Holidays

Thanksgiving is gonna be just us and our kids. I’ll be at max like 3 weeks postpartum and I don’t want to have to host or cook or drive to see people. Christmas will be very small (just my one bil who lives with my mil currently her and my dad then our family of 6) with 0 sick or possibly sick people allowed. I have made it very clear we won’t be offended to skip if anyone feels at all bad but I will be very upset if someone is sick and doesn’t tell me lol.

@Aubry my husband and I were just talking about it and pretty much we will send out a message a couple weeks before the holidays and express how much we would love for everyone to meet the baby but if they are feeling unwell to please stay home so the baby doesn’t get sick! I’ll be at most 3 weeks PP and know everyone is gonna want to be all over the baby.

I’m due November 29th and I’m already so stressed out about it

We will be staying home just the four of us- which is kind of our normal anyway so not much will change :) we enjoy the slower paced calmer atmosphere of keeping it just us- we typically schedule family visits the weeks before or after and normally one person/household at a time because we prefer to get that individual quality time with family members. It also makes it easier to navigate sicknesses since it's only one at a time vs a whole huge group

Im due Nov 14. I’m going to my family’s thanksgiving and Christmas but I am going to be very diligent with everyone using hand sanitizer and no face kissing just brief holding. I don’t know I feel like being too cooped up with the baby all the time will be bad for my mental health and it would be a great time to see all the family meet him. Some exposure to germs and people might be better than sheltering him so so much.

With me being due November 9th, I have already set boundaries for thanksgiving! She can only be held during her wake windows, no more than 3-5 mins of holder her per family member, and do not pick her up or walk into the room she’s in while she’s sleeping! I have a baby monitor above her crib so she will most likely stay there unless I decide to put her in her swing or if she needs changed or fed (bc my family don’t know how to give a baby back or be respectful

Due November 7 and tbh we’re doing both with a few exceptions.. thanksgiving only at my parents house (smaller family/non smoking side) and Christmas everyone at ours or nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️

We usually travel for the holidays (Thanksgiving is about 5 hour drive, hosted by my MIL and Christmas is usually at our place day of, then we travel another 3-4 hours to see my moms family) but we’ve already decided there will be no traveling this year. I’m due Nov 3 so thanksgiving will probably be very small, just our parents and my sister. For Christmas, we still don’t plan to travel but we will probably invite some family and friends to come visit us if they want to make the trip. I’m not doing anything that I’m not comfortable with this year, and fortunately my husband is very supportive of that position.

I’m due Nov 30th, we normally host a big thanksgiving, if baby’s here already everyone upstairs can do Thanksgiving and bring us plates lol but downstairs is closed for people who don’t live here. Christmas l, we’ll stay home and do a small household Christmas

I am due 11/14 and we told family that we are not traveling for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. We live in WI so it might be snowing anyways. If people want to see us, they can come to us!

I’m due Thanksgiving Day. We aren’t going to Thanksgiving at all even if he is early. But we are planning (as of right now) to go spend time with our parents/siblings only and keep him away from big groups of people.

I’m due November 18th and have set my boundaries. After Thanksgiving no one is allowed to see him til about a week or so, just because I don’t want him getting sick. Mine and my husband’s family are huge and so many people get sick around the holidays…

I’m keeping my holidays as always. Baby will be about three weeks. Thanksgiving will be at my grandmas and I’ll just let everyone know if they are sick to please not come or stay away from baby. I’m assuming she will sleep a lot so I’ll have her in my grandmas room with the monitor most of the time. I always have a big Christmas at my house. Since I’m going to be on leave from work I’m excited that I’ll be able to actually enjoy getting ready for the holidays and make it even better. So I’m not changing anything just going to take precautions around whose holding baby and whose around her

I'll be 2 weeks postpartum. I don't think I will be in the mood to travel, cook, or have guest over. So I will be inside giving thanks for my new baby just me and her.