I love my father in law, but not so much my mother in law. My mother in law doesn't not like me for some reason and I don't think I will ever know why. When we met I thought we we're getting along very well, that's until I had my son. She stayed with us for a week and I thanked her for helping and her advice even though I didn't agree with all of it. I'm Spanish and she's Asian, so I think cultural differences take part in this. I was trying very hard to breastfeed and my mother in law decided she was going to bottle feed my son, which angered me that she wouldn't respect my decision. Thanks to her, my son officially began refusing my breast because instead of allowing me to get him to breast feed him, she would have a bottle ready and have in in his mouth the moment he cried. This is just one of the many things she has done. There is no respect for me and my husband's decisions on how we want to parent our child. My husband and I are a team and we both talk and research on how we are going to handle different situations, so he will constantly be in battle with his mother because she feels her way is the only "right" way. Anyway, after that week she went and gossiped to my husband's whole side of the family and her friends that I was a horrible mother and destroying his life. My husband got calls from people who were concerned for our son's safety and he had to explain to them that everything his mother said was untrue. *Sigh* I really wish I could be making this story up...anyway, I forgave her and we tried to at least get along, but then her and my husband got into an argument about her lying again and making up stories about me and my family to tell her friends and his family. I think because her mother in law was like that to her, then she is like this to me, I don't know. In conclusion, we do not talk to each other. I've learned that she will say anything to make me look bad and when it comes to my son (and future children) and my family, I will stand up to her. I will not buy bottles unless we need to because I plan to breastfeed our next baby. And my husband and I will continue to make our parenting decisions together and not base it on what is or my mother say we should do. My husband's father though is the sweetest man on the earth and I've always enjoyed his company. He doesn't share his wife's views and respects our decisions. I don't prevent our son from seeing his grandparents because I believe it's unfair to him, but the day she tries to disrespect me in front of my son will not be a good day...for her.