A mum has banned her mother-in-law from babysitting her son after the gran was caught trying to breastfeed him.
The new mum was at work but had her phone linked up to the baby monitor and was 'shocked and horrified' to see the grandmother attempting to get the two-month-old to latch on.
However, in a bizarre twist the grandmother accused the mother of trying to take her grandson away from her.
The first time mum explained: "My husband and I both work full time and we have a 2-month-old.
"My mother in law comes to our house every weekday and watches him for free while we work.
"We're on week 3 of this arrangement since I went back to work after maternity leave. It's very kind of her to do this for our family and I appreciate it immensely."
The mum told Reddit users in her post that she is breastfeeding her son and she pumps milk for him to be feed from a bottle while she is at work, but "he gets milk right from the source on evenings and weekends".
The mum says: "He loves nursing and I do too. It's been a wonderful way for us to bond and a beautiful experience overall."
However, the mum was left aghast when she happened to look at the baby monitor app on her phone while her mother-in-law was looking after him after receiving messages from the gran to say the child had been upset.
However what she seen on screen left her feeling horrified.
She said: "Yesterday while I was at work, I opened the baby monitor app on my phone to check and see if my MIL was able to get him to take a nap in his crib.
"She had been texting me saying he was crying really hard so she was thinking about just holding him for a nap, so I wanted to check and see if he was okay and if she ended up just holding him.
"When I looked at the camera, MIL was holding him and she had her shirt up and he was latched onto her breast."
The distraught mum tried to contact the grandmother who didn't return her call. She said: "I had to sit there and watch her attempt to breastfeed my baby.
"He was latched on, but obviously not getting any milk as my mother in law is not lactating."
When her husband finally made contact with his mother she defended her actions saying she was trying to sooth him. The mum added: "[She said] the baby was crying so hard, and that was the only thing she could think of to calm him down enough to sleep.
"She breastfed all 4 of her children when they were babies, and it always calmed them down enough to sleep."
In fact, the woman says her mother-in-law was furious at her for invading her privacy with the camera.
The mum asked for advice as she doesn't want her mother-in-law watching the baby anymore and asked if she was being unreasonable.
Speaking to RSVP Live, Dr Monica Peres explained the benefits for mothers that breastfeed: "Breastfeeding is the absolute gold standard and it is recommended by the World Health Organisation.
"It's safe for most people, unless they have HIV or similar and then not."
She highlighted different reasons why mothers may choose breastfeeding: "When a mother breastfeeds you get that bonding with your child first of all, then you also provide immunity for your child.
"When a mom is pregnant she gets the influenza virus vaccine, she should get the whooping cough vaccine and she should also get the Covid vaccine as well.
"In that sense all the good antibodies you're passing them on and protecting your child who would not have had all those vaccines because they're quite young.
"It's a great source of nutrients for the child and for the mum as well."
Dr Peres explained that while there are many factors that could mean it would be beneficial for other people to breastfeed children, however, if they are not lactating then there's no advantage: "There are people who obviously cannot produce milk and in some countries, other mum's can share their milk supply."
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