Anyone else tired of family members giving opinions on how to raise your child?

I can understand your situation, I have 2 kids of my own... But frankly, you do not need to tell anyone off. People, especially those who have kids of their own, feel they have graduated in child psychology. They feel they know everything there is to know about raising children. The way out is to ignore suggestions, you can be gracious about it. Accept the suggestions and thank them for the suggestions, promise to think about the suggestions, then go on and do your own thing. If we have consensus in the house, (between hubby and you) that is all that matters. I applaud your desire to get mother and mother in law involved in getting the nursery together, but you do not have to listen to what any of them is saying..... not all the time atleast!

Hello, Just do what you want. You can listen to their advice nd just do what you want,smile and thank them. Grandmas need to feel included its important. If you tell them how you feel you might really hurt their feelings and you dont want that cause you are gonna need them when the baby gets here. Good luck and Congradulations on the new baby :)

I used to feel annoyed when one says "don't do that. it is not good for the baby..do this.." Next day another person will say just the opposite. Soon you will be confused! Later on i stopped listening to them.

You better put your foot down now or it will get out of control like my mother taking my kid.I'm not sure where this control thing came from but it's really alful and it gets worse as the kid gets older.I would move away while you have the chance.

ok my oldest son is 10 and my youngest is 7 and my grandmother still tries to tell me how to raise my boys. she goes as far as calling me up and saying it is really cold out side today so don't let them outside, or make sure you dress them warm you know they will get sick. or why are you doing that i dont think you should. i happen to think that frogs are cute and you have all the universal colors so it will go good for a girl. what i would do is just politly tell them, well thank you for your opinion i will think about that. or just ask them if they would like to help you fit other things in with your frog theme.. you can do alot of different things with frogs.. but always remember that you are the parant not them and you will always make the final decision on everything, even when someone hands you a suggestion that you may not agree with. it will be ok and if they dont like it then i guess they need to deal with it..

Personally I found it easier to just agree with everything and everyone and then take out of the discussion things I thought were useful. You may try telling the inlaws that making the babys room in a frog theme is what you have always dreamt of and that you believe it would make both you, your partner and the baby very happy. You could also try picking one or two people who have children that impress you and following their advice, I found this an easier road than insanity.

just tell them no offense but it is your child and the frog theme is what you have chosen. and honestly i think it is a very cute and different theme for a girl i like it. cause if you look around at younger girls they are more into the frog theme then boys are. i have the same issue kind of right now. i am stayin with my mother for a little while till i can move into my house. well i have a 7 month old baby girl and my mom knows everything. and when i tell her that i am zoey's mother she says oh i've never been a parent before and i tell her not to zoey you haven't i know my daughter better then anyone does until you are her mother i'm going to do what i want with her. ya know she is my child. yes she might have 3 younger ones 11 and twins are 9. but that doesn't mean she was a perfect mother either. my childhood memories...hmm..i have none. i never left my house. so just try to tell them in a polite way that this is what you have chosen and i'm sure if you like it so will your little girl. good luck.