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At what stage are you allowing visitors to meet baby? I always worry baby isn't vaccinated yet and don't want them passed around people. What's the standard timeframe for starting to allow people to come and visit? Baby is 3 weeks old at the moment

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I’m the position atm everyone keeps asking when they can come see the baby 😩 just scared he will get sick from them

My baby is 5 weeks and we’ve just had close friends and immediate family atm. Anyone else can wait until after her 8week jabs - especially with meningitis going around atm people should be understanding

We have had visitors since early on. We have a toddler at preschool surrounded by germs so unavoidable for us x

I let people visit from we got home but i didnt offer anyone to hold him & no one really asked to either!

We do have a 2yo who goes to full time childcare so hes subject to all the germs anyway😭

How do you protect your baby from getting sick from your toddler? Do you just try to keep a distance between them?

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