Ok let me start by apologizing for what I am about to do. Complaining about the Mother-In-Law is so cliche but I think I have earned the right. Lets start with the background info. My Mother in Law lives in the state of Georgia and we live in Vermont. Her and her Husband come to Vermont and stay through the Summer. When she found out I was pregnant she made a huge deal out of the fact that she wanted to be present at the birth. She was constantly reminding me of her wishes and I said that was fine. Each time I talked to her she would say if you go early call as soon as you go into labor so I can try to get here. Otherwise I will be here for your due date. As my due date approched she told us she had decided not to come for birth but that she would come a few weeks later so she could help out. The baby was born a few weeks went by and then she said well we are just going to come up early in May. In May she said well we are going to be a few weeks later. Then they didn't want to travel on Memorial Day weekend. So then it was the first week of June. She said we are going to be their on Sunday. I will come right up (we live close by where they were staying the first night) just to say hi and meet the new grandbaby when we arrive. They arrived and I got a call, we are way too tired to come up so my Husband ran down with the baby for a short visit. Now it has been a couple weeks and they are all settled in etc......Last weekend the baby got sick...(he is 4mths) he had a cold and he had a tooth come through. He was pretty cranky Friday and Saturday. Sunday morning at 130am my Son woke with a temp of 102.2. We gave him some childrens motrin and my husband took him downstairs where it was cooler to sleep. His fever went down but he remained really fussy. On Sunday at 3am my Husband had to get up to make an early flight to Michigan for a job. The baby wouldn't let me put him down, he wouldn't take a bottle only the breast and he was soooo fussy. I called the doctor and he said because the fever hadn't returned it could probably wait until Monday morning. My Mother in Law calls, I tell her about the baby she says I'll stop by Monday afternoon to see if I can help. After a hellish night I got up Monday and immediately started getting paged by customers from work, our network was down. I made a few phone calls brought my step daughter to school, brought the baby to the doctor (this is day 2 with almost no sleep). The doctor said baby has rosieolla (spelling?), a cold and the tooth needs to come out. It was really neonatal and really loose. I go home baby screaming the whole time. At home I try to get him to go to sleep no, I try the swing no, I try his playmat no fricken way so I say ok let go for a walk. I put the baby in the stroller and hallaluhah he is quiet so we go for a walk. I am a zombie, I look down baby is sleeping ok now I can't stop. I walk around town near tears for an hour so the baby could sleep. Finally, I was like ok I am going to go home and try to put him to bed. Not very likely. My Mother in Law shows up proceeds to tell me how exhausted she is. She gardened in the morning, got her hair permed and was now leaving after 5 min because she had such a hectic day. I talked to my Mom she agreed to come spend Tues and Weds night with me to help. Tuesday morning got paged at 130am. Got up at 5am baby slept until 630am got dressed got baby ready for daycare away I went. Tuesday night I get a call from the Mother in Law. She says, "I was wondering what you were doing tomorrow night. You seemed so beat and frazzled on Monday (yah think!) so I thought I would have you over for dinner." I said," well, my Mother is staying Tues and Weds to help out but I am available Thursday and I will have your other Grandchild (my stepdaughter) as well. She said, great Thursday then. Weds she calls, asks me if I am working all day. I tell her yes and she says oh well I guess I will see you some time next week. Am I wrong to want to strangle the woman? I told my husband, "I am going to tell her right were to go." He says, " no, I'll talk to her it will be better coming from me. It is long over due." In reality he doesn't want me to talk to her about it because he is afraid of what will be said. He comes home tonight, Thank God! And just in time for the baby to be back to his normal happy playful self.