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Question about out of town guests visiting...
It's almost delivery time for me and this is my first so pardon if its a stupid question. All of our relatives live out of town. My parents live in a different state and my in laws live in Europe. They are all planning to come visit to see the baby... Now my question is...what do you usually do when out of town guests visit. Its not going to be like them stopping by and leaving...they're going to be around ALL day for many days. Can I take the baby out to restaurants? shopping? It doesn't sound like a good idea but what else can I do? We also live in a tiny tiny apartment so its not like home is really entertaining. Personally I didn't really want all day guests like this but unfortunately they won't let up sigh...
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Re: Question about out of town guests visiting...
We didn't try to go anywhere. I was so tired, sore, and cranky that I would breastfeed and then hand DS to grandma and go back to bed. They would burp, change, and cuddle him, which is what they wanted anyway. When they weren't holding the baby, they would cook for us and clean our house.
I guess it depends on how old LO will be when they visit. It is really up to you if you want to take them out in public. My pedi recommended that we don't take LO out to restaurants / grocery store until 2 months because of winter and flu season. However, we just started taking her out....like to the mall, stores ect...in off hours when it isn't so busy.....
My FIL is out of town and we asked that if he did come in - that he could only stay here for a couple days....so we put a limit on his visit, mostly because we are trying to get into a routine and he likes to stay here for weeks at a time.
other than errands, we've only taken dd out to eat twice. and it was during the week for breakfast, ie, the place was empty.
all my family just got into town today so we have some plans to keep them busy. but we're not dragging dd everywhere. my H will go and bring my older dd, and i'll hang out at home with baby. honestly, the peace and quiet will be nice for me.
Don't worry about entertaining them, that's not your responsibility right now. THEY should be taking care of YOU...bringing you food, making you comfortable, etc.