Tuesday, July 17, 2007

My mom pisses me off

Today was my first prenatal appointment with my midwife, Loree. Everything went well. Since Chris' insurance changed, we can't use the same OB that delivered Jonathan. Since I most likely want to do VBAC, we decided to go with a midwife rather than an OB as they are typically more supportive of VBACs. The appointment went fine and everything looks good at this point. But my mom just irritates me.

I asked my mom to watch J while I went to the appointment. (And I'm glad I did cuz it was 2 hours long!) She made a big deal out of having to take him to music class. She had Annie go along with her. I walked with them out to the car and watched as my little 14-year-old sister strapped my precious baby into his car seat! Anyone that knows me knows that I am a car seat nazi, freak, fanatic, whatever you want to call it. And then I when to lean in to kiss him and I noticed loose straps and a fucking belly clip rather than a chest clip. Now I know that if I say anything to my mom she will use one of several excuses. One, she knew I would be checking J so she let Annie buckle him in. Two, she never lets Annie buckle him in typically and it was just that one time. Three, she just can't do the car seat buckles as it's too hard for her. Or some combination of the three. What pisses me off is that now I feel like I can't trust her to take care of J.

I remember when J was in his bucket seat that she would always do his chest clip backwards, but when confronted by it, she'd deny ever doing it. It wouldn't bother me so much if she'd just admit she fucked up and move on, but she never does.

I need to find a different sitter. Like, now.

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