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I hate feeling this way, but there’s nothing I can do but embrace it.

I should feel grateful. My mother-in-law wants to buy my husband and I a crib for the new baby. Sounds wonderful, right?

Well maybe not so much. I had a crib on our registry that I liked, simple, cheap, a real get the job done kind of crib. I also had a bedside bassinet that we planned on using at least for the first couple months on the registry as well.

When my MIL heard that we planned on using a bedside bassinet her response was “I didn’t use a bassinet. The bedroom is your sanctuary. I just had the baby in the nursery from day one.” I thought “okay, good for you. I take medication for anxiety so having the baby near to help while I’m still afraid of sudden infant death syndrome is probably for the best” but I just responded “okay”.

When she decided she wanted to purchase the crib her first thought was, “it doesn’t match the dresser, I want my grand baby to have a matching nursery.” And when I told her I didn’t care, she then moved to “I looked at reviews of the crib, and I’m not too happy” i

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