Going out

I do 😔 If I have the choice I always leave him home with my husband while I go grocery shopping. I do go to baby groups at it's nice for him to meet other kids etc but it's more the worry of not needing to take him some places and that he's unhappy in the car and round the shops, if he gets upset and doesn't want to be in his pushchair I have to carry him in a carrier, if he doesn't want that and doesn't want food/changing etc I feel like I need to cut short the trip to get home with him asap and it makes me stressed and end up forgetting what I needed to get etc. The more I do it the better it is if he is calm but if he throws a tantrum or cries when I'm driving it just makes me upset and feel like I never want to make him come shopping with me again as I can't help him crying on the way home 😭 I'm sure all kids do it but I just hate him crying it makes me feel so bad 🥺

I don't. I took my baby out from week one and he's never been sick. I still take him everywhere I go and he's used to it and so cool with it. Just do your best to protect them but know you can't protect them from every little thing. You'll be fine ❤️

That being said, my baby is 9 months. Ask me again when he's a toddler 😄😄😄

How old is little one? Honestly, I had no choice and was out there with our girl from the day I was discharged. She had to come with me on trains/buses to the shops, to coffee lunches with friends, to groups, appointments etc as I have no village or help. The lack of an option meant I quickly lost all hesitation about taking her out. She’s 2.5 now and I don’t even blink at the thought of taking her out with me into the city to go shopping, get my brows done or something. You just get used to it really fast xx

I did up until he was 4 months. But we don’t have any family nearby so I didn’t really have a choice so I think the more I did it the braver I got and it was hard at first with all the anxiety but every single time I did it it got easier. Now he’s 14 months and we just go everywhere. We even go for coffee dates and lunch just the two of us and it’s honestly so nice it’s worth it. It’s hard to think they’ll get sick I still do worry of course especially when he’s chewing everything at play groups but I think you have to balance the benefits of both of you going out with the risk. You can always take precautions. Like at the store you can go at less busy times. And I know it’s a cliche but they do need to build their immune system at some point. The first time my baby was sick was absolutely horrific I never experienced anything like it but now he can handle a cold or cough so much better and bounces back faster.