Originally Posted by RB
Well since you did step in, I think its good that you said something. And you're right, at such a young age its better to step in when crying occurs. I didn't want you to think that my first post applied directly to this case...as I said there is a point where "rescuing" the child is harmful rather than helpful. Obviously when the child is this young it won't hurt him. I was making more of a general statement as I don't know how old he is.
Gotcha, thanks for clearing that up.
Originally Posted by agent87
I would say you were right and wrong. You were right to tell her that it's her fault for getting so little sleep that she has to scold her 7mo old baby and wake your brother up. That lets her realize that maybe she should be doing things differently. The only way I'd say you might be wrong is in your delivery. In an ideal world, you would have been firm and assertive about your thoughts without adding ridicule to your words. But 6am with a crying baby and a frustrated mother is hardly a perfect world. So eh, I'm no expert but I agree with fatbooty in that you should all have a nice calm talk about what should be happening when everyone's awake.
Just to make sure, when the exchange occurred that brought her to tears, it was at roughly 2 in the afternoon not at 6am with a crying baby and frustrated mother. But I have decided that im not gonna talk to her/them about it. No reason to. I'm not gonna tell them what to do, they are grown, they can do what they want. But I won't sit there and let her have an attitude with my nephew cause she doesn't feel like being a mother right then and there. And no reason for me to say anything to her about waking my brother up cause he's just gonna get up next time anyway so why even bother?
I just hope now she knows not to treat my nephew like that anymore, cause he doesn't deserve that at all. She didn't have a problem acting like an adult to make the baby so I figure she shouldn't have a problem being an adult to take care of him either.