A woman has revealed how her mother-in-law attempted to sneak her baby out of the hospital right after she gave birth.
Taking her issues to Reddit, an anonymous woman recalled the time her mother-in-law visited her in the hospital right after she gave birth to see her baby.
While carrying the newborn, the grandmother decided she wanted to feed the child after he started crying only for the father of the baby to be forced to stop her by explaining that he and his wife planned on breastfeeding their baby.
That’s when the grandmother told the couple that she would take their baby out of the room for a moment in order to calm him down.
Just minutes later, however, a hospital alarm went off. As it turned out, the old woman attempted to sneak her grandchild out of the clinic but was stopped after the baby’s ankle monitor set off the alarm.
After returning the baby to her daughter-in-law, the grandma allegedly continued to stare angrily at the new mom until the woman’s father-in-law arrived and took the jealous grandmother home.
According to the Reddit user, her father-in-law was forced to apologize in his wife’s name after figuring out what she had done.
It’s not clear to us whether the two families are still on good terms and whether the grandmother has apologized to her daughter-in-law or not.
While stories like this sure sound bizarre, they are not as uncommon as you might think. As people who deal with toxic relatives and possessive in-laws know, clear boundaries have to be set to prevent other people from taking control of your life.
Though understanding is needed on both sides, parents have to make sure that the rules they set are clear and respected by their in-laws to avoid instances such as this one.
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