I am a first time, mother and I have an older sister who has four kids. older sister watches my daughter when I’m at work sometimes and one day When I was dropping my daughter off, I was taking her items out of the bag and as I was handing my daughter, her chocolate milk I told my niece who is six years old to not drink my daughter‘s chocolate milk later that night I get a text message from my older sister saying that me telling my niece not to drink my daughter‘s chocolate milk is a slick side comment and I don’t tell a kid that age not to drink something. At the end of the text message, she said that comment plus me checking my daughter’s baby bag is part of the reason why she doesn’t want to watch my daughter anymore.
I’m confused because I don’t know what I said was wrong and I don’t know if me checking the baby bag to make sure everything is there is wrong?
Info – why did you think your niece was going to drink the milk?
I mean you had plenty more characters to give a reason WHY you felt you needed to tell your niece not to drink the milk. So YTA, it makes it seem like your worried your niece will just up and take it out of her hands. And since there is no backstory to suggest your niece has a history of bullying your daughter this is a very odd thing to comment out of the blue.
I’ve really tried to rein in the grammar police in me, but this was unreadable to me. Could you perhaps take another run at this?
I’m not understanding why you told her not to drink that milk. It sounded very random to come up with that.
Apparently the 6 year old had the audacity to look at the chocolate milk
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YTA
>I don’t know what I said was wrong
It was an entirely unnecessary comment that presumed that your six year old niece would steal your daughter’s chocolate milk.
YTA for bring chocolate milk for just your daughter and pointing out to your niece she can’t have any. If you daughter is still in diapers she’s too young to be drinking chocolate milk. How much do you pay your sister to watch your child?
YTA
Your sister is doing you a favor. You should bring chocolate milk for all or a treat for all.
It sounds like YTA unless your niece has a history of stealing other people’s things.
Her just LOOKING at the chocolate milk doesn’t mean she’ll drink it.
YTA for assuming that your niece would take the baby’s milk. Also, a one year old really shouldn’t be drinking chocolate milk due to the added sugar and caffeine that it contains.
Yeah! This too! Why is a one year old slugging down chocolate milk to begin with when she’s still drinking formula according to what OP said about the formula not being in the bag
A one year old with chocolate milk in a sippy cup? I hope you’re also saving money for the extensive dental treatment she will need in the next couple of years.
…. You give chocolate milk to a one year old?