“My Husband Gave His Mom a Key to Our House — What She Did While I Was in Labor Made Me Ask Her to Leave”
When my husband Evan and I brought our newborn daughter Grace home from the hospital, I expected to find a nursery full of love and everything we had prepared. Instead, I walked into a shock. The nursery walls had been painted navy blue, the bright curtains replaced with heavy blackout drapes, and my late mother’s white crib was broken apart on the floor. The blankets she had lovingly sewn for Grace were missing. While I was in labor, Evan’s mother Patricia had taken a key to our house and “fixed” the nursery without telling us. She claimed the old nursery was too soft and depressing, and she wanted to prepare the home for a boy because she was upset Grace was…
When my husband Evan and I brought our newborn daughter Grace home from the hospital, I expected to find a nursery full of love and everything we had prepared. Instead, I walked into a shock. The nursery walls had been painted navy blue, the bright curtains replaced with heavy blackout drapes, and my late mother’s white crib was broken apart on the floor. The blankets she had lovingly sewn for Grace were missing. While I was in labor, Evan’s mother Patricia had taken a key to our house and “fixed” the nursery without telling us. She claimed the old nursery was too soft and depressing, and she wanted to prepare the home for a boy because she was upset Grace was…
