don’t know what I’m looking for here maybe a solidarity or to just rant. Anyone else MIL is like this?
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Definitely not all boomers, as my parents have never allowed my babies to cry, my MIL wouldn't do that either. It's horrible, so damaging to babies!
My baba was a classic boomer stereotype and this was one of the things she used to say often. She also made comments about my cousin always holding / wearing her baby. She would slyly ask me if my mother grew up insecure or craving attachment because of the way she was raised. Finally one day I said to her "If she did, she certainly wouldn't say so" and my mom, who happened to be present, agreed. Never heard a word about it after that. Lol.
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Got told several times by my own mum to CIO when my LO was a newborn. Politely told her, that isn't something I wanted to do. The more she pressed, the more details I gave about how it's bad for the baby and research shows it damage the babies emotional development. She eventually stopped telling me to do it 🤷♀️but that could also be the fact she told me it didn't do me any harm and I responded very sarcastically, yea, coz I'm emotionally well adjusted 🤣 but still, it's your baby, you choose methods and she needs to shut her pie hole :)