Internet slams parent demanding list of rules for people visiting their new baby

A couple has been slammed online for outrageous list of rules for people visiting their baby and putting family members on a ‘time out’ if they don’t comply. 

The list asks guests to do chores around the house, buy them food, take away and gifts from an approved list and not wear deodorant or perfume. 

The demanding mother took to Reddit to ask if she was in the wrong for refusing to bend the rules her sister-in-law who, as a student, could not afford to pay for gifts, groceries or food but instead offered to do more chores.   

The picky parents’ list of rules has many reasonable requirements for meeting their new son for the first time including no smoking, be up to date with vaccines, no picking up the baby without consent, and stay away if you’re feeling sick however the demands start to get outlandish. 

Guests must arrange a day and time a week in advance, only visit for one hour a maximum two times a week and not take selfies or dish out advice. 

‘If you visit the first time you will be expected to give mom (me) a gift card and a gift for baby from our approved list,’ one of the rules states. 

‘Before you ever come no matter how many times you will be give a list of a either food or groceries to bring with you AND a chore for a list of your choosing,’ said another. 

The 34-year-old mum said the list was intended to keep visits to a minimum and prevent people from complaining about ‘favouritism’ because everyone is treated equally though this sentiment turned to disaster when the new father’s sister wanted to pay a visit.  

Guests must must arrange a day and time a week in advance, only visit for one hour a maximum two times a week and not take selfies, dish out advice or wear perfume or deodorant and pick chores to do from a list

‘My sister-in-law studies in a different part of the country and is rarely home asked to visit last week before she had to go back to school,’ the mum wrote. 

‘So we set up a date with link to our gift list than sent her the takeout we’d like including the chores she can choose from.’

The sister-in-law texted back immediately saying she is broke and offered to do extra chores instead but the parents refused.

‘Me and my husband talked about it and came to the decision that if we bent the rules for one person everyone would want the same treatment,’ the woman wrote. 

‘We told her no that we were very clear about our rules and maybe next time she could visit.’ 

The new aunt was devastated not to be able to meet her new nephew before she was back in town months later and even offered to clean the whole house but the parents wouldn’t budge.

‘She left this morning and we got multiple texts for my in laws belittling us for using our child as a cash grab,’ the mum said. 

‘My husband simply replied it was our rules and no one deserves special treatment than told his family they were on a time out and blocked them.’ 

She said her friends and family have told them they were in the wrong and would have understood if they bent the rules for a ‘broke college student’. 

The sister-in-law has stopped responding to the parent’s text messages. 

The thread exploded with comments slamming the entitled parents for their ‘money grabbing’ tactics. 

‘Your rules went from 0 to 60. Like smoking and vaccines, yeah. But gift cards and chores? The entitlement is strong with this one,’ one user wrote. 

‘Gift item and food? You had a baby, you can’t cook for yourself? I mean I understand friends VOLUNTEERING to bring a meal, but to demand food, gifts and a chore? Try having a toddler and a newborn, working full time. You both sound insufferable,’ said a second.

‘Yeah, the “buy stuff for me” rules are really awful. I’m surprised there’s people in the family actually abiding to this,’ a third responded.