I (31F) had my daughter six months ago after years of infertility. She’s my miracle, my rainbow, and my daughter. My MIL (63F), who lives 10 minutes away, is obsessed with her, which I appreciate, to a point.
But she keeps referring to her as “my baby.” Not “my granddaughter,” not “your baby.” Just hers.
It started as “I can’t wait to see my baby!” which was fine. But it’s evolved into “My baby needs more tummy time” and “I think my baby prefers when I rock her this way.” She even told a family friend, “She looks just like me when I was little.”
This week, I was feeding my daughter and MIL reached over and said, “Let Grandma burp her, my baby likes it when I do it.”
I snapped: “She’s not your baby. You had yours already. This one’s mine.”
She looked stunned and left early. My husband thinks she needed the boundary, but my SIL says I was cruel and made her feel unwanted.
Now I’m wondering if I should’ve just ignored it and let her have her “grandma moment.”
AITAH?