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In this story, a first-time mom was thrown into a panic when she left her 4-month-old son with her husband while she went to an appointment and came back home to find he wasn't there. Her husband told her that he had let his younger sister go to run errands with him, which upset her because she felt her sister-in-law had previously displayed inappropriate behavior towards her nephew.
Her husband got angry that she had questioned his judgment, but she still felt that this was something that should not have happened. She felt a little bad for losing her temper, but she wanted validation that she wasn't in the wrong.
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AITA for shouting at my husband for letting my SIL take our baby out without telling me?
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People understood her point of view, but some felt she could have handled it better.
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Dad lets sister take 4-month-old to run errands, gets offended when wife panics: 'She's joked about wanting to throw water in his face'
It is only natural for a new mom to feel protective over her baby.
When somebody has put all that effort into bringing a child into the world and dealt with wild hormonal fluctuations on top of that, it is understandable that they may have some strong boundaries in the early stages of parenting (and as the kid grows up, too).
A lot of the time, this is sensible; there are plenty of things that are inappropriate or downright dangerous to expose an infant to, and the mothering instinct is there to shield them from that. However, it is also not uncommon for friends and family to accuse moms of going overboard with their protectiveness.
Among the many challenges of early parenthood is the need to prove how a parent feels about how other people interact with their baby is not something to be dismissed. Unfortunately, there are plenty who disregard this.
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