gcvmom
Here we go again!
My mother in law has a special way with words.
She took difficult child 1 off my hands Saturday afternoon and took him to sister in law#1's house to spend the night since we were all converging there Sunday for a little holiday party, visit from Santa, and party for father in law's belated birthday.
When we got there, she informed me about how GOOD difficult child 1 was and all the wonderful things he did for his uncle while he was there. Said she NEVER had a problem with him. And when more and more people started to arrive in the afternoon, especially the cousins whom he was excited to see, his behavior started to deteriorate/escalate (if that makes sense) and he started provoking easy child and his 18yo male cousin whom he craves attention from.
I finally had to step in and have words with him and easy child (she was being a brat and adding to things) outside, threatening to confiscate any gifts they might receive that night from the Santa visitor. That pretty much did the trick. But mother in law couldn't resist coming over to husband and I to tell us repeatedly how GOOD he was for HER and that he only started acting up when WE arrived at the house.
Grrrr...
She took difficult child 1 off my hands Saturday afternoon and took him to sister in law#1's house to spend the night since we were all converging there Sunday for a little holiday party, visit from Santa, and party for father in law's belated birthday.
When we got there, she informed me about how GOOD difficult child 1 was and all the wonderful things he did for his uncle while he was there. Said she NEVER had a problem with him. And when more and more people started to arrive in the afternoon, especially the cousins whom he was excited to see, his behavior started to deteriorate/escalate (if that makes sense) and he started provoking easy child and his 18yo male cousin whom he craves attention from.
I finally had to step in and have words with him and easy child (she was being a brat and adding to things) outside, threatening to confiscate any gifts they might receive that night from the Santa visitor. That pretty much did the trick. But mother in law couldn't resist coming over to husband and I to tell us repeatedly how GOOD he was for HER and that he only started acting up when WE arrived at the house.
Grrrr...