A mother has shared her frustration after her mother-in-law changed her baby’s diaper without asking for consent first.
The woman took to Mumsnet and claimed that her husband’s mom just went ahead and changed her child’s diaper even though she was also in the room.
“A while ago my MIL was over and my baby started crying and rather than just give him back decided to take it upon herself to change him (I was standing right there) he continued crying throughout the change and she gave him back straight after but it annoyed me as it wasn’t her place to change him,” she wrote.
“I didn’t say anything at the time, son was four months and I was trying to be nice and friendly but starting to find her more overbearing and I’m getting close to drawing a line.”
Hundreds of people replied to her post and many parents were baffled as to why the mother would be okay with a babysitter changing her baby’s diaper and not her mother-in-law.
One Mumsnet user responded: “So nursery workers or babysitters can change your child but their grandparent can’t? I suspect this is more about your feelings towards your MIL than anything to do with privacy and consent.”
Another wrote: “”I think this is something you seriously need to address with yourself. First of all, all my family members have offered to change diapers, and 9/10 it’s because they’re being helpful and just giving me a tiny break. I think it’s a lovely thing for them to do.”
A third replied: “If you don’t trust grandparents to change baby’s diaper they shouldn’t be seeing baby. If you do, no issue. Babies don’t need consent no matter how keen you are on it.”
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