MIL
My MIL for some time now refers to my little girl as "granny's baby" and when she talks about herself to her has called herself "mummy" and I just find it really inappropriate. She usually corrects herself straight away but I'm sat there thinking, is that what she calls herself when I'm not there?
Today my daughter fell over and hit her head in her house and was crying. I picked her up and cuddled her to comfort her but my MIL soon appeared from the other room, hearing her cries, and took her off me. Just making me feel unnecessary.
Am I being too sensitive here or is this weird?
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I saw a post exactly like this on Reddit you should look into it, it might give you some relief seeing all the comments
r/JUSTNOMIL
My MIL is like this. Saying things like “your lovely blue eyes. must be from your grandma” To which I’m like… no? They’re from his mum? Hello? Stands and laughs when I’m comforting him saying I can’t do it that way. Just hideous. You’re definitely not being too sensitive. It’s awful. And people like that are very hard to stand up to. Hopefully your partner offers you more support with it than mine does!
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Not being too sensitive. I think you should talk to your MIL, or get partner to do it if you think that would be better, and set some clear boundaries. Just try to make sure you don't make it sound like an attack on her if you can. Lots of "i know you are trying to help and I appreciate it, but" type of stuff.