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isolation and the holidays

SLM05SLM05
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Just wondering what you guys are doing about the holidays and your preemies?  Are you just telling family/friends that you have to pass this year and staying home? Any limitied family coming to you?  Thanks!
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Re: isolation and the holidays

  • bhaynietippittbhaynietippitt member
    We're staying home, and the only visitors we're having are my mom and my mother in law (grandfathers have passed away). Ordinarily, I would see my cousins, but they all have small children, so we're waiting until spring to see them.
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  • MamaLBFMamaLBF
    To be honest were doing as normal. Thats unless we know someone is sick. We have been going out regularly with Luke since he came home. When we asked the NICU the day he left if we should keep him in they said no. Just to avoid super large crowds. Other wise he wouldnt ever be exposed to anything and his immune systen wouldnt develope. They even said the mall wasnt too many people. So were just careful about sick people!
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  • ArvadaBrideArvadaBride

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    To be honest were doing as normal. Thats unless we know someone is sick. We have been going out regularly with Luke since he came home. When we asked the NICU the day he left if we should keep him in they said no. Just to avoid super large crowds. Other wise he wouldnt ever be exposed to anything and his immune systen wouldnt develope. They even said the mall wasnt too many people. So were just careful about sick people!

    This is what we are doing.  I will be calling the few family members that will be there and asking if someone is sick.  Our families are all aware that we will be doing that and yes, it is tacky but at this point, I'd rather be tacky and DD healthy than PC and sick.

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  • Cara03Cara03 member
    We were told to stay in isolation as much as possible, so we are staying home for the holidays. Normally we'd be around our large families. Only LO's grandparents (if healthy) will visit us. I'm bummed about missing the rest of our families, but it s worth it to keep LO healthy. He's been through so much already.
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  • morganoremorganore
    our pedi said we can go out and about and carry on with our lives as long as we avoid large crowds and kids
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  • Leigh71Leigh71

    I want to stay at home.... with immediate family. My husband wants to drive 12 hours to see his family for 48hrs.... and drive 12 back.  (yuck...and not a fan)

    Btw.....the ONLY time our LOs got sick was when his brother/and kids came here for a long visit.  they stayed 3 nights.  his girls are 4 and 5.  We ALL... (me, DH, and the 2 girls) got very sick.  All four of us had fevers and vomiting.   Well, these same toddler/young nieces will be in vermont....and so will another niece, age 4.  For that reason only, I want to avoid the trip.

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  • massnkmassnk
    We are going to go out to family parties but also just avoiding sick people.  Our pedi and the nicu dr said it is unnecessary as well to keep him completely isolated and that he needs to build up some immunity.  I also feel alot better now that he has had his 1st rsv shot and flu shot.  We wash hands like crazy and use alot of antibacterial gell.  I insist people do at least one before touching our lo.
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  • Kate621Kate621 member
    Our plans will pretty much be the same. The youngest person on both sides of our family is my 19 year old brother. We will, of course, be asking everyone to wash their hands and stay away if they have been sick.
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  • luckycookyluckycooky

    We are going to celebrate with friends but that is more for convenience and avoidance of family drama than anything else. 

    We don't want to travel and we don't want to deal with FIL's side of the family (who have never interacted with a preemie before A and have not even had an infant around in over 30 years) tell me all of the things I am doing wrong in raising my child.  She is 6 months and weighs 15 lbs.  Her Pedi is thrilled with her progress but the IL's have decided that we need to let them have complete control of our lives now that there is a baby. Long story short, we are estranged from MIL but she lives in the same small town as FIL's side of the family and showed up at the baptism to threaten us and DD. 

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