Newborn Boundaries

We just had no kissing on the face 🤷‍♀️ but we didn’t have to tell anyone they just didn’t.

For mine it was no kissing on hands feet or face and wash your hands before holding him. But we rarely left the house for the first few months of his life til he had some of his vaccinations and his immune system became stronger

@Sammie oh yes! The hand washing!

If you wake the sleeping baby I am leaving and you’re in charge was always a rule I had 😂

If your coming to my house your not holding the baby. You’re doing my dishes. I’m not letting you hold my baby while everyone sits and stairs at you holding the baby because I want my baby back🤣 did that with my first. Never again.

I'm very protective over him though. I don't let anyone but family touch him. I had a lot of older woman when we would go out in public and I was holding. Would walk right up and go to touch him and I'm like no no please don't touch. Your germs are too strong for him

Not a lot. Wash hands before touching, don't come over if sick, and we asked (but didn't demand) that anyone who would be close to her in the first few months have their Tdap up to date. I think there is some inherent value in letting baby bond with their grandparents and extended family that is often overlooked. Yes, we want to be careful, and we want the best newborn experience, but I'm also not the only family my baby has, and they deserve to enjoy her newborn stage just as much as I do. She's 17 months now and fantastic. Her bond with my parents is incredible to see. A bit shy initially around strangers, but that's normal. She has no problem spending overnights with my mom every so often, so we can get breaks, go on the occasional trip, and get time to prioritize ourselves and our relationship. I love having close family that is actually helpful and puts the effort in with us. It's made motherhood incredible and it's been an absolutely seamless transition. 💜💜

We said no kissing, wash your hands when coming in , not to visit if feeling unwell and not to smoke before coming to the house as I had someone smoke just before coming in and hold my daughter and she ended up stinking of cigarettes.

I said no visitors in the hospital, people could come when we got home. No kissing and obviously stay away if you are unwell. When my son was 5 months we visited out of state family and I did ask no smoking before or during the visit. This made one aunt so mad she refused to visit 🫠!!!

My 1 rule: Don’t. Kiss. My. Baby. Not. Till. She. Is. Older. Than. 3. Months. Thank. You. And if you don’t feel too well plz stay at home. Use some germ x or wash your hands before holding MY baby. Thank you very much.

Common sense like no kissing. Wash hands etc. People that have a page full of rules I think are wild in my opinion.

Never had boundaries. I really didn’t care lol