Mother bans grandparents from changing their grandchild’s diaper

In recent years, the idea of consent parenting has gained a lot of traction.

The concept is fairly simple. Caretakers teach children the importance of boundaries from a young age. While many praise the idea, some believe it’s over the top.

In 2022, a mother took to Mumsnet, a forum for parents, and asked if she was being unreasonable for banning her mother-in-law from changing her newborn’s diaper.

Her reason and the other parents’ responses are below!

The mother, who went by Mum070322 on the forum, called upon her fellow parents for help after a situation she encountered with her mother-in-law.

“I’m very keen on consent and protecting my baby’s privacy and prefer that only myself and my partner are the ones to change [my son’s] nappy,” she wrote.

However, she added a daycare worker or someone who is babysitting is allowed to change their diaper.

Dad puts a diaper on the baby.

“A while ago my MIL was over and my baby started crying and rather than just give him back decided to take it upon herself to change him (I was standing right there) he continued crying throughout the change and she gave him back straight after but it annoyed me as it wasn’t her place to change him.”

At the time her child was 4 months old, and she was “trying to be nice and friendly” by not saying anything, but she wrote that recently her mother-in-law has been “more overbearing” and she wants to draw a line.