Staying in a rental house with dh's family, arrived Sunday night. Apparently 4 days is the magic number.
It's typical grown family stuff- Dh and his brothers start behaving like irresponsible teenagers, their mom gets mad and start getting angry an out stupid things. I'm hidden away in our room feeding the baby and glad to not be involved. But mil keeps trying to get then to hurry and c is gonna be a while.
How about you? I think my side of the family would be about the same.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
When my mom came to visit over thanksgiving our extended family spent every evening visiting her for over a week. Halfway into that I was getting sick of everyone.
I love my family but they all think they know everything. Being pregnant in a room full of women who have all been pregnant before me makes it worse!
papaya / 10473 posts
My family? 3-4 days. DH's family? I'm immediately annoyed but I'm at my breaking point at 3 hours
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@Danizaur: oh yeah, the pregnancy advice is fun. My mil has told me at least two more times how C will sleep through the night as soon as she has a few spoonfuls of rice cereal in her.
coconut / 8472 posts
@Foodnerd81: haha my grandma insisted over and over yesterday (and on the phone a few days ago) that boys eat more and that I need to feed my 5 week old rice cereal in his bottle. I tried telling her nicely that's not recommended, but she still repeatedly told me to ask his pediatrician *rolls eyes*.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@ShootingStar: I finally started saying, yup, we'll see! But clearly at five weeks milk or formula isn't enough!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Hahahah I think 4 days is the perfect amount of time to spend with fam.
nectarine / 2667 posts
I can spend 5-7 days with my family (my husband gets bored by day 4 though). We usually do 3-4 days with his family & that's about right for me. We are always so BUSY when we visit them - it's exhausting!
honeydew / 7488 posts
My FIL was just here for 10 days and at about 5 days I felt like I had had enough..
pomegranate / 3577 posts
My family told me they're coming up here for a MONTH in the summer. I'm going to have to stock up on paper bags to breathe into...
pomelo / 5469 posts
I just spent 2 days with mine and that was enough. It's probably about the same for Dh's.
Hang in there--not much longer to go!
nectarine / 2031 posts
Maybe about 10 days with my fam. Lived with hub's family so no limit I guess since it was a drama free living situation
papaya / 10473 posts
@Foodnerd81: @ShootingStar: I get SO TIRED of the rice cereal conversation. People act like its magical unicorn sleeping dust for babies!
pear / 1517 posts
@grizz: haha! Same for me 
my family can get along for a bit. I get annoyed with my ILs pretty quick.
grapefruit / 4997 posts
I think 3-4 days would suffice but it also depends on which inlaws or family members. I have my favorites. 
Longer than 4 days might bring out annoying conversations.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
My parents: 4 days is the magic number too! But if it's just my mom, much longer. Totally surprised all of us when she lived with us 3-4 weeks at a time when LMW was born.
My in-laws.. No comment
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
@grizz: SERIOUSLY!!! I don't get what it is with parents/grandparents and rice cereal. Please STFU.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Just need to vent a little. As I mentioned we are in a rental house with dh's family. We are finally going on a date night tonight after we put c down. So I wake her from her nap at 6:30, so I can make sure she's down by 8, reservation at 8:30. After feeding, bring her out to the living area for 45 minutes to play. Bils are playing video games in the only open area with floor space and a rug, so we put her on a table on blankets and play with her there (just Dh and me) while they play video games and mil reads an dozes. 7:45 we say goodnight from the baby an everyone looks over in shock and says? What?? She's going to bed?!!
Wtf? Yes. I wanted other people to play with her but what am I going to do, make a big announcement? "Attention: the baby is avilable for playing until 7;45. The current time is 7 o'clock. "
I know it's just that I'm so used to everything revolving around her sleep schedule but come on. It's not that hard. Did i mention that last night Dh and I ate a cold burger after everyone else, because no one listened when I tried telling them C's bedtime and feeding time coming up?
I'm ready to go home.
Oh, on the plus side, c slept for 9 straight hours last night, without a drop of rice cereal in her belly.
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