ypg,
I fully understand how you feel. I felt that way too when I had my first baby. My mother was constantly doing things opposite the way I was doing. She would use shampoo to wash my baby's body although I've told her several times not to becos my baby had eczema and sensitive skin. She would make my baby drink burnt talisman drink when she knew fully well that I was a Christian. She also put talisman on my baby's body secretly, inside her shirt, knowing that I wouldn't approve of it. She even said things like,"If we go to court over the baby, the judge will give me the custody of the baby (becos the baby is closer to her)." We quarrelled quite a lot over the ways to take care of my baby and the more I quarrelled with her, the more she did things her way which agitated me more.
Then I went for a job interview and a lady waiting beside me talked to me. I mentioned my baby and I groused a bit about how I didn't like the way my mother took care of my baby. She said,"The method is not important. What's important is to get things done."
It woke me up to my senses. From then on, I controlled myself and let my mother did what she wanted or said. I tried very hard to see things from her perspective. She loved the baby and that's all that mattered. And it was also why she did all the things she did and said all the things she said. She didn't know they would hurt me or exasperate me. After all, it was her first time being a grandparent. She was anxious to have the baby close to her.
But after I let go completely, I felt that things got better. We stopped fighting every day over how to take care of the baby. Occasionally, we groused abit here and there but it was no longer so tense.
Next time your mother said those things, just grin and agree with her. There's no point for her to continue to 'niam' when you already agreed with her.
Eh, what school you're teaching in? Very curious. Is it RS?
Re: zoo
I'm not going to waste my money on my baby yet on the zoo trip. I'll wait till she's able to appreciate the animals first, maybe 2?
Re: school
Karen,
You just need the report book to prove that you were from the school.