"You brought a 5 week old where?!!"

danagmauro · June 2014

I'm tired of people telling me not to bring my baby out! I understand there are germs and its scary as hell but can we really live our lives this way??!! I take all of the precautions.. I do not let any strangers touch or hold baby and I typically bring baby in stores in her stroller. I try to get her out once a day for at least an hour to break up the monotony of the day inside. I don't understand why people are so judgey! I usually even tend to go to outdoor locations like a walk on the boardwalk. Is anyone she's getting this?!

jsaffer01 · June 2014

I'm not get judged about where I take him. We go to the store, we go for walks, we visit my family and family visits me. My husband works in a hospital so if he's gonna catch something my husband is going to bring it home. That's the way I look at it.

usernewname · June 2014

Could have written this myself. People ask how old and the look on their faces ...

There is more to.life than the 4 walls of my house. And he's in my carrier close to me. Plus has semi protected by my immunity.

And I get Starbucks. Those caramel fraps are ah-maz-ing.

dwnslde · June 2014

I had my daughter in target when she was just 2.5 days old. I needed some items that some one else couldn't get for me. She was in an ergo.

I am bringing daughter to a memorial when she is almost 5 weeks, I can't put her in daycare. Probably going to nurse her the entire time if she isn't sleeping so that she doesn't make a peep.

momthatlifts · June 2014

Ugh. My LO has been everywhereeee with me the past couple days. We are usually stuck in the house because mh has the car. We will go a good week without socializing in public because we have no way of transporting. I had the car to myself and took full advantage of it. It's not like I'm passing her around to a bunch of strangers

leahdipert · June 2014

We haven't really changed our our of house routine. LO seems to like being out and we don't let strangers touch him. Plus if I sent my hubby to the store alone it would be a disaster

haylo33 · June 2014

My LO is also 5 weeks and I'm back to doing pretty much everything I did before. Walmart, mall, out to eat, and my favorite the drive ins. I get bored easily so after about a week I needed to get out. Obviously I don't let strangers touch him. I wouldn't worry about what people say. Germs are a part of life and we can't avoid them. Babies have to build immunity somehow.

RachelCA29 · June 2014

My husband and I just got this today! Colin is almost 5 weeks too. Our yoga studio opened a new location and had an open house today, so we brought Colin to check it out and have the teachers meet him, since so many of them taught me while I was pregnant.

So many people there were shocked and said we "were so brave" for having our 5 week old baby out and about. What else would we be doing? Neither of us want to stay home all the time, and it's nice to go out as a family. What is really going to happen that he should be quarentined inside in the middle of June?

danagmauro · June 2014

Feeling so much better! Thanks ladies!

norab2684 · June 2014

Wow! I wish I had the courage you all do! DD will be 6 weeks tomorrow and I am still extremely nervous going out. We have made a few trips to the park and the store but they all end in her fussing and needing to eat. I cannot get comfortable with BF in public so it's really my own fear holding me back but I just can't kick the anxiety of going out with her. Not because I'm afraid she will get sick, but I'm afraid she will fuss and I won't be able to soothe her.

whimsy515 · June 2014

I got the ok by the pedi to take DS out at 4 weeks. I brought him to the store a few times before that though. If someone sounds judgey just tell them you got the ok from the doctor, or that you don't want to live in a damn cave!

alyssajanell5 · June 2014

We've taken our lo out since week 3. Lots of family gatherings and store trips. No way am I staying cooped up in the house till his two month shots. We're obviously careful tho

yogasailmomma · June 2014

We took our daughter out right away. She was born on a Sunday and the next Saturday we were out and about. I wore her, no one touched her and we felt fine about doing it. People are crazy, you can't hide in your house forever!

eghulse · June 2014

We were out almost immediately. Calem is weeks today, and he's been to the store multiple times, the children's museum, church...there's no way I could stay in the house without losing my mind entirely.

deanna1313 · June 2014

I need to get out or I will go crazy. Emotionally I feel better when I go out as opposed to staying home all day.

My baby is 3 weeks and I'm not concerned about germs and stuff, but I am nervous to go food shopping since it's not a quick trip. My little guy is hard to keep quiet and doesn't like his car seat(unless we're in the car moving) so I'm nervous about longer trips.

Other than that, I had him at a cousins graduation party today for 4 hrs and he was awesome! It felt so good to know I can handle him and that I can get out!

danabsd · June 2014

LOL. My kids not even a month and she went to the Wild Animal park last Saturday and the Fair this Saturday. It's not fair to my toddler to keep us all locked up all the time. She mostly just sleeps in her car seat, I don't worry. I also hardcore rolled my eyes at "ZOMG, my friend touched my baby girl."

equestrianmom · June 2014

Let's see...LO has gone everywhere with me including 3(!) trips to the hospital (same one I delivered at) for this pneumonia that developed shortly after I delivered. The ER doctor, my GP, my OB, and the pediatrician decided it would be best that we all get out of the house at least once a day to give my house time to air out so we'd take the kids and go everywhere even though I felt like death. She ended up getting a minor cold but it was all just green snot and sneezing.

I've taken her with me shopping, to a car show, to a few restaurants, to the park many many times, up in the mountains hiking (yup, I hiked while I was sick to help encourage my lungs to drain), and tonight we went to my friend's farm for a summer solstice gathering that lasted most of the night, and she enjoyed it. We just bundled her up.

The fact that we've been getting out has been keeping her from contracting anything from me. DS ended up getting sick because of me as it was but we made him drink a ton of water and Pedialyte to encourage his system to flush it. So yeah, truth be told staying inside while I was sick probably would have put all three of us in the hospital for an extended period of time.

spinsoffresonance · June 2014

I have a 19m old toddler. She goes insane if we don't get out of the house at least once a day. So I wear DD2 and she goes everywhere with us, park, playground, indoor playground, museum, stores, restaurants, Starbucks, splash pool, etc. she's been out every day since we got home from the hospital and is doing just fine.

MissLadyTay · June 2014

Good lord. People who are judgey about this are probably the same people who sit at home for months with their newborns because they are too afraid to go out. Shrug. If people want to be hermits with their kids that's fine. Judging you for getting out says more about them than it does about you! KOKO.

I have a toddler so we have been out since DS2 was three days old.

giggler25 · June 2014

Don't listen to what other people say - you know what's best for you and your LO! I've actually been having the opposite problem.... My mom keeps wondering why I won't go to Maine (I live in nyc area) for family vacation and graduation parties with my 1month old. "Because the pediatrician advised not to bring her around large groups of people for first 2 months" elicits an eye roll I can hear thru the phone. Because I came home from the hospital 30+ yrs ago on Thanksgiving day to a house of 40 ppl who all held me and I didn't get sick or die apparently means that is what everyone should do. OK mom...

Bottom line : do what feels right for you!!

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