Mom Reacts To 70 Year Old Mother In-Law Demanding To Breastfeed Her Baby

Mom Reacts To 70 Year Old Mother In-Law Demanding To Breastfeed Her Baby. Breastfeeding a child has many benefits for both mommy and baby but we are pretty sure that any mother would be offended if anyone else went out of their way to breastfeed your child.

That was the unfortunate situation for one of our readers who shared that her 70 year old mother in-law demanded to breastfeed her child. After rejecting the demand, this obviously made thinks awkward for her and her in-law.

According to the reader, er mother in-law demanded to breastfeed her son who is two months. This is an apparent habit for her as she demanded to breastfeed her other unborn grandchild.

“This 70-year-old woman plans to breastfeed [my] sister-in-law’s first baby that’s due in a six weeks. She read that grandmas help breastfeed babies in some cultures and wants to give it a go. 

Her husband tried to convince his mother otherwise of the idea but, her mother in-law is set on breastfeeding her grandchildren. According to her, this is a great way to bond with the children.

“Now that she’s got this idea that she’s going to breastfeed ‘her grandbaby’, she’s started to come for me saying that she doesn’t want a stronger bond with one baby more than the other (my youngest baby is two months.

In conclusion, the reader ended up caving and booking her mother in-law an appointment with the lactation doctor to find out more on how this can be achieved.

“And since he’s already here, she wants to start ‘practising’ breastfeeding with my baby in hopes it goes well and then she can breastfeed both my baby and [my] sister-in-law’s baby.

How would you feel about this?