New Mom Panics After Unhinged Aunt Locks Herself In A Room With The Baby Even Though She's Sick

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    Human body - r/AmItheAsshole. Posted by u/The_end_of_mine 19 hours ago AITA for not letting my sister hold my baby?
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    Font - I (20f) had a baby four months ago and obviously all my family was incredibly excited since he's the first nephew/grandchild. I have eight siblings so he has plenty of aunts and uncles to love on him.
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    Font - Well, we've visited my family a few times since his birth and the oldest of my sisters (I'll refer to her as Sis) has always been a "baby hog" so she was the first to hold him. We recently had a party at my parents house for friends and extended family to meet my son. During the party Sis wouldn't let anyone else hold him. At one point I couldn't find either of them for over an hour and it turned out she had locked herself in my parents bedroom with my son.
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    Font - Then I found out that the whole time she was holding him she was sick with some sort of cough (she thought it might be strep or bronchitis). I was furious and told Sis that if she can't respect my son's safety and my boundaries, she won't be allowed to hold him anymore.
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    Font - Now whenever I visit she follows me around begging to take a turn holding him and telling me that "this is the only way I can be happy". (She is currently pregnant and miserable.) She has started complaining to my family about how unfair I'm being by not letting her bond with her nephew. Everyone except our mom, who has refused to take sides, agrees with her and says I should let it go. Am I overreacting?
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    Font - McflyThrowaway01 - 19 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [20] ΝΤΑ I call myself a baby hog, because I will hold a baby for as long as I can. What I don't do is refuse to hand the baby to anyone else, I ask the parents to hold the baby, I don't leave the room, and I don't lock myself and the baby in a room.
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    Font - Prudent_Border5060 - 19 hr. ago Asshole Aficionado [14] Nta She is obsessed with your son. Honestly that is so f up that she locked herself in a room with him without your knowledge. She sounds unhinged. And let's not even start with her being sick.
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    Font - annedroiid 19 hr. ago Pooperintendant [67] NTA. Someone who is so obsessed with babies that she's willing to risk their life just so she can hold them is not someone who can be trusted. Have you told her partner about this? She sounds like she's not in a good place mentally and may need extra support from her loved ones, and unfortunately given her obsession that cannot be you.
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    Font - littleprettypaws. 4 hr. ago Putting that she was sick aside, who takes someone's baby and locks themselves in a room with it?? That would make any new Mom panic, even if it was her sister. That honestly makes me think that she could have been doing something weird with the baby that she didn't want everyone else to see. The fact that she was sick and could have killed this baby just makes this 1000x worse. I would never ever let her hold my baby again.
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    Rectangle - Gracefulbandit 13 hr. ago I feel like even without being sick, locking herself in a room with a baby that ISN'T HERS is not ok. Major boundary crossing...
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    Font - Emerald BlueZen 18 hr. ago Asshole Enthusiast [5] YUP. NTA. And sis's behavior is a bit excessive. I know her pregnancy hormones might be playing a role here, but she seems obsessive in a way that's bizarre. OP nothing wrong with setting and enforcing boundaries.
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    Font - Amethyst-talon91. 19 hr. ago Asshole Enthusiast [9] She had strep or bronchitis and locked herself up with baby?? No way is that okay. NTA those illnesses could kill a small infant. His lungs are not strong enough. She put your baby at risk. If she's pregnant she can wait to hog her own baby and pass illnesses to her child.

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