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Second baby!!

Finally due my second baby this month it's been a long time since having a newborn in the house and as we all know 2020 April when I had my first was an extremely different time and nobody met him! I literally think 7 people total held my little boy in the first year of his life 😢 This time around obviously a lot more people are going to want to meet baby and early on and this kinda terrifies me! How did u all go about letting people come round after baby was born? What rules did you put in place for friends and family?

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I waited until I was home and settled and the baby was settled before letting anyone come see my little girl

I was in the same boat! Had my first in June 2020 and my second arrived Jan this year. We just played it by ear and did whatever we felt comfortable with. I was definitely protective and didn’t want him passed around too much to begin with but it was also really nice to have people come and visit us. I’d say just do whatever you’re comfortable with! But just as something I’ve noticed I felt like with my first because we didn’t see anyone we had no germs so baby was rarely poorly but because other child is at school we’ve constantly had cold after cold that she brings home to us all!

@Emily Edmunds did you set any rules for people coming over ? Like one of the things I'm very firm on is no kissing the baby but unsure what else I'm comfortable with as I say my son literally met nobody!

Personally I found people are a lot less fussed about meeting the second one straight away 😂

So when it came to family/friends wanting to kiss my little girl I know it sends silly but I had them but something over their mouth like cling film/mask and only let them kiss her on the cheek xx

I had my 2nd September just gone. No one came to the hospital and only my mum met him when we got home as she had my eldest . The first week, we said no visitors, and tbh we have a few people 6 months down the line. We still haven't 🤣🤣 Only us and big sister were allowed to kiss him. I have ppa again so I haven't actually let him leave my side yet.

My youngest is now almost two but the difference between my two maternity leaves was crazy! I loved being able to go out and go to classes 😍 We had people come and visit but we had boundaries as we definitely found that there were some positives to being left as just our family unit for a while. Also being a second time parent this time round I'm much more confident in my decisions so feel comfortable doing that. It totally depends on you though - if you want all the people all the time then I'm sure they'll be happy to come! One thing to bear in mind is a weird and slightly sad reality that people tend to be much less excited about a second child. You'll likely get fewer gifts, visits, etc anyway. So I'd bear that in mind and try not to be disappointed!

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