So I have been getting pretty paranoid about whooping cough and the flu with the cold weather starting.... I got my vaccines last week and DH will probably get his next week (but definitely before LO gets here) but I am still so worried about taking him out and about for the holidays. We have so many family christmas parties and I know people will want to hold him....
I feel like I am going to look like a crazy, overprotective mother and DH will probably not back me up. But would it be so bad to not let people hold him/ only keep him in the infant carrier at bigger parties?
Also any tips for keeping him protected? If anyone does hold him they will have to wash their hands first but that is all I've got
Re: Don't touch my baby!!!
And that is okay.
Keep the hand sanitizer close by, obviously don't let anyone with visible illnesses hold him, and stay out of the thick of things -- hang on the periphery as much as you can. That's about all I've got -- DS1 was born just before Christmas too and we did make it through without a sniffle, it really ended up being a non-issue.
I was the crazy "bitchy" mom who didn't want people touching lo's hands or kissing them on the face. I also didn't ever offer "Would you like to hold her" nope.
DH thought I was being a little controlling till lo got sick the first time. Then he became the "Who got her sick, what were they thinking getting close to her?".
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