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Thanksgiving day rant - help

keehank1keehank1 member
edited November 2015 in September 2015 Moms
Am I crazy for not wanting to go with LO. He will be 11 weeks but hasn't had his 2 months shots yet . ( Dr office was booked...ugh )

Extended family will be there and I feel the risks of him getting sick aren't worth going .

I'm a germaphobe and am also petrified of whooping cough . anyone else feel this way ?
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Re: Thanksgiving day rant - help

  • LaurenNewphLaurenNewph member
    I'm kind of nervous about it too, but I'm just going to keep him close to me and not let people hold/ touch without washing hands.
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  • LabPupLuvLabPupLuv member
    That's tough. I plan to bring Harrison to our family dinner but he and DS1 will be the only children. If my SIL was going to bring her girls it would be a different story. Last year they both had pneumonia and SIL didn't tell anyone until 2 hours into the dinner. My other SIL had a newborn with a heard condition so she was beyond pissed. It's impossible to make sure everyone has their shots but I can ask that they wash their hands. 
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  • ElleMF728ElleMF728 member
    We opted to skip a dinner on DHs side because we know for a fact that some of the kids aren't vaccinated. There have been 4 casesof whooping cough in our immediate area and I'm not chancing it. We are doing dinner with my family on the day of. I also know everyone there is up to date except for my grandma who is too old to get it. My mother is crazier than I am about it and specifically asks anyone who is sick to stay home.
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  • Sully3302Sully3302 member
    My LO got her shots last week but I'm still not thrilled about traveling 3 hours for thxgiving (DH family). Tons of people and kids and an over night at their house. My family would be the next town over with a few people(it's the quiet year) and no kids.
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  • LoveLee85LoveLee85 member
    We had our first thanksgiving yesterday! Everything went great. People washed their hands and the only other little kids are my sisters kids that are healthy/we see them all the time! My DH family on the other hand...his sister will do like a pp said, bring sick kids and not tell anyone until a few hours in! Ugh. We are going to their thanksgiving late so that most the people will be gone. BUT we are mainly going late because my mom works and we have are tiny family gathering at the same time. We will go to mine first, then his side.
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  • ForeverEverAfterForeverEverAfter member
    There haven't been whooping cough outbreaks in our area yet this year, and for my own mental health I need to socialize. My toddler loves to kiss and touch her sister, after touching everything in sight, but my baby is healthy and EBF, so I try to just take a deep breath and go with it. We go to play groups, church events and family get togethers. She gets her shots tomorrow, and I'll feel better about Christmas travel then (some areas we'll be have active outbreaks).
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  • tlc11934tlc11934 member
    We are skipping the big family Thanksgiving and staying home this year. In addition to germs I don't want to drive 30 min, be out in 40 degree weather and on the road on the heaviest drinking holiday of the year. Not worth it to me.
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  • shelbyddshelbydd member
    I hadn't even considered not attending because of LO. Lucky for me though we're having thanksgiving at our house this year so i dont have to pack him or his stuff up and go anywhere. I don't know, I guess it's just me but I haven't stopped going places or doing things (within reason) because of my son. He goes everywhere with me. We've been going to the store at least once a week since he was 2 weeks old. We've visited my grandmother in the nursing home a couple of times, we visit my mom at least once a week. We're going to be driving 6 hours to stay with my SIL for a few days over Christmas.
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  • dmbfan46835dmbfan46835 member
    I'm wearing my little one so people won't ask to hold him. On top of cooties I hate people passing him around like a joint and getting him all overstimulated. A few is ok but I don't need 20 people holding him. They can get over it.
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  • troopersmomtroopersmom member
    Don't feel guilty! I cancelled with my in laws for various reasons (not just the potential for infection or illness). Now that I have my son I'm going to do what makes our little family (husband, son, and I) happy. We are a family now and the extended family of grandmas grandpas aunts uncles etc come after us. If I find it stressful I'm not going to do it. Our happiness comes first.
    Am I bad person...? Maybe, but we are happy and stress free.
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