off topic--My MIL

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Registered: 03-30-2003
off topic--My MIL
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Thu, 12-01-2005 - 9:28am

My MIl drives me nuts. I dropped Jacob off at her house today before I went to work. And I found that she was watching her niece (who is 4). Well, the reason she is watching her niece is because the niece's mom has whooping cough. ANd guess what Jacob is not vaccinated against---yup whooping cough. Now, MIL knows this b/c she sat at my house with my DD the night we took Jacob to the ER b/c of an adverse reaction to the pertussis shot. I am livid. If she would have called me last night and told me this I would have found another baby sitter. But she said, "madison isn't coughing or sneezing, so he will be fine." I made my DH call her and she is upset b/c I kind of stormed out. So, if Jacob gets sick, guess who will get to miss work--obviously me. I am so furious today.

Sonya

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Registered: 08-26-2005
In reply to: saggzz
Thu, 12-01-2005 - 4:57pm
Sonya,
I can't believe your MIL didn't think it wouldn't be a good idea for your son to stay with her. My MIL does things like that all the time and it drives me nuts. The one thing she continues to do even though I've told her a million times not to is let the kids drink from her glass. I know that sounds petty but they have ended up with a cold which usually turns into an ear infection with my kids a couple of times when she didn't realize she was getting sick herself.Sometimes you just have to grin and bare it I guess.
Teresa