Grandma jokes about feeding 7-week-old baby cereal, gets offended when daughter-in-law doesn't want her to babysit: 'The family is saying I'm gatekeeping the baby'

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AIO for refusing to let my MIL babysit after she joked about putting cereal in my newborn’s bottle?

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This was an issue that one new mom ran into after her mother-in-law got involved with her and her husband's baby in the weeks after the birth. The grandma made a joke about adding cereal to the baby's bottle so they would sleep better, which concerned her daughter-in-law.
Reflecting on the comment, she told her husband that she didn't want his mom spending time alone with the baby, and he agreed. However, she was angry upon finding this out, and the young mom wanted to know if she was being too harsh.
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