When my baby boy was just five weeks old, my mother-in-law asked for a full day alone with him. She insisted I stop breastfeeding and switch to formula so she could take him out. My gut told me something was wrong, but under pressure from my husband, I finally agreed just for one day.
The night before her visit, I overheard my husband on the phone. He told her I had agreed, and then I heard the rest: they were planning to take my baby and disappear. She said I’d never find them. They had lawyers, fake addresses, and even a remote house ready. She called me “unfit” and said he belonged with “his real family.”