Dog bit my kid.

I am sorry that your daughter was bitten by a dog but honestly I think you have bigger issues with your inlaws. I think its expecting alot of an elderly couple or any relative that day to day life stops because your daughter is there especially since its a full day every week. If she was visiting for an hour or so I could understand your expectations. I do think you should re read your posts on this thread and you may see what I mean. I'm not trying to pick anything apart I do know inlaws can be difficult but your expectations for what takes place during their time together is unreasonable. Though you may see that as invaluable I think for a child seeing that day to day somewhere else is different from home is good. Even if you had a nanny she would take your child with her to run errends , cook, clean etc.
If you feel that time isnt valuable maybe she shouldn't be there. But I think its a mistake to make so many excuses about them spending time together. Perhaps you can pay for day care and have inlaws stay with daughter for a few hours each week. I will add though that how you handle this situation regardless of anyones opinion on the boards will definitely stay with your husband and his parents for along long time and in the end that will effect your daughter.

I'm sorry her DD was bitten too, but I agree with your post. Some of my kids best memories are of doing things with grandma and grandpa. My oldest DS favorite time with grandpa was getting the oil changed and going to the recyling plant! He stopped doing those things after the youngest 2 were old enough to go and they both feel they missed out on something really cool!

They also loved to go over on laundry day to help hang out the clothes since that was something I never did!

They don't have to spend 100% of the time with your DD to bond, kids bond with other people by just hanging with them!
 
I am sorry that your daughter was bitten by a dog but honestly I think you have bigger issues with your inlaws. I think its expecting alot of an elderly couple or any relative that day to day life stops because your daughter is there especially since its a full day every week. If she was visiting for an hour or so I could understand your expectations. I do think you should re read your posts on this thread and you may see what I mean. I'm not trying to pick anything apart I do know inlaws can be difficult but your expectations for what takes place during their time together is unreasonable. Though you may see that as invaluable I think for a child seeing that day to day somewhere else is different from home is good. Even if you had a nanny she would take your child with her to run errends , cook, clean etc.
If you feel that time isnt valuable maybe she shouldn't be there. But I think its a mistake to make so many excuses about them spending time together. Perhaps you can pay for day care and have inlaws stay with daughter for a few hours each week. I will add though that how you handle this situation regardless of anyones opinion on the boards will definitely stay with your husband and his parents for along long time and in the end that will effect your daughter.

I'm not sure it's really unreasonable to request a child not to be bought to Dr visits. Would anyone really want there child around unnecessary germs? MIl and FIL are in their early 50's not elderly INMHO. And yes there are other issues but ive moved passed them so that DD can have a relationship with her grandparents. Now i feel like i was wrong for doing that.
Like i said DD already goes full time to daycare she spent 1 day a week with IL's.
 
I'm not sure it's really unreasonable to request a child not to be bought to Dr visits. Would anyone really want there child around unnecessary germs? MIl and FIL are in their early 50's not elderly INMHO. And yes there are other issues but ive moved passed them so that DD can have a relationship with her grandparents. Now i feel like i was wrong for doing that.
Like i said DD already goes full time to daycare she spent 1 day a week with IL's.

I don't think it is unreasonable EVER, that if someone is watching your child that you request that they not be taken certain places except in an emergency. Now if someone was watching your child full time, that would be something they would have to consider prior to agreeing to watch your child. I don't have a problem with certain family members watching my kids, but I'm no dummy and do have a limitation that I expect to be honored when they do watch them.

No--you cannot take my younger kids swimming. For a certain relative, no--you will never ever be allowed to drive any of my children anywhere. For another--she wouldn't dream of agreeing to watch my child if she has a doctor visit because those can take hours. I drag my kids to the doctor with me out of necessity--but it isn't a picnic.

And I don't think it is out of the question that when they have an unsafe arrangement that injures your child, that you request that the unsafe arrangement be eliminated.

My 2nd oldest sustained second degree burns at my mom's house when she was younger than your daughter. Her screams of agony and pain, I still remember. Her looking at her toes and pausing in her crying trying to figure out why they were hurting so bad still breaks my heart. Begging for drugs for her because she was in so much pain...and we typically try to "tough" things out as much as possible for boo boos.

My mom's water was hot--she knew it was hot, I knew it was hot. I made casual mention, but not wanting to tell her how things should be in her house, I never directly said anything.

That day, after our ER visit was over and my baby was drugged and napping, we opted to not return to her house for a few hours as we had other plans anyway. So we kept those plans. The ER instructed us on safe water temperature and one of the first things I mentioned to her when we called or went home (can't recall when I mentioned...) was about that temperature and I politely requested (although it was really a demand) that it be adjusted. They did--and they did not argue with me about it.

Now--it is purely at their discretion on if they will honor a safety request, but it is completely at my discretion if we would visit. (We lived out of town, so visits were overnights and even if they were day visits, the potential threat of a burn would still be present.) I didn't threaten, but I did request for the safety of my children. The consequence for not complying would have been not visiting their home.

You don't have to feel guilty or be bullied into believing that what you are doing is wrong.

No--we cannot tell people how to live or run their homes, but we have every right to grant or deny permission to visitation if that means our child is unsafe.
 

I'm not sure it's really unreasonable to request a child not to be bought to Dr visits. Would anyone really want there child around unnecessary germs? MIl and FIL are in their early 50's not elderly INMHO. And yes there are other issues but ive moved passed them so that DD can have a relationship with her grandparents. Now i feel like i was wrong for doing that.
Like i said DD already goes full time to daycare she spent 1 day a week with IL's.

But it is really the same issue you had when you were pissed at MIL for taking your daughter over to SIL's house. Whether or not what you want (the dog gone) is unreasonable or not, it is not a decision you are going to get to make. It is your MIL's dog. MIL has decided not to get rid of the dog. That's it. The only thing for you to do now is work out with your husband whether or not your child will still go to MIL's house for babysitting one day a week, or you will find other arrangements.

Sitting here on the DIS trashing MIL and your SIL/BIL for their drinking habits or whatever is going to do nothing other than give you some sort of feeling of moral superiority to your in-laws. You don't get to control them and they probably don't care all that much what you think of them. Frankly, your relationship with them seems pretty poor and they probably feel the same way. You only get to decide what you are going to do.
 
Please don't take this the wrong way. I really think you would find some peace in yourself and in your relationships if and when you realize you can not control what other other people do or say; you can only control what you do and say. You can choose to keep your daughter home and find another daycare that doesn't have a dog or that won't leave the home with your daughter. You can choose what you say to others and how you say it. You can tell them what to do but you can not control what they do. What you choose to tell them and how you say it can effect their feelings toward you and that is important when it comes to family. You can choose to accept that BIL, SIL, MIL, and FIL are who they are or you can choose to allow it to eat at you and aggrevate you. You can not tell them what to do or how to do it and expect them to comply and if they don't comply does not make them bad people it just makes you aggrevated if you choose. In the end, you DH is married to you and you should both back each other up but on the other hand those people are his family and it is important that you accept them as such flaws and all so they can accept you flaws and all.
 
It sucks even more because BIL and SIL are never gong to agree with me because all they want to do is go out drinking it up with there friends all weekend. I don't get it!
They have 9 moth old little girl who just started crawling.
They have no cares other then they want to party so who care about saftey.

Is this the same little neice you were mad about being born because you wanted the only granddaughter?
And you were mad that she got a baby shower, because this was a second child (after the brother-make the kid wear blue!)
Just reading your locked threads;)
 
Is this the same little neice you were mad about being born because you wanted the only granddaughter?
And you were mad that she got a baby shower, because this was a second child (after the brother-make the kid wear blue!)
Just reading your locked threads;)
Wow,
 
Is this the same little neice you were mad about being born because you wanted the only granddaughter?
And you were mad that she got a baby shower, because this was a second child (after the brother-make the kid wear blue!)
Just reading your locked threads;)

Yes so see i'm not the devil many here would like to deem me. No matter what I would not want her to get facial injured by a dog if it could be prevented. It's not my issue that her parents don't take care of her but if I could prevent a possible horrible experience for her, I would. Especially if it's because someone has neglected to do the right thing.
Sadly though if she got bit im sure MIL would get rid of the dog then. Like I said, i realized that some of my feelings were irrational and i've tried to play nice but this incident has made me regret that. I know I can't make or control anyone but at the same time i don't want to deal with the waterworks MIL will give when she hears that she will not be taking care of DD. If respecting ones wishes is a two way street than she should understand why I can't allow DD over there anymore.
 
Yes so see i'm not the devil many here would like to deem me. No matter what I would not want her to get facial injured by a dog if it could be prevented. It's not my issue that her parents don't take care of her but if I could prevent a possible horrible experience for her, I would. Especially if it's because someone has neglected to do the right thing.
Sadly though if she got bit im sure MIL would get rid of the dog then. Like I said, i realized that some of my feelings were irrational and i've tried to play nice but this incident has made me regret that. I know I can't make or control anyone but at the same time i don't want to deal with the waterworks MIL will give when she hears that she will not be taking care of DD. If respecting ones wishes is a two way street than she should understand why I can't allow DD over there anymore.

So when she calls crying tell her that you are respecting her choice to keep her dog and therefore you would like her to respect your choice to not allow your DD to go to her home with their dog. They are welcome to come visit or watch their grandaughter in your home without the dog because you feel it is important that your DD has a relationship with them. Then end the discussion there. :thumbsup2 Keep up playing nice and don't regret it so you can keep the peace in the end.

You are not at fault that your DD got bit and you gave it a chance. It is sad that she did get bit by the dog and is now fearful but all you can do is learn from that experience and move on. Believe me having a teenager myself you will run into lots of incidents that you will learn from as your daughter grows. There are things I wish I could take back and do differently but didn't and in the end they are all learning and growing experiences everyone goes though. It is how you handle these situations in the end that counts.
 
I would give up a paycheck to hear from the in laws and the husband...I'm sure there would be a doozy of another opinion. :surfweb:

OP, you obviously have issues with your family. Maturity will show you that there are many issues you will have that you will choose to handle like an adult. You can only control what you have power over. Your angst is making all of these issues more than what they are... and you're using them as excuses to get what you want.

Whatever works for you. Just remember, the dog is NOT the only issue. There were more problems WAY before the bite.
 
Yeah I pretty much just got ambushed and MIL believes I should feel safe with the dog in a crate gated off in the living room. But I don't and while I know it's impossible for him to get out I still don't want my daughter there. Sad thing is that DH sides with MIL so now I'm standing alone. Looking like the bad guy. I know i'm being slightly irrational but who is to say she won't let the dog out:confused3

I have to have peace of mind at work and that means paying the extra $300 a month for day care and depriving her of the time with her grand daughter then so be it.

Report the dog to animal control and make sure they know that you daughter is the 4th person the dog has bitten.

Denise in MI
 
Report the dog to animal control and make sure they know that you daughter is the 4th person the dog has bitten.

Denise in MI

A great way to stay close to your MIL's heart:sad2:

The crate is a good solution-not understanding why OP rejects it?:confused3
 
HAHA Yeah I know. It's crazy. But what can you do.
Really? $1600 for daycare each month and you say "what can you do?"? umm... find another daycare. I know each area of the country is different, but around here, infant care is ~$125/WEEK. That's a little OT, and I'm sorry, but $80 a day for daycare to me is nuts!

And it sounds like YOU want MIL & DD to have "one on one time", but you want to dictate what they do during that time (no doctor's appointments, no this, no that). Sorry, that's not how it works. If you want them to have time together, you've got to let MIL get to choose (within reason). I'm guessing she doesn't go to the doctor every Friday. Reading this thread and your others you have a different definition of "family time" than your DH's family. That doesn't make you right or them right, just different.
 
Really? $1600 for daycare each month and you say "what can you do?"? umm... find another daycare. I know each area of the country is different, but around here, infant care is ~$125/WEEK. That's a little OT, and I'm sorry, but $80 a day for daycare to me is nuts!

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Actually, if she is only using daycare 4 days a week-that is 16 days a month-so it comes to $100 a day. You could hire a private nanny for that:confused:
 
Actually, if she is only using daycare 4 days a week-that is 16 days a month-so it comes to $100 a day. You could hire a private nanny for that:confused:

A good private nanny here is 2x that I even looked at getting an Au-paur, but still the social interaction at school was the pro to sending her out to daycare. DD was in at another daycare before this and we paid 240 a week for 4 days/8hrs a day. Trust me the price I have is the best one for the area. We were actually wait listed and got very lucky they were able to take her.

I really don't think that I'm trying to control how they spend time I mean what sensible person takes a child to doctor offices if not necessary. Most people visiting the Dr are sick so why would you subject a child to unnecessary germ exposure. :confused3
I would think she would want to do fun stuff with her but most of the time DD was just along for the ride of errands so this may be for the best. She will be in safe environment learning and having fun with other kids.
 
A good private nanny here is 2x that. DD was in at another daycare before this and we paid 240 a week for 4 days/8hrs a day. Trust me the price I have is the best one for the area. We were actually wait listed and got very lucky they were able to take her.

I really don't think that I'm trying to control how they spend time I mean what sensible person takes a child to doctor offices if not necessary. Most people visiting the Dr are sick so why would you subject a child to unnecessary germ exposure. :confused3
I would think she would want to do fun stuff with her but most of the time DD was just along for the ride of errands so this may be for the best. She will be in safe environment learning and having fun with other kids.

And where (approx) are you located so I don't move there...I would NEVER pay that much.
 
1. That is a ridiculous amount to pay for child care. You could find another center that also provides preschool at a much more reasonable price.

2. What is the problem with the dog being crated? We crate our little dog when we are out and when we have a lot of people over in and out so he doesn't get lost in the shuffle. He cannot get out of the thing. As long as your dd cannot get to him and his crate there should not be an issue.

You cannot MAKE these people get rid of their dog. If they are willing to compromise (by crating their dog) why aren't you?
 
A good private nanny here is 2x that. DD was in at another daycare before this and we paid 240 a week for 4 days/8hrs a day. Trust me the price I have is the best one for the area. We were actually wait listed and got very lucky they were able to take her.

I really don't think that I'm trying to control how they spend time I mean what sensible person takes a child to doctor offices if not necessary. Most people visiting the Dr are sick so why would you subject a child to unnecessary germ exposure. :confused3
I would think she would want to do fun stuff with her but most of the time DD was just along for the ride of errands so this may be for the best. She will be in safe environment learning and having fun with other kids.

Everyone that has kids, that has to go to Dr. Where I live. however, where I live people can't afford what you pay for childcare
 
2. What is the problem with the dog being crated? We crate our little dog when we are out and when we have a lot of people over in and out so he doesn't get lost in the shuffle. He cannot get out of the thing. As long as your dd cannot get to him and his crate there should not be an issue.

You cannot MAKE these people get rid of their dog. If they are willing to compromise (by crating their dog) why aren't you?

She SAID she's afraid the dog will get out. I think (even though she would NEVER admit this about her little princess) that she thinks her DD could still get her fingers in the crate if it was out where the child could get to it.
 


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