When my son was a few months old, my mother-in-law wanted to baby sit her new grandson. I was all for it, but I made one stipulation. The family dog needed to stay outside.
This dog was a malcontent from the word go. No matter how nice you were to it, it barked, growled, and stood ready to attack.
There was no way I would allow that dog in the same room with our baby.
Went over to pick the kid up after her first baby-sitting stint, and there the dog was, inside the house in the same room with our son.
That was her last baby-sitting stint.
Sad to say, I couldn’t take the kid back and risk his life on that sort of situation.
Boy was I the great Satan for that. Never felt one tinge of guilt over it.
Good man.
I’ll bet your wife was upset, or at least pretended to be, just to keep her Mom happy. You did the right thing. This lady is like many pet owners, and doesn’t believe you about the danger. Danger? Not with my ‘Baby’!
I am like that with my mother-in-law’s drunk boyfriend. If he is around, my kids don’t go over. Guess which she chose.
My parents’ accidentally got a pit mix from the shelter. (They were lied to about the breed). She is actually a very sweet dog (traits are much like the other mix), but I could not believe they would lie about the breed to potential adopters.
Good on you for getting your child out of that very dangerous situation.
Thank God he gave you the sense to understand the situation. Most people don’t have a clue.
I don’t blame you a bit. If she couldn’t be trusted on the dog issue what other of your wishes would she have ignored. No second chances with babies.
Mothers-in-Law tend to have that sort of behavior in common. Don’t feel even a tinge of guilt; I sometimes wish I’d done some things differently where my MIL was concerned. (She’s been deceased a few years now; was 88 when she passed away.)