Mum bans grandparents from changing her baby’s nappy to ‘protect the baby’s privacy’

This is taking strict parenting to a whole new level.

The woman shared the post on mumsnet.com, an open forum that declares it is 'by parents for parents'.

The post received over 500 comments - with some siding with her, while others criticised her decision.

A poll attached to the thread had over two and a half thousand votes, with a whopping 95% voting that the mother was being unreasonable.

One person commented: "You are being unreasonable. If you don’t trust grandparents to change baby’s nappy they shouldn’t be seeing baby.

"If you do, no issue. Babies don’t need consent no matter how keen you are on it."

A user going by the name Yamaya said: "It's good to be aware but you do sound paranoid. They are related and you were right there watching.

"Did something happen to you as a child? If so, maybe you need therapy to talk through things.

"Or maybe you could have said, it's OK I can do that or something."

Someone with the username GAW19 wrote: "I think this is something you seriously need to address with yourself.

"First of all, all my family members have offered to change nappies, and 9/10 it's because they're being helpful and just giving me a tiny break. I think it's a lovely thing for them to do."

They added: "I really don't understand why you feel the way you do. But it does seem like you have your own underlining problem.

"If you can't trust immediate family to change a nappy then, well, your child is going to grow up with you literally obsessing over 'privacy' for them."

Others suggested that the mother may have an agenda against their mother-in-law, and that's the real reason behind the ban.

Jellycatspyjamas wrote: "So nursery workers or babysitters can change your child but their grandparent can’t?

"I suspect this is more about your feelings towards your mother-in-law than anything to do with privacy and consent (consent being a ridiculous concept for a small baby who has no capacity to give informed consent at that age)."

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