Pandemic Mamas

I had everyone wear masks if picking up my LG until around 5 months I think it was and also wash their hands/use sanitizer. Also only let immediate family hold her until about 6 months. It is a scary time and alot of people wont understand it but stick to your gut and set your boundaries and keep them in place don't worry about upsetting anyone because your baby comes first x

I was like this with my daughter 2 years ago. We only let our parents hold and only after a month with masks etc. Just had our son and he was born while I had coronavirus and while it was horrible (even though vaccinated) it's made me slightly less cautious with family holding him this time. Think it helps that he's breastfed so hoping he gets some immunity from that. But you need to do whatever makes you feel comfortable! Don't worry about what anyone thinks. We don't let anyone kiss baby because of the cold sore virus being dangerous for babies. Not even our parents.

I didn't ask people to wear masks. But everyone had a covid tests in the early days and kept away if they felt unwell at all. That and sanitizer was about it for us. Now we just keep a distance from anyone feeling poorly. She's had maybe 3 minor colds/bugs now but nothing too bad. Which for a 9 month old is fine I think

I had my youngest 2 months before the pandemic started and we were in the nicu for about a month so I didnt allow any visitors for a few months and when there was a visitor that had to wash their hands before holding my son .. I'm currently pregnant with #3 and plan on having the same rules

My oldest was born Aug 2020, we never asked for masks just hand washing etc and of course people who felt ill stayed away for the first few months, but after that I didn't stay away from those under the weather as I felt it was important to build his immune system. My second was born in March and was getting sneezed in the face from day 1 by his brother who picked up everything from his nursery going pals/neighbours.

I must admit I didn’t from the start…. I let people come as they are. I had covid when he was born and it was all fine so I tried not to worry as I had enough worried without that. I trust people to use common sense if they didn’t feel good don’t come near the baby

It was so scary having my daughter in the hospital. There were 4 covid cases in the labor and delivery area one on either side of my room. I was so scared to leave my room. And then my fiance was getting paranoid amd almost had to leave because he was feeling ill (he was sleeping under rather AC vent which gave him a sore throat). When we got home I didn't let anyone over for a week and then made sure no one was around that had any signs of being sick. I also never took my daughter into public unless absolutely necessary.

This pandemic is definitely challenging. For my son's 1st birthday party I only had 5 other people come over. Mainly the ones who helped me the most with him. I didn't try to purposely exclude everyone but you still have a right to protect your children.

Honestly we prefer virtual as much as possible and outside, distance with masks (only when comfortable, vaxxed). Please feel free to message for any support

I’m not strict I don’t get family and friends to wear masks or anything necessary of them. Just, if you are feeling unwell or have any flu symptoms then you’d think it’s best (and common sense) to stay away from babies. My mum came to see me when I gave birth but when I offered the baby to her she’s like “no I’ll hold her next week when I’m feeling a bit better, I’m got a lingering cough and don’t wanna pass it over” so she stood on the other side of the room herself and didn’t go anywhere near the baby- i didn’t ask that of her, she just knew 💁🏻‍♀️ and I’m thankful for her for that. It’s your baby- you enforce whatver you want. I choose not to, knowing that I have competent people in my life that won’t be selfish in that regard. I once gave my baby over for a Target worker to hold, she ended up crying becuase she was “supposed” to have a Gchild just the month before- her daughter had a stillborn. I didn’t know that when I passed baby over, but man was I thankful that I did. 💁🏻‍♀️

We plan on implementing safety measures until baby can get vaccinated at 6 months!

We never had anyone wear masks but we made sure no one had recently been sick. And it worked out well, our son never got sick. We actually avoided anyone who got vaccinated as they can shed the virus and that's what I was more worried about because everyone was getting it.

4/7/2020 born & nope we hide for about a year. Big family but we had no visitation, no church, no gathering, no Christmas… no nothing. I was very careful. I know what u mean of anxiety. It sucks but this is the world we live in now. Since she is older we are a bit less cautious