Stepping on Toes

Before I write anything I just want it to be known that I am very fortunate to have such great in-laws. I love them so much, they have done so much for us and I wouldn't trade them for anything. With that being said, nothing is ever perfect. When it comes to my MIL, she is the type of person who likes to be in charge, and she can sometimes be known as the queen bee. Now, there's nothing wrong with this, unless it comes to the point where she's not letting me be the mother to my child.

For example, the other morning Jordan was tired, and he was not listening to me for nothing. We all were getting a little frustrated. My MIL had stopped over for a minute and when she saw that Jordan wasn't listening she kind of took over. She stepped right in and yes did get Jordan to listen (by turning on cartoons might I add) and I just kind of stepped aside as my toes were being crushed. After she left, I looked at my husband and he knew exactly what I was thinking and he agreed with me.

Neither one of us said a thing. Yeah, we probably should of and we did say afterward that we were going to say something the next time she did something like that, but that kind of makes me feel uneasy. I am not a confrontational person and in the past when things needed to be said, I said them, but with the "ah I ah didn't re, re really like what ah you did" voice. And it all just comes out sounding pretty pathetic, so even thinking about saying something to my power tripping MIL freaks me out a little bit.

What about you? Has your toes ever been stepped on by anyone and how did you handle it?