One on one time with child

[H16]

I currently live with my family temporarily (been here for a year but moving to my own house in a month) and I am just wondering if I am being unreasonable...

My parents see my child every day - mum before and after work and dad all day long as he is retired (I am a SAHM).

I never get any real time alone with my daughter and I really want to spend some quality one-on-one time with her before baby number 2 arrives. So I have spent all morning with her just me and her playing etc and just put her up for a nap.

Dad just had a pop at me as he not seen her all day and how it is unfair and he has been banging around house trying to wake her up! I want to kill him right now and am trying really hard to bite my tongue. I don't understand how I am being out of order for wanting to spend a rare morning alone with my daughter - isn't she my child after all?!

My dad is also winding me up as he makes sarcastic jokes about my parenting skills which upset me and he constantly refers to himself as dad when talking to Ruby and refers to my mum as mum - he says it is accidental but he does it every single day and it really irritates me!

Sorry, bit of a pointless rant but feeling really annoyed

 

[Pumpkin9]

I'd be having a chat with them when i was abit calmer! (I have a bad temper so I'm not the best at putting my views across when im pissed off).

I don't think you are out of order at all. it lovely that your little one can see them so much but at the end of the day she it's yours and you need to develop that special bond with her and you are her mum so what you say goes and you definitely need that time together alone

 

[Jojo84]

I think it's totally out of order and I would be telling them so. You're her mum and you should have 1:1 time with her.its not their child.

 

[H16]

Thanks ladies, good to know I am not over-reacting x

 

[queenriccy]

Oh my mam and dad did that up until Olly was around 6 months ... I was like 'he's my bloody son, not yours'
Mam said it was just out of habit, she doesn't do it anymore thank God.
Xx

 

[littlemonkey]

I think you are exceedingly patient living with your parents. I think if I had to live with mine or my in law's I would have killed them a long time ago!

 

[hellywelly]

I don't think you are over-reacting at all, BUT putting myself in the position of Devil's advocate, considering you only have one month left with them, I'd be tempted to not rock the boat too much - by all means bring it up but if it kept on going my attitude would be "I'm out of here in a month so does it really matter?". It would be sad to fall out with your parents when they can't do these things anyway in a month's time.