All right, My SO and I agreed that him, I and our BD would stay the weekend with my MIL while the rest of the family was out of town. Just got here before dinner and I already wish I never would have agreed to this. No matter what she cannot mind her own business. BD3m gets a really red/raw neck every now and again because she doesn't ever let air get to her neck. When I talked to the doctor about it she said to use cornstarch. She said not to use anything water or oil based or anything with fragrence (butt creme, lotion, baby powder, ect.) I gave BD a bath tonight and it was STARTING to turn a little red so I figured I would be pro-active and put a little corn starch on it after her bath. MIL says that she has never heard of anyone using that before and tells me I need to use gold bond. Doc said for one, is that something I really want in my childs mouth if she happens to touch it and put her hand in her mouth, and for two that I shouldn't use that until she is 2 or 3. So then MIL decides she is going to google what we should use. She lists off desitin (wont dry out the neck), baby powder (has fragrance so there is a chance of sting), neosporin (again... won't dry out the neck...), lotion (still... will not dry out the neck...) and so on. I tell her no, I am going to stick with the corn starch because it really does work really well. She then procedes to print out all of the suggestions for me. I DO NOT NEED THEM. Why can she not just let me do what I want with MY kid. What is so wrong with corn starch? OH!!!! Then she told me that that has to be the worst thing I could use because it will MOLD!!!! Are you freaking serious?????!!!! WTH would I leave it in there long enough to mold???? Later in the night it was time to lay BD down for bed. On Monday we started the transition from her bassinet to her pack and play. We also quit swaddling her for bed time. So far she has done great. Every now and again she will wake up a few more times looking for a paci or something, but over all has done amazing. Tonight, she was in a completely new place and woke up twice almost right after I put her down. I gave her her paci both times and then she was fine. MIL then tells me that I really should swaddle her. She also fought with me for an hour after I put on her PJ's because I only puther in a fleece sleep sack. Really??? She says she is going to freeze because the room is naturally a little chilly and I refused to put her in the infant part of the pack and play because she is big enough for the normal part (which is closer to the ground therefore colder??) anyways I told her I had plenty of blankets for her if she gets cold. BD was just hanging out on my lap and MIL wont stop telling me how BD has to be freezing because MIL is freezing! FML I know my baby better then you ever will!!! She is always hot. She sweats at night even if I am chilly. She is naturally warm. Why can't my MIL just worry about her own family instead of trying to run mine? She thinks she is the expert at raising kids????? Then WTH is BIL30 still living at home having never moved out in his life, never has had a job, and didn't even graduate college? If MIL would get off of her lazy ass and go find a job, then maybe she would realize that there are plenty of ways to better spend her free time. All she ever does is try to tell us what to do or how to do it, or whine about never having money and how she needs to find a job. When a job does come up, her remark EVERY time is "I have worked far too many years to have to work nights or weekends!" ARE YOU SERIOUS????? You have no college education, You are 58 years old, your only two jobs ever were a receptionist at roto router and a cashier at a liquor store! The world owes you nothing. Your husband works his ass off to support you and your no good son who mooches off of you. Get a job and you wont be bored enough to micro manage my life. To top it all off, SO and I are selling our home and buying a new one.We found our dream home and put an offer in on it two weeks ago! They accepted it but the closing date isn't until August 2nd because their new home wont be ready until then. We got this house for an amazing price. It has the land we want, the rooms we want, the space we want, and it is in the area we want. Since we have to be out of our house mid march, we are renting a townhome for 6 months in the meantime. She is not happy about that at all becaus of two reasons... one being it is about 45 minutes away from her house, and two is that she can't grasp the fact that we actually have a home until she can physically see us in it. She wants us to find a different one. SO and I both told her that there is NO WAY IN HE!! that we would ever do that. Well tonight at dinner, MIL turns to me and says, "hey since you are here all weekend, do you want to go look at some houses? I have a few printed off that we could drive by." UMMMM NOOOOOO!!! For one, we already have our dream home lined up for an amazng price. For two, driving by isnt going to do a darn thing. When we were looking, our two favorite houses were ones we werent even going to look at because the outside didn't apeal to us. Our dream home that we got looked too uniform and plain on the outside but when we got inside, we both turned and looked at eachother and instantly said "this is the one." What is driving by a house going to do for me? I am not changing my mind. Quit pushing it. You don't have to live in it so why does it matter? I can't handle when people push their opinions, desicions, or ideas on me after I already told them no. I am an adult, I can run my own life thank you. Sorry about the rant, I just needed to scream it onto paper so that I can go back down stairs and act like I am enjoying her company! The only person I hate in life more then MIL is BM. That is pretty bad!

I tried posting this Friday night but I would not work for some reason